Henderson, NV Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)
Key Facts
- Max EMS height (freestanding)
- 12 ft.
- Max EMS area
- 50% of sign face
- Residential setback
- 250 ft. from EMS face
- EMS-to-EMS spacing
- 250 ft. minimum
- Enforcing office
- Development Services Director
Summary
Electronic message sign components on billboards and freestanding signs are capped at 12 ft. tall and must sit at least 250 ft. from another EMS or from any residential building.
Max. Height of EMS component of freestanding sign: 12 ft. ... The face of an EMS is prohibited within 250 ft. of a building containing a residential use unless there is an intervening building that completely blocks the visibility of the proposed sign face from the residential use or dwelling unit. ... An EMS is prohibited within 250 feet of another EMS.
Full Breakdown
Henderson's Development Code treats digital displays as an "Electronic Message Sign" (EMS) component of a billboard or freestanding sign, not a separate sign type. Table 19.13.4-4 caps the EMS component at 50% of the sign's total area and 12 ft. tall on a freestanding sign, bars an EMS face within 250 ft. of a residential building (unless a structure blocks the view) and within 250 ft. of another EMS, and requires the sign face to point away from residential uses. Billboards may add an EMS component under the same standards, per Table 19.13.5-1.
Violations & Fines
Installing or operating an EMS that exceeds the 12 ft./50%-of-face limit, or that violates the 250 ft. residential or inter-sign spacing, is a code violation enforceable by the Development Services Director under HMC Section 19.13.7 (correction notice, and removal for uncorrected violations).
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