North Las Vegas, NV Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)

100 draws a firm line between fixing your own car in your driveway and running an auto shop out of your house. Subsection C limits any vehicle stored or repaired on residential property to one and one-half tons of carrying capacity, and requires that the vehicle belong to a permanent resident of that address, a driveway can't be used to repair a stranger's or a customer's car as a matter of routine. ' The same subsection carves out one exception, though, the temporary emergency repair of a vehicle, owned or not, that has become mechanically inoperable while sitting on the property or on a public street is not prohibited, so a resident can still help a stranded neighbor or a broken-down visitor without violating the section.

100 conditions covering current registration, inflated tires, a paved driveway location, and intact body components free of rust or jagged edges. Violations are enforced by the Chief of Police, any police officer, or a code enforcement officer, who can tag a noncompliant vehicle or operation and, after a seventy-two-hour notice period, pursue removal.