North Las Vegas, NV Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- NLVMC § 17.24.170.F, downtown redevelopment area
- Ground-level coverage cap
- 25% of window/door area
- Second-level coverage cap
- 10% per window
- Above second story
- Window signs prohibited entirely
- Prohibited media
- Chalk, felt pen, tempera, grease pencil
- Temporary boost allowed
- 2–4 times per year, special events
Summary
In North Las Vegas's downtown redevelopment area, NLVMC § 17.24.170.F caps ground-level window sign coverage at 25 percent of the window or door area and 10 percent per window on the second floor, and bans window signs above the second story entirely.
F.Window Signs.1.Window displays of merchandise and/or products are not considered window signage. On the ground level, window sign coverage may not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total translucent or transparent window or door area visible from the exterior of the building. On the second level, coverage may not exceed ten (10) percent per window. Window signs are prohibited in windows above the second story level. Window signs are prohibited from being made with the use of chalk, felt pen, tempera, grease pencil or similar medium.
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
150 wherever the two conflict. 1 states that "window displays of merchandise and/or products are not considered window signage," then sets the coverage math: "On the ground level, window sign coverage may not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total translucent or transparent window or door area visible from the exterior of the building. " Anything above the second story is off-limits, "window signs are prohibited in windows above the second story level", and the section separately bars signs "made with the use of chalk, felt pen, tempera, grease pencil or similar medium," though professionally rendered paper or paint is allowed inside the window (never applied to the outside glass).
Neon light signs count toward the total window-signage allowance. 2 allows a business to blow past its normal coverage cap "two or four times a year" under the chapter's separate temporary and special-events sign provisions in subsection Q. Downtown businesses must also follow the chapter's general construction rules, signage professionally installed by a licensed, bonded contractor, and no day-glow or fluorescent colors anywhere on the sign.
Violations & Fines
A downtown business whose window signage exceeds the 25 percent ground-level or 10 percent second-level cap, uses a prohibited medium like chalk or grease pencil, or posts signage above the second story is in violation of § 17.24.170.F and subject to the chapter's general sign-enforcement process under § 17.24.170.J: notice to correct or remove within thirty days, followed by City removal, storage, and a billed recovery cost, plus a property tax lien, if the sign owner never claims it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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