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North Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 8, ch. 8.80
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North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.80.010 Definitions.

8.80.010 - Definitions. As used throughout this chapter, the words and terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context where used, or unless specifically defined in an applicable section. A. "Authorized agent," means a person or enforcement officer authorized to issue a citation. B. "Nuisance activity" means: 1. Criminal activity; 2. The presence of debris, litter, garbage, rubble, abandoned or junk vehicles or junk appliances; 3. Excessive noise; 4. The operation of any business as a front for prostitution or unlicensed gaming; 5. The operation of an unlicensed business; 6. Violations of building codes, housing codes or any other codes regulating the health or safety of occupants of real property; 7. Any act or omission which injures or endangers the life, safety, health, or property of the general public or the occupants of the property upon which the structure or condition is located, or in any way annoys or endangers the comfort or repose of a considerable number of persons; or 8. Any act or omission which violates an ordinance, rule or regulation regulating health and safety enacted, adopted or passed by the City, the violation of which is designated as a nuisance in the ordinance, rule or regulation. C. "Owner" means any person, whether residing, located or domiciled within or outside the City of North Las Vegas or within or outside the State of Nevada, having title to the property. For the purposes of service of notice, "owner" shall also mean the owner's local designated agent or representative. D. "Person associated with the property" means: 1. The owner of the property; 2. The manager of the property; 3. The tenant of the property; or 4. A person who, on the occasion of a nuisance activity, has: a. Entered, patronized or visited; b. Attempted to enter, patronize or visit; or c. Waited to enter, patronize or visit the property or a person present on the property. E. "Property" means real property located within the City of North Las Vegas. (Ord. No. 3020, § 2, 5-6-2020)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.80.020 Declaration of Chronic Nuisance.

8.80.020 - Declaration of Chronic Nuisance. For the purposes of this chapter, those activities and circumstances listed below are declared to be a chronic nuisance: A. Three or more instances of nuisance activities exist or have occurred during any ninety-day period on the property; B. A person associated with the property has engaged in three or more instances of nuisance activities during any ninety-day period on the property or within one hundred (100) feet of the property; C. The property has been the subject of a search warrant based on probable cause of continuous or repeated violations of NRS Chapter 459 and hazardous materials described in that chapter have been found on the property as a result of a search pursuant to that warrant; D. A building or place is used for the purpose of unlawfully selling, serving, storing, keeping, manufacturing, using or giving away a controlled substance, immediate precursor as defined in NRS 453.086 or controlled substance analog as defined in NRS 453.043; or E. A building or place was used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance, immediate precursor or controlled substance analog and: 1. The building or place has not been deemed safe for habitation by a governmental entity; or 2. All materials or substances involving the controlled substance, immediate precursor or controlled substance analog have not been removed from or remediated on the building or place by an entity certified or licensed to do so within one hundred eighty (180) days after the building or place is no longer used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance, immediate precursor as defined in NRS 453.086 or controlled substance analog as defined in NRS 453.043. (Ord. No. 3020, § 2, 5-6-2020)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.80.030 Abatement of Chronic Nuisance.

8.80.030 - Abatement of Chronic Nuisance. Upon the discovery of two or more nuisance activities existing on a property, the enforcement officer or an authorized agent, pursuant to Section 8.75.030 herein, shall send to the owner of the property a written notice of the existence on the property of the nuisance activities. The notice shall be entitled "Notice and Declaration of Chronic Nuisance" and contain: A. The street address, parcel number and/or legal description sufficient for identification of the property upon which the chronic nuisance is located. B. A description of the conditions or activities, which constitute the chronic nuisance. C. The date by which the abatement must occur to prevent the matter from being submitted to the City Attorney for legal action. D. Notice of the opportunity for a hearing before North Las Vegas Municipal or Justice Court, as appropriate, and the procedures therefor. (Ord. No. 3020, § 2, 5-6-2020)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.80.040 Service of Required Notices.

8.80.040 - Service of Required Notices. The written notice and declaration of chronic nuisance shall be sent, by certified mail, return receipt requested, by the enforcement officer or the authorized agent to the owner of the property and posted on the property as notice to the occupant, when applicable. (Ord. No. 3020, § 2, 5-6-2020)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.80.050 Court Hearing.

8.80.050 - Court Hearing. A. When served with a notice and declaration of chronic nuisance, the owner may request a hearing by filing in Municipal or Justice Court a complaint for declaratory or injunctive relief. Service of the complaint shall be effectuated in accordance with the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. The complaint must be filed and served prior to the abatement date specified in the notice. The date specified in the notice is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision. B. When served with a notice and the owner fails to abate the chronic nuisance by the date specified in the notice and fails to request a hearing in Municipal or Justice Court prior to the date specified in the notice, the enforcement officer or authorized agent may request the City Attorney to file a complaint in Municipal or Justice Court. C. If the court finds that a chronic nuisance exists and action is necessary to avoid serious threat to the public welfare or the safety or health of the occupants of the property, the court may order the City to secure and close the property until the nuisance is abated. D. In addition, if the court finds that a chronic nuisance exists, the court may: 1. Impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for residential properties and seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for commercial properties each day that the chronic nuisance was not abated after the date specified in the notice by which the owner was required to abate the condition; 2. Order the owner to pay the City for the cost incurred by the City in abating the condition; and 3. Order any other appropriate relief. (Ord. No. 3020, § 2, 5-6-2020)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.80.060 Recovery of Abatement Costs.

8.80.060 - Recovery of Abatement Costs. A. In addition to any other reasonable means authorized by the court for the recovery of money expended by the City to abate the chronic nuisance, and, except as otherwise provided in subsection B., for the collection of civil penalties imposed pursuant to Section 8.75.050, the expense and civil penalties shall be a special assessment against the property upon which the chronic nuisance existed. The special assessment shall be collected pursuant to the provisions set forth in NRS 268.4124(4). B. Any civil penalties that have not been collected from the owner of the property may not be made a special assessment against the property pursuant to subsection A. unless: 1. At least one hundred eighty (180) days have elapsed after the date specified in the order of the court by which the owner must abate the chronic nuisance or, if the owner appeals that order, the date specified in the order of the appellate court by which the owner must abate the chronic nuisance, whichever is later; 2. The owner has been billed, served or otherwise notified that the civil penalties are due; and 3. The amount of the uncollected civil penalties is more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). (Ord. No. 3020, § 2, 5-6-2020)
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=TIT8HESA_CH8.80CHNUFetched: 11/1/2026

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