Las Vegas, NV Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Sidewalk Repair (2026)
Key Facts
- Duty holder
- Property owner abutting the right-of-way
- Notice period
- 30 days to repair or appeal
- Appeal hearing notice
- At least 7 days before hearing
- Nonpayment penalty
- Lien for cost plus 10 percent
- Permit required
- Director of Public Works permit before work
- Source ordinance
- Ordinance No. 3074, adopted 1983
Summary
Property owners abutting the public right-of-way must maintain and repair existing sidewalk under LVMC 13.56.040, plus install new sidewalk and maintain the transition strip when public health, safety or welfare requires it. The Department of Public Works can order repairs, and unpaid work becomes a lien against the property.
13.56.040 - Maintenance and repair of existing sidewalks. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain and repair existing sidewalk whenever necessary to the health, safety, welfare and benefit of the public. ... 13.56.060 - Noncompliance—Notice or approval. Whenever the owner has failed to install a new sidewalk, maintain or repair an existing sidewalk, or maintain the transition strip as required by this Chapter, the Director of Public Works may notify the abutting property owner in writing that he has thirty days in which to remedy the situation or to file an appeal with the City Council. The notice shall also state that in the event the property owner fails to take appropriate action or file an appeal to the City Council that a lien may be imposed by the City against the property for the cost of remedying the situation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
56 puts the burden of the public sidewalk squarely on the abutting property owner. 020 as the unimproved right-of-way, including any vegetation, lying between the back of curb (or edge of pavement) and the property line. 'Repair' is defined as 'the cutting, removing or replacing of existing sidewalk,' and 'maintenance' includes trimming or removing vegetation. 060 lets the Director of Public Works serve written notice giving the owner thirty days to fix the problem or file an appeal with the City Council; the notice must also warn that a lien can follow.
090, with at least seven days' written notice of the hearing date, and the Council decides whether remedial action is necessary. 080 lets the City Council authorize the Director of Public Works to do the work directly. 130 requires a permit from the Director of Public Works before any owner, agent, contractor or employee starts sidewalk work. These duties and procedures were adopted by Ordinance No. 3074 in 1983 and were last updated by Ordinance No. 6816 in August 2022.
Violations & Fines
Skipping a Director of Public Works repair notice under LVMC 13.56.060 does not itself carry a criminal fine, but the City can complete the sidewalk work after thirty days under LVMC 13.56.080 and bill the owner; nonpayment within another thirty days becomes a recorded lien against the property for the cost plus ten percent under LVMC 13.56.110. Starting sidewalk work without the LVMC 13.56.130 permit is a separate violation.
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