Elko County, NV Gambling & Gaming: Casino Zoning Districts (2026)

Gaming is a named commercial use in Title 4, not a floating overlay. The C3 High Rise General Commercial-Tourist Commercial District (§ 4-4-6) lists gaming and gambling establishments and eating establishments including liquor and gaming under services, and item 4 lists hotels, motels and motor hotels with gaming. All of these are permitted when conducted within a completely enclosed building, and item 5 adds other uses similar to those listed if approved by the Planning Commission. The district exists to provide space for office, general commercial and tourist related enterprises adjacent to major arteries of travel within an unincorporated town.

C3 carries the heaviest building standards. Yards are 30 feet front, 20 feet rear and 10 feet on the sides. Section 4-4-6(E) prints no restrictions up to two hundred forty feet (240') or twenty (20) stories, and buildings above those limits must be individually approved by the Planning Commission. The minimum site is one acre with a minimum lot width of two hundred feet (200'), and parking is one space for each three hundred (300) square feet of useable floor, with any reduction requiring Planning Commission approval.

The C1 General Commercial-Retail Districts, Group I (§ 4-4-3), list gaming and gambling establishments among retail stores, and the district purpose in § 4-4-2 names gaming (Group I). Group I prints Yards: No requirements, a fifty foot (50') or four (4) story height cap, or twenty feet (20') within fifty feet (50') of a Residential (R) District, a ten thousand (10,000) square foot minimum site, and one parking space for each four hundred (400) square feet of usable floor area.

The C2 Highway Services and Tourist Commercial District (§ 4-4-5) permits eating establishments including liquor and gaming, and a motel or motor hotel with gaming, entirely within a completely enclosed building. The A Agricultural-Recreational District (§ 4-2-4(A)2) permits a lodge with gaming and entertainment. These rules apply in unincorporated Elko County only; the cities of Elko, Carlin, Wells and West Wendover zone under their own codes. Title 6 separately carries a section headed Gaming License Required (§ 6-2-2).