North Las Vegas, NV Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum overlay parcel size
- 1 acre, §17.16.050.M.2
- Max structure height
- 17 ft
- Standard structure setback
- 20 ft (front/side/corner/rear)
- High tunnel setback from arterial/collector
- 50 ft
- Prohibited
- Keeping animals; growing tobacco, marijuana, regulated plants
- Farm stand hours
- 3-day window/week, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.
Summary
North Las Vegas has no right-to-farm nuisance statute, but it does zone for agriculture through the Urban Agricultural (UA) Overlay District, which permits community gardens, urban farms, farm stands, and greenhouses on parcels of at least one acre, subject to setbacks, a seventeen-foot height cap, and a ban on keeping animals or growing regulated plants.
2.Size Regulations. The minimum UA Urban Agricultural Overlay District shall be no less than one acre. ... 6.Dimensional Standards.a.Setbacks.(i)Structures. All structures shall be setback twenty (20) feet for front, interior side, corner side/other ROW, and rear yard.(ii)High Tunnels. High tunnel structures shall maintain a minimum setback of fifty (50) feet from any arterial or collector ROW. ... b.Maximum Structure Height. Maximum structure shall not exceed seventeen (17) feet. ... k.Restrictions.(i)The keeping of animals is prohibited.(ii)The cultivation of plants regulated by law (e.g., tobacco, marijuana, etc.) are prohibited.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 146 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
16-12: community gardens, container farms, farm sheds, farmer's markets, farm stands, greenhouses, high tunnels, hydroponics, and urban farms. Dimensional standards under subsection 6 require structures to sit back twenty feet from front, side, corner, and rear lot lines, high tunnels to sit back fifty feet from any arterial or collector right-of-way, and cap maximum structure height at seventeen feet. and must stay under two hundred square feet, while farmer's markets require paved off-street parking and are restricted to daytime hours in residential districts. )" within the district.
Each urban farm also needs a Designated Site Coordinator registered with the City's business license division and written operating rules covering hours, governance, and site security. Compost and fertilizer storage is capped at fifty cubic feet per half acre and must be managed to control odor and runoff onto neighboring properties.
Violations & Fines
Operating an urban agriculture use that exceeds the UA Overlay's size, setback, or height standards, or that keeps animals or grows a regulated plant in violation of subsection k, is a Title 17 zoning violation under Section 17.28.200. The Director issues a written correction order, and continued noncompliance is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both, with each uncorrected day treated as a separate offense.
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