Multi-vendor permit.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.78.037
in effect6.78.037 - Multi-vendor permit.
(A) A professional promoter who proposes a qualifying multi-vendor event and desires to have all vendors and exhibitors covered by one permit must first obtain a multi-vendor permit in accordance with this Section.
(B) Application for a multi-vendor permit under this Section must be made on a form provided by the Department and shall include the following information and documentation:
(1) The date or dates on which the event is proposed to take place;
(2) The location at which the event is proposed to take place;
(3) Each contract or agreement by which the applicant has established the right to stage or operate the event at the proposed location(s);
(4) The individual locations at which vendors and exhibitors will be stationed;
(5) A description of the nature of the goods or services to be displayed, sold, or offered for sale by vendors and exhibitors, as well as a description of the methods such vendors and exhibitors will use in connection with vending or exhibition;
(6) A list of each vendor and the vendor's state sales tax identification number or temporary sales tax permit number; and
(7) Such addition information or documentation as the Director may require in order to determine the advisability of issuing a permit.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection (C), an application for a multi-vendor permit must be submitted at least ten business days before the desired commencement date for the event. An application submitted later than the deadline described in the previous sentence will be accepted and processed, but the Department shall be under no obligation to either grant or deny the application in time for the desired commencement date. In its discretion, the Department may issue a temporary permit pending extended review of an application, in general accordance with the provisions for temporary business licenses set forth in LVMC 6.02.070.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection (D) or in Subsection (E), an applicant for a multi-vendor permit shall pay, in advance, a non-refundable processing fee of fifty dollars for each location and a vendor fee of ten dollars per day for each vendor. Vendor fees shall not apply to:
(1) The sale, offer of sale, or taking orders for goods and services from a wholesale or retail business licensed under this Title;
(2) Any charitable event conducted by or on behalf of a nonprofit organization; or
(3) An exhibitor.
(E) The Director or designee may reduce the amount of vendor fees otherwise payable by a permittee under this Section for:
(1) A City-sponsored event; or
(2) An event that will take place at a facility operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authority.
(F) Each permittee shall be responsible for reimbursing the Department for all permit related inspections conducted after the Department's normal operating hours or on weekends or holidays. Inspection fees shall be assessed for a three-hour minimum at fifty dollars per hour per staff member required to conduct the permit inspection. The permittee may also be charged inspection fees by other City departments whose inspections are required in connection with the issuance of a permit pursuant to this Chapter, including without limitation the Department of Fire and Rescue and the land use function of the Department of Community Development. All fees shall be paid at the completion of each inspection.
(G) In connection with a multi-vendor permit issued pursuant to this Section concerning which the permittee is fully compliant, a vendor covered by the permit is exempt from the requirements of Chapter 6.80A.
(H) A professional promoter who obtains a multi-vendor permit pursuant to this Section is exempt from the special event fees and processes of LVMC Chapter 12.02 relative to activities covered by the multi-vendor permit.
(Ord. No. 6816, § 20, 8-17-22; Ord. No. 6478, § 2, 11-4-15; Ord. No. 6466, § 2, 10-7-15)
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_CH6.78SPEVPRPR_6.78.037MUNDPEFetched: 10/28/2026