License issuance or denial.
Henderson Municipal Code § 4.110.140
in effect4.110.140 - License issuance or denial.
A. The director shall schedule a hearing before council to consider the applicant's business license application and accompanying HMC title 19 land use applications within 60 days upon completion of the background investigation by the police department. Failure of the director to schedule a hearing of the application before the council within 60 days of completion of the background investigation shall result in a license being granted.
B. In addition to any of the reasons set forth in HMC subsection 4.04.150 A., the council may deny the license application for one or more of the following reasons:
1. The applicant, or any of its principals, has within the past seven years, been convicted of a crime, in the local, state or federal court systems for any of the following violations:
a. Pandering, prostitution and all conduct made unlawful by NRS 201.295 to NRS 201.440, inclusive;
b. Statutory sexual seduction, incest, exhibition and sale of obscene material to minors, and all conduct made unlawful by NRS 201.256 to NRS 201.265, inclusive;
c. Obscenity, and all conduct made unlawful by NRS 201.235 to NRS 201.254, inclusive;
d. Intentional transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (NRS 201.205), sexual penetration of a dead human body (NRS 201.450), lewdness and indecent exposure, and all conduct made unlawful by NRS 201.210 to NRS 201.232, inclusive, and any other crime referenced in NRS 200.700 to 200.760, inclusive;
e. Battery which constitutes domestic violence, sexual assault, and all other conduct made unlawful by NRS 200.010 to NRS 200.50995, inclusive, and NRS 200.571 to 200.605, inclusive;
2. The applicant, or any of its principals has been, within the past seven years, permanently enjoined in an adjudicated civil action from engaging in fraudulent advertising, sales or trade practices; or
3. The applicant, or any of its principals, has made false or fraudulent statements in the application, evidence of which is disclosed by a police department or division background investigation or by any other lawful means; or
4. The operation proposed by the applicant does not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, all applicable zoning, fire, safety and health ordinances and regulations; or
5. The applicant, or any of its principals, do not qualify for, or have not obtained work identification cards.
C. In the event that an application is initially denied by the council under this section, the applicant may seek judicial review of such final decision of denial by council in the Eighth Judicial District Court.
(Ord. No. 3246, § 1, 1-6-2015)
Source: City of Henderson, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/henderson/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4BURELI_CH4.110SEORBU_4.110.140LIISDEFetched: 11/1/2026