City of Henderson, NV - Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Henderson, Nevada - Code of Ordinances Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS SHOW CHANGES MORE VERSION: DEC 16, 2025 (CURRENT) PRINT OR DOWNLOAD TABLE OF CONTENTS MUNICIPAL CODE SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified EXPAND HENDERSON CITY CHARTER - CHAPTER 266, STATUTES OF NEVADA 1971 HENDERSON CITY CHARTER - CHAPTER 266, STATUTES OF NEVADA 1971 COLLAPSE TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 1.02 - ESTABLISHMENT AND EFFECT OF CODE Chapter 1.02 - ESTABLISHMENT AND EFFECT OF CODE EXPAND CHAPTER 1.03 - DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION Chapter 1.03 - DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION EXPAND CHAPTER 1.04 - CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS Chapter 1.04 - CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 1.05 - PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR CODE VIOLATIONS Chapter 1.05 - PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR CODE VIOLATIONS EXPAND TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL EXPAND TITLE 4 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSES Title 4 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSES EXPAND TITLE 5 - HEALTH AND SANITATION Title 5 - HEALTH AND SANITATION EXPAND TITLE 6 - CIVIL SERVICE RULES Title 6 - CIVIL SERVICE RULES EXPAND TITLE 7 - ANIMALS TITLE 7 - ANIMALS (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified EXPAND TITLE 8 - PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY Title 8 - PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY EXPAND TITLE 10 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Title 10 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC EXPAND TITLE 11 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS Title 11 - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS EXPAND TITLE 13 - STORMWATER REGULATIONS Title 13 - STORMWATER REGULATIONS EXPAND TITLE 14 - UTILITY SERVICES Title 14 - UTILITY SERVICES EXPAND TITLE 15 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Title 15 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION EXPAND TITLE 17 - RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT—COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES Title 17 - RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT—COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES EXPAND TITLE 18 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEES Title 18 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEES EXPAND TITLE 19 - DEVELOPMENT CODE Title 19 - DEVELOPMENT CODE Title 19 - DEVELOPMENT CODE (ZONING) STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR NEVADA CITIES TABLE ORDINANCE LIST (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified TABLE RESOLUTION LIST (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE AND DISPOSITION LIST—ORDINANCES (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified Section 10.020 - Effect of enactment of charter. Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Chapters: Chapter 1.02 - ESTABLISHMENT AND EFFECT OF CODE SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS 1.02.010 - Title. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS This Code shall be known as the "Henderson Municipal Code." (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.02.020 - Provisions deemed as continuations of existing ordinances. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantially the same as legislation previously adopted by the city relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof and not as new enactments. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.02.030 - Code does not affect prior offenses or rights. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (a) Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code affects any offense or act committed or done, any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established before the effective date of this Code. (b) The adoption of this Code does not authorize any use or the continuation of any use of a structure or premises in violation of any city ordinance on the effective date of this Code. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.02.040 - Repealed ordinances not revived. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall revive, reordain, or reinstate any ordinance that has been repealed. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.02.050 - Certain ordinances not affected by Code. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Nothing in this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code affects the validity of the city ordinances or any portion of a city ordinance not codified in this Code. Such ordinances or portions of an ordinance continue in full force and effect to the same extent as if published at length in this Code. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.02.060 - Supplementation of Code. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Supplements to this Code shall be prepared and printed in the time and manner authorized or directed by the city council. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) Chapter 1.03 - DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS 1.03.010 - General definitions and rules of construction. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The following definitions and rules of construction shall apply to this Code and to all ordinances unless the context requires otherwise. Generally. (1) When provisions conflict, the specific shall prevail over the general. All provisions shall be liberally construed so that the intent of the city council may be effectuated. The provisions of this Code and all proceedings under it are to be liberally construed to affect its purposes and to promote justice. (2) Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words, technical phrases and words and phrases that have acquired peculiar and appropriate meanings in law shall be construed according to such meanings. (3) Grammatical errors shall not vitiate, and a transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when the sentence or clause is without meaning as it stands. (4) Scrivener's errors shall be ignored. Charter. The term "charter" means the charter of the City of Henderson, Nevada. City. The term "city" means the City of Henderson, Clark County, Nevada. City council. The terms "city council" and "council" mean the City Council of the City of Henderson, Nevada. Code, ordinance. The term "ordinance" means city ordinance. The term "Code" means the Henderson Municipal Code, as designated in this section. References to the Code are to the Code, as amended. References to ordinances are to ordinances as amended. Computation of time. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Friday, a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday day, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Friday, Saturday, a Sunday, or legal holiday, or, when the act to be done is the filing of a paper with the city, a day on which weather or other conditions have made the city office in which the paper is to be filed inaccessible, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not one of the aforementioned days. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than 11 days, intermediate Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. Conjunctions. In a provision involving two or more items, conditions, provisions or events, which items, conditions, provisions or events are connected by the conjunction "and," "or" or "either….or," the conjunction shall be interpreted as follows unless the context clearly required that the words "and" and "or" be interchangeable: (1) "And" indicates that all the connected terms, conditions, provisions or events apply. (2) "Or" indicates that the connected terms, conditions, provisions or events apply singly or in any combination. (3) "Either...or" indicates that the connected terms, conditions, provisions or events apply singly but not in combination. County. The term "county" means Clark County, Nevada. Delegation of authority. A provision that authorizes or requires a city officer or a city employee to perform an act or make a decision authorizes such officer or employee to act or make a decision through subordinates. Gender. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders. Health department. The term "health department" means the Southern Nevada Health District. Includes. The term "includes" does not limit a term to a specified example. Joint authority. Words giving a joint authority to three or more persons give such authority to a majority of all such persons. May. The term "may" confers a right, privilege or power. May not. The term "may not" states a prohibition and has a prohibitory effect and abridges or removes a right, privilege or power. Must. The term "must" is to be construed as imposing a requirement. NRS. The abbreviation "NRS" refers to the Nevada Revised Statutes, as now or hereafter amended. Number. Words in the singular include the plural. Words in the plural include the singular. Oath. A solemn affirmation is the equivalent to an oath and a person shall be deemed to have sworn if such person makes such an affirmation. Officers, departments, etc. References to officers, departments, boards, commissions, committees or employees are to city officers, city departments, city boards, city commissions, city committees and city employees. Owner. The term "owner," as applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or part of such property. Person. The term "person" means any natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. The term does not includes a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government to the maximum extent permitted by law. Personal property. The term "personal property" means any property other than real property. Premises. The term "premises," as applied to real property, includes land and structures. Property. The term "property" includes real property, personal property and mixed property. Public place. The term "public place" includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body or water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation or amusement. Real property. The term "real property" or "real estate" means property consisting of land and all appurtenances to the land, including buildings and other improvements, fixtures and vegetation erected upon, affixed to, planted in or growing upon the land, and any interest, estate, benefit, right or privilege in such property. Sale. The term "sale" includes any sale, exchange, barter, or offer for sale. Shall. The term "shall" imposes a duty to act. Shall not. The term "shall not" imposes a prohibition against acting. Sidewalk. The term "sidewalk" means that portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians. Signature of subscription by mark. The term "signature" or "subscription by mark" include a mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriber's name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto. State. The term "State" means the State of Nevada. Street. The term "street" shall mean the entire width between the boundary line of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for vehicular traffic. Tenant or occupant. The terms "tenant" and "occupant," as applied to premises, include any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such premises, alone or with others. Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses. The future tense includes the present tense. Week. The term "week" means a period of seven consecutive days. Will. The term "will" imposes a duty to act. Writing. The term "writing" includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Year. The term "year" means a calendar year. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.03.020 - Title, chapter and section headings. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Title, chapter and sections headings contained in this Code shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.03.030 - History notes, state law references and other footnote material. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (a) The history of source notes appearing in parentheses after sections in this Code are not intended to have any legal effect but are merely intended to indicate the source of matter contained in the section. State law references that appear after sections or subsections of this Code or which otherwise appear in footnote form are provided for the convenience of the user of this Code and have no legal effect. (b) Editor's notes, charter references, cross references and state law references that appear in this Code after sections or subsections or that otherwise appear in footnote form are provided for the convenience of the user of the Code and have no legal effect. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.03.040 - References to Code. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Unless otherwise specified: (1) All references in this Code to titles, chapters, sections or subsections are to titles, chapters, sections or subsections of this Code. (2) All references in this Code to titles, chapters, sections or subsections of this Code are to titles, chapters, sections or subsections of this Code, as amended. (Ord. No. 3173, § 1, 6-17-2014) 1.03.050 - Effect of repeal of ordinances. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (a) Unless specifically provided otherwise, the repeal of an ordinance does not revive any previously repealed ordinance. (b) The repeal or amendment of an ordinance does not affect any [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]