Cannabis-related establishments—Licenses.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.95.090
in effect6.95.090 - Cannabis-related establishments—Licenses.
(A) Following action by the State regulating authority issuing a license for a cannabis establishment, the City Council shall evaluate whether to grant any proposed cannabis establishment a business license to operate a cannabis establishment.
(B) The City Council may issue licenses for the following types of cannabis establishments:
(1) Medical Cannabis Dispensary. A medical cannabis dispensary license allows the licensee to acquire, possess, supply and sell or dispense usable cannabis, edible cannabis products, cannabis-infused products, and paraphernalia exclusively to State regulating authority-designated medical cannabis registry identification card holders or to another medical cannabis dispensary.
(2) Medical Cannabis Cultivation Facility. A medical cannabis cultivation facility license allows the licensee to acquire, possess, cultivate, package, label, deliver, transfer, transport, supply and sell cannabis and related supplies to a medical cannabis dispensary, medical cannabis production facility, or to other medical cannabis cultivation facilities only.
(3) Medical Cannabis Independent Testing Laboratory. A medical cannabis independent testing laboratory license allows the licensee to independently test cannabis, edible cannabis products and cannabis-infused products that are to be sold at medical cannabis establishments operating in accordance with the requirements of NRS Chapters 678A to 678C, inclusive.
(4) Medical Cannabis Production Facility. A medical cannabis production facility license allows the licensee to acquire, process, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, package, and label usable cannabis and cannabis-infused products for sale at wholesale to medical cannabis dispensaries only.
(5) Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation Facility. An adult-use cannabis production facility license allows the licensee to cultivate, process, and package cannabis, to have cannabis tested by an adult-use cannabis independent testing laboratory, and to sell cannabis to adult-use cannabis retail stores, to adult-use cannabis production facilities, and to other adult-use cannabis cultivation facilities, but not to consumers.
(6) Adult-Use Cannabis Distributor. An adult-use cannabis distributor license allows a licensee to transport cannabis or adult-use cannabis products from an adult-use cannabis establishment to another adult-use cannabis establishment.
(7) Adult-Use Cannabis Production Facility. An adult-use cannabis production facility license allows the licensee to acquire, possess, manufacture, deliver, transfer, supply or sell adult-use cannabis products to adult-use cannabis retail stores, but not to consumers.
(8) Adult-Use Cannabis Independent Testing Laboratory. An adult-use cannabis independent testing laboratory allows the licensee to test cannabis intended for the adult use of cannabis, as well as adult-use cannabis products.
(9) Adult-Use Cannabis Retail Store. An adult-use cannabis retail store authorizes the licensee to acquire, possess, deliver, transfer, supply, sell or dispense cannabis or related supplies to a consumer or to another adult-use cannabis retail store or cannabis consumption lounge.
(10) Retail Cannabis Consumption Lounge. A retail cannabis consumption lounge, sometimes also known as a retail dispensary lounge, attached or adjacent to an existing adult-use cannabis retail store, authorizes the licensee to sell to a consumer ready to consume cannabis products or single-use cannabis products by providing a consumption area for patrons who are twenty-one years of age or older.
(11) Independent Cannabis Consumption Lounge. An independent cannabis consumption lounge, authorizes the licensee to sell to a consumer ready to consume cannabis products or single-use cannabis products by providing a consumption area for patrons who are twenty-one years of age or older.
(C) An applicant for a license under this Section may not exercise any of the privileges of such a license until the final pre-operational inspections have been conducted and all applicable inspection and license fees are paid.
(D) A licensee shall provide and maintain at all times and at its own expense a certificate of insurance at amounts and terms approved by the Director prior to issuance or renewal of a license. Any failure to maintain insurance or provide proof of insurance is grounds for the Director to suspend the license.
(1) As determined appropriate by the Director, the minimum coverage amounts which may be required shall be as follows:
(a) Cannabis Cultivation Facility or Cannabis Production Facility: Liability coverage for products and completed operations (one million dollars per occurrence, two million dollars aggregate); commercial automobile coverage (one million dollars per occurrence); and excess liability coverage (one million dollars).
(b) Cannabis Sales Facility, Retail Cannabis Consumption Lounge, and Independent Cannabis Consumption Lounge: General liability (one million dollars per occurrence, with two million dollars aggregate, for bodily injury and property damage arising out of licensed activities); liability coverage for products and completed operations (one million dollars per occurrence, with two million dollars aggregate) and excess liability coverage (one million dollars).
(c) Cannabis Independent Testing Laboratory: Professional liability coverage (one million dollars per occurrence), and excess liability coverage (one million dollars).
(d) Adult-Use Cannabis Distributor: No minimum coverage required by ordinance, with required coverage, if any, to be determined by the Director.
(2) All required general liability and excess liability policies shall name the City and its elected officials, officers, agents, employees and volunteers as additional insureds. All policies shall be primary over any other valid and collectible insurance.
(Ord. No. 6831, § 4, 3-1-23; Ord. No. 6750, § 8, 9-16-20; Ord. No. 6620, § 9, 5-16-18; Ord. No. 6579, § 6, 5-17-17; Ord. No. 6520, § 4, 4-6-16; Ord. No. 6324, § 1, 6-4-14)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT6BUTALIRE_CH6.95MEADECAOP_6.95.090CALAESICFetched: 10/28/2026