North Las Vegas, NV Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

300 places the trimming duty on the owner of record or person in control of the private property where the encroaching vegetation grows. Subsection B sets four numeric clearance zones: vegetation must be cut back to the sidewalk line and kept at least ten feet above it, kept at least sixteen feet above the street surface to clear vehicles, kept at least six feet from streetlight wires, poles, luminaires and related equipment, and trimmed around traffic control signs and signals to whatever visibility the City Engineer, acting as enforcement officer, determines is needed under the Manual of Uniform Traffic-Control Devices.

Adequate sight distance at intersections must also be maintained. If the engineer finds vegetation encroaching on a public place, Subsection C lets the City mail a correction order by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address on file with the Clark County assessor, giving the owner twenty days from the mailing date to comply; personal service also satisfies the notice requirement. Subsection D authorizes the City to do the trimming itself at the owner's expense if the order isn't met, record a lien against the property for the cost, and, at the City Council's direction, add the charge to the property's tax assessment roll for collection like any other tax, or pursue foreclosure or a civil action instead.

Subsection E separately makes it unlawful to rake, cut or pile weeds, grass, brush or dead limbs into a ditch, natural drain, or any spot that could obstruct drivers' or pedestrians' vision or block drainage.