Definitions.

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 13.04.010

in effect

13.04.010 - Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Apex Water Connection Fee" means a charge to be made, in addition to all other fees, to any user benefiting and receiving water service from the Apex Industrial Park water system. "Capacity connection charge" means the charge required of all applicants for service to premises where a service connection does not exist or where a service is to be enlarged. The charge to be paid depends on the meter size. The charge is payment for the costs allocated to providing capacity for service to applicants within the distribution system. "Consumer Price Index (CPI)" means the Consumer Price Index (CPI), All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average (CPI-U) as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. "Director" means the Director of the Utilities Department for the City of North Las Vegas. "Equivalent development unit (EDU)" means a measure of water demand equivalent to the average-day water demand correlated to the amount of wastewater generated by an average single-family residential dwelling unit. One EDU is equivalent to ninety thousand (90,000) gallons per year. "Main extension charges" are those charges paid by the developer or property owner for the extension of a water main along intervening property. "Private mains" means all water mains not owned by the City after completion. "Project," when used in reference to water use planning fees, means any development, including new construction and expansion or modification of existing development, that requires the use of five acre feet or more of water per year and requires the approval of an officer or agency of the City. Excluded from this definition are public-owned projects, subdivisions, parcel maps, division of lands and planned use developments. "Public mains" are those which are owned, operated and maintained by the City after completion and acceptance. "Refunding agreement" means an agreement between a developer/customer and the City allowing for the reimbursement of water construction charges collected by the City with respect to a water main extension installed by the developer/customer adjacent to the property other than property owned by the developer/customer. "Residential" means any separate building other than an apartment house, lodging house, hotel, motel or any designated plex-type structure (excluding condominiums), containing one or more habitable rooms occupied or designed for occupancy by not more than one family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. A building will be classified as separate when it is separated from another structure by a rated fire wall or by a distance equivalent to the required fire rating as defined in the building code of the City of North Las Vegas. Each dwelling unit of a condominium-type structure constitutes a separate single-family dwelling. Trailers or mobile homes located in a trailer or mobile home park and serviced through a master meter to the park are excluded from the definition of a single-family dwelling; provided, however, that each trailer or mobile home located in a trailer estates subdivision or on a separate defined lot or parcel of land constitutes a single-family dwelling. "Senior citizen" means a person who is sixty-two (62) years of age or older, head of household, and is enrolled in the Nevada Energy Assistance Program (EAP) managed by the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, or a similar program as approved by the Director. "Service activation charges" means the charge assessed all applicants requesting turn-on and activation of a water service account. "Utility Service Rules and Regulations" is the most recently revised version of the document entitled City of North Las Vegas Municipal Water Service District Service Rules and Regulations pertaining to the operations and policies of the City's water system, as adopted by the Director pursuant to NLVMC 13.04.110. "Water construction charges" are those assessed, prorated costs for the installation of the water main and appurtenances along the frontage of the specific property. These mains must be inspected and accepted by the City. These charges are not assessed where the subdivider, developer or property owner installed the main at their expense. "Water service connection" means the lateral pipe, regardless of size, from the point of connection to a City water main, to and including a meter, meter box or vault. "Water system" or "water service system" means the existing water system owned and operated by said City and any future extension or improvement thereof, irrespective of whether water supplied thereby is, or may hereafter, be supplied, in whole or in part, from artesian wells or from other sources. (Ord. No. 3076, § 1, 6-16-2021)

Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT13PUSE_CH13.04WASESY_13.04.010DEFetched: 11/1/2026