Landscaping Rules in Nevada (2026)

Trimming, cutting, or removing any tree or shrub on a Las Vegas street, parkway, or public ground requires a permit…

Trees overhanging Clark County sidewalks and streets must clear 10 feet above walkways and 16 feet 4 inches above…

Henderson bans trees, shrubs, or foliage that overhang a public sidewalk lower than 10 feet or a street lower than 16…

North Las Vegas property owners must keep trees, bushes and shrubbery clear of the public right-of-way under Section…

Sparks requires owners to keep trees trimmed clear of sidewalks to ten feet and streets to fifteen feet, and never to…

Unincorporated Washoe County has no general tree-trimming ordinance, but in Truckee Meadows Fire District…

Reno residents may trim trees on their own property without a city permit. Trees overhanging streets or sidewalks must…

Planting, trimming, removing, or otherwise interfering with any tree on a Las Vegas street, parkway, or public ground…

Clark County doesn't issue a standalone tree-removal permit, but any significant tree (6+ inch caliper) shown on a…

Removing or replacing a tree on a North Las Vegas public street or right-of-way requires permission from the Municipal…

Reno's Municipal Code Chapter 8.32 makes it unlawful to remove, top, mutilate, or injure any tree, shrub, or vine on a…

In Sparks, removing a tree on your own private property needs no city permit; the Urban Forestry code regulates public…

Unincorporated Washoe County does not issue tree-removal permits for private trees, and has no tree-preservation…

Henderson has no general permit for removing trees on your own property, but code enforcement can order treatment…

NRS 555.150 requires every person who owns, controls, or occupies land in Nevada, along with railroads, canal and ditch…

Clark County can order any property owner to clear weeds or overgrown vegetation that is offensive to the senses or…

Henderson's property maintenance code requires landscaping visible from a street, alley, or sidewalk to stay under six…

Las Vegas caps weeds, turf grass, and uncultivated plant growth at eight inches: taller growth on a vacant or visible…

North Las Vegas code enforcement can order any property owner to clear weeds and noxious plant growth once vegetation…

Reno requires owners and occupants to clear weeds, dry grass, and dead trees from their property and the abutting…

Weeds or turf grass over eight inches tall in the front or side yard of any developed or vacant Sparks lot is a public…

Nevada law, not a county ordinance, requires every landowner and the county itself, for streets and rights-of-way it…

Unincorporated Clark County bans exterior irrigation between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. every day from May 1 through August 31…

Henderson bans irrigation from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day from May through August and assigns each property fixed…

Las Vegas bans spray irrigation of lawns and landscaping from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. between May 1 and August 31, and…

North Las Vegas bans daytime irrigation citywide from May 1 through August 31, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and locks spray…

Reno assigns lawn irrigation to three fixed days a week by address parity and bans watering between noon and 6 p.m. all…

Sparks restricts lawn irrigation to set days by address parity: even-numbered homes water Wednesday and Saturday…

Nevada law explicitly permits de minimis rainwater collection from single-family rooftops for nonpotable domestic use…

Rainwater harvesting is legal statewide. Nevada NRS 533.027 allows de minimis collection of precipitation from the…

Rainwater harvesting for single-family residential outdoor use is permitted in North Las Vegas under NRS 533.027, which…

NRS 527.260 through 527.300 establishes a statewide program to protect, conserve, and restore native flora threatened…

Required landscaping in unincorporated Clark County must come from the Southern Nevada Regional Plant List of…

Las Vegas homeowners associations cannot use CC&Rs to stop a resident from installing water-efficient, drought-tolerant…

New development landscape plans in Reno must cap turf at 50 percent of the required landscape area in multi-family…

North Las Vegas protects water-efficient, drought-tolerant landscaping once it is installed: the turf-restriction…

Henderson voids any HOA covenant, deed clause, or private agreement that blocks a property owner from installing…

Henderson's Development Code bars artificial plants from meeting landscaping standards, but carves out one exception…

Reno's landscaping code allows artificial turf as ground cover, but caps it at 25% of the required landscaped area…

North Las Vegas's foreclosure property-registration program counts artificial turf as compliant landscaping. City Code…

Sparks allows artificial turf as a landscape ground cover, but only in side and rear yards that do not sit adjacent to…

Clark County explicitly recognizes artificial turf and sod designed for residential installation as acceptable yard…

Las Vegas bans new irrigated grass turf in single-family front, side and rear yards built after September 1, 2023…

Henderson requires compost piles and bins to sit at least 20 feet from residential buildings and stay hidden from the…

Las Vegas allows home compost piles under Municipal Code 9.12.030, but only in the back yard, screened from the street…

North Las Vegas has no citywide backyard composting ordinance, but its Urban Agriculture Overlay District regulates…