Clark County, NV - Title 15 - TRANSPORTATION

Clark County, Nevada - Code of Ordinances Title 15 - TRANSPORTATION SHOW CHANGES MORE VERSION: FEB 6, 2026 (CURRENT) PRINT OR DOWNLOAD TABLE OF CONTENTS CLARK COUNTY CODE 1966 (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified FOREWORD SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified EXPAND TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS EXPAND TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL EXPAND TITLE 3 - COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND DISTRICTS Title 3 - COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND DISTRICTS EXPAND TITLE 4 - REVENUE AND TAXATION Title 4 - REVENUE AND TAXATION EXPAND TITLE 5 - FRANCHISES Title 5 - FRANCHISES EXPAND TITLE 6 - BUSINESS LICENSES* Title 6 - BUSINESS LICENSES* EXPAND TITLE 7 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS* Title 7 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS* EXPAND TITLE 8 - LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSES AND REGULATIONS* Title 8 - LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSES AND REGULATIONS* EXPAND TITLE 9 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION* Title 9 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION* EXPAND TITLE 10 - ANIMALS Title 10 - ANIMALS EXPAND TITLE 11 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES Title 11 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES EXPAND TITLE 12 - PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS Title 12 - PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS EXPAND TITLE 13 - FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION Title 13 - FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION EXPAND TITLE 14 - TRAFFIC* Title 14 - TRAFFIC* COLLAPSE TITLE 15 - TRANSPORTATION Title 15 - TRANSPORTATION EXPAND CHAPTER 15.04 - TAXICABS—GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS Chapter 15.04 - TAXICABS—GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 15.08 - TAXICABS — JURISDICTION, REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT Chapter 15.08 - TAXICABS — JURISDICTION, REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT EXPAND CHAPTER 15.16 - TAXICAB DRIVERS Chapter 15.16 - TAXICAB DRIVERS EXPAND CHAPTER 15.20 - TAXICABS — ENFORCEMENT Chapter 15.20 - TAXICABS — ENFORCEMENT EXPAND CHAPTER 15.30 - TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Chapter 15.30 - TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EXPAND TITLE 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Title 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS EXPAND TITLE 18 - PUBLIC PROPERTY Title 18 - PUBLIC PROPERTY EXPAND TITLE 19 - PARKS AND RECREATION Title 19 - PARKS AND RECREATION EXPAND TITLE 20 - AIRPORTS* Title 20 - AIRPORTS* EXPAND TITLE 22 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Title 22 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION EXPAND TITLE 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES Title 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES EXPAND TITLE 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 30 - UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE EXPAND APPENDICES APPENDICES ORDINANCE LIST (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified BONDING ORDINANCES GAMING REGULATIONS LIQUOR LICENSING ORDINANCES 14.65.060 - Compliance with Traffic Laws. Title 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Title 15 - TRANSPORTATION SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Chapters: Chapter 15.04 - TAXICABS—GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 15.04.010 - Definitions generally. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meaning set forth in this section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning. (Ord. 253 § 1 (part), 1966) 15.04.020 - Airport. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "airport" means Clark County's Harry Reid International Airport. (Ord. 253 § 1(1), 1966) (Ord. No. 4908, § 3, 12-21-2021) 15.04.030 - Airport limousine service. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "airport limousine service" means any person engaged in the transportation of passengers and their baggage for compensation between any airports or between an airport and points and places in this state, as set out in his certificate from the Public Service Commission. (Ord. 253 § 1(2), 1966) 15.04.040 - Board. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "board" means the board of commissioners of Clark County, Nevada. (Ord. 253 § 1(3), 1966) 15.04.050 - Certificate. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "certificate" means "certificate of public convenience and necessity" issued by the Public Service Commission of the state of Nevada. (Ord. 253 § 1(4), 1966) 15.04.060 - Commission. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "commission" means the Public Service Commission of the state of Nevada. (Ord. 253 § 1(5), 1966) 15.04.070 - Common motor carrier of passengers. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "common motor carrier of passengers" means any person, including a taxicab motor carrier, who holds himself out to the public as willing to undertake for hire to transport by motor vehicle from place to place, either upon fixed route or on-call operations, passengers and light express, baggage, or effects for all who may choose to employ him, or who receives any remuneration, compensation, gratuity, or donation of value for, or in connection with, the rendition of such services. (Ord 253 § 1(6), 1966) 15.04.080 - Compensation. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "compensation" means any money, thing of value, payment, consideration, reward, tip, donation, gratuity, or profit, paid to, accepted, or received by the driver of any vehicle in exchange for transportation of a person, whether paid upon solicitation, demand, contract, voluntarily, or as a gratuity. (Ord. 253 § 1(7), 1966) 15.04.090 - Department. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "department" means the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state of Nevada. (Ord. 253 § 1(8), 1966) 15.04.100 - Limousine. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "limousine" means every motor vehicle of seven passenger capacity or less, including the driver, engaged in the general transportation of person "for hire" not on regular schedule or over regular routes. (Ord. 253 § 1(9), 1966) 15.04.110 - Medallion. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "medallion" means a metal plate, furnished by the sheriff of Clark County, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, for mounting and display on the taxicab, of such size and shape and bearing such impression thereon as prescribed by the sheriff. (Ord. 253 § 1(10), 1966) 15.04.120 - Motor vehicle. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "motor vehicle" means any automobile, truck, trailer, automobile tractor, semitrailer, motorbus, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled or motor-driven vehicle, used upon any public highway in Clark County or the state of Nevada for the purpose of transporting persons or property. (Ord. 253 § 1(11), 1966) 15.04.130 - Person. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "person" means any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, leasee, trustee, receiver, or company engaged in, or intending to engage in, the operation of any motor vehicle in any of the carrier services defined herein, including taxicabs. (Ord. 253 § 1(12), 1966) 15.04.140 - Public highway. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "public highway" means every public street, road, highway or thoroughfare of any kind used by the public, but shall not include any portion of highways under construction or reconstruction and, therefore, not accepted by governmental authority and committed to public use, nor shall it include any highway constructed principally for private use. (Ord. 253 § 1(13), 1966) 15.04.150 - Taxicab drivers. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "taxicab drivers" includes all persons who drive any motor vehicle or conveyance used in Clark County for the purpose of transporting persons for hire, save and except those persons engaged in interstate traffic exclusively, and those persons for hire who operate buses under county or state franchise, inclusive of limousines. (Ord. 253 § 1(14), 1966) 15.04.160 - Taxicab owners. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "taxicab owners" includes all persons who own or control any interest, whether by sale, purchase, lease, assignment, contract, trust agreement, or otherwise, in any motor vehicle or conveyance used in Clark County for the purpose of transporting persons for hire, save and except those persons employed for hire to transport persons in interstate traffic exclusively and those persons for hire who operate buses or limousines under county or state franchises. (Ord. 253 § 1(15), 1966) 15.04.170 - Taximeters. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "taximeter" means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based. (Ord. 253 § 1(16), 1966) 15.04.180 - Taxicab motor carriers. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The term "taxicab motor carrier" means any person operating a motor vehicle or vehicles designed or constructed to accommodate and transport not more than six passengers in number, including the driver; fitted with taximeters or having some other device, method, or system to indicate and determine the passenger fare charged for distance traveled; used in the transportation of passengers for which a charge, fee, compensation, or donation of value, or gratuity, is received for the rendition of services involving the transportation of persons and their property, baggage, or effects; and any such vehicle is operated in such service which is held out to the public as being available for the transportation of passengers from place to place anywhere in Clark County or the state of Nevada. However, neither common motor carriers of passengers, nor contract motor carriers, conducting fixed-route operations, shall be considered taxicab motor carriers. (Ord. 253 § 1(17), 1966) 15.04.190 - Not a motor vehicle registration law. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The provisions of this title shall not be construed as a motor vehicle registration law. The permit, license, and franchise fees or taxes herein provided shall be in addition to the motor vehicle registration license fees that are now or may hereafter be required under the laws of the state of Nevada. (Ord. 253 § 2, 1966) 15.04.200 - Driver deemed owner. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS For the purpose of this title, the operator of a taxicab motor vehicle, as herein defined, whether a single taxicab or part of a fleet, shall be deemed to be the owner of such taxicab motor vehicle or vehicles; and the lessee and lessor of such a taxicab motor vehicle are jointly and severally liable for any fees, taxes, penalties, or interest owed to Clark County. A person who is merely an employee-driver of a taxicab, shall not be deemed to be an operator or owner of a taxicab or taxicabs who shall be subject to such joint several liability. (Ord. 253 § 3, 1966) 15.04.210 - Leased or rented taxicabs. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Every vehicle operated as a taxicab shall be registered in the name of the certificate and franchise holder. No person holding a public service commission certificate and Clark County franchise for the operation of a taxicab shall enter into any lease, rental, or commission agreement or arrangement under which he does not have full and complete control of the vehicle at all times. No such vehicle shall be subject to any contract for sale, conditional sale, chattel mortgage, or lease between the certificate and franchise holder and an employee. Every driver of a taxicab shall be either the certificate and franchise holder, or the direct employee of the certificate and franchise holder. (Ord. 253 § 4, 1966) 15.04.220 - Display of rates. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS There shall be displayed on every taxicab, subject to this title, the zone, mileage, or other rates approved by the Public Service Commission of the state of Nevada for the operation of such vehicle. Such rates shall be clearly visible to the occupants in the rear. If such vehicle is authorized to operate under a zone tariff, there shall be posted within such vehicle a map clearly visible to occupants in the rear, and showing the territory served with the zones outlined thereon and applicable fares stated thereon. (Ord. 253 § 5, 1966) 15.04.230 - Taximeter required. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS All taxicabs subject to the provisions of this title and operated within Clark County shall be equipped with taximeters fastened in front of the passengers visible to them at all times of the day and night; and after sundown, the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated. The taximeter shall be of standard design and construction and shall be connected with and operated from the transmission of the taxicab to which it is attached. Taximeters shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect their correct reading and recording. Each taximeter shall have thereon a flag to denote when the vehicle is employed and when it is not employed; and it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag of such taximeter into a recording position when employed, and into a nonrecording position at the termination of each trip. The taximeters shall be subject to inspection from time to time as may be directed by the sheriff. Any inspector or other officer of the office of the sheriff is hereby authorized, either on complaint of any person or without such complaint, to inspect any meter and, upon discovery of any inaccuracy therein, to notify the person operating said taxicab to cease operation of the taxicab. Thereupon, the taxicab shall be kept off the streets until the taximeter is repaired and in the required working condition. [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]