North Las Vegas, NV Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. 3255, effective Dec. 4, 2024
- Authority
- City: planting/pruning/removal in ROW & parkways
- Day-to-day oversight
- Municipal Forester, Parks & Recreation Dept.
- Removal grounds
- Unsafe condition, utility conflict, disease/pest
- Private interference
- Unlawful without permit under Section 12.08.120
Summary
North Las Vegas reserves parkway and street-tree planting to itself. Section 12.15.040 gives the City the exclusive right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs within public streets, trails, alleys, avenues, squares, parkways and public grounds, and lets it take out any tree that's unsafe or harming sewers, power or water lines.
The City shall have the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants, and shrubs within the lines of all public streets, trails, alleys, avenues, squares, parkways and public grounds, as may be necessary to ensure public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and aesthetics of such public grounds. The City may remove or cause to be removed any tree or part thereof which is in an unsafe condition or which by reason of its nature is injurious to sewers, electric, power lines, gas lines, water lines, or other public improvements or is affected with any injurious fungus, insect, or pest.
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
15, Urban Forestry and Tree Protection, adopted by Ordinance No. 3255 on December 4, 2024, puts parkway and street-tree planting under City control rather than leaving it to abutting property owners. 040, Public Tree Care, gives the City the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs within the lines of every public street, trail, alley, avenue, square, parkway and public ground, whenever necessary for public safety or to preserve or enhance the symmetry and aesthetics of those grounds. The same section authorizes removal of any tree that is unsafe or that is injurious to sewers, electric or power lines, gas lines, water lines or other public improvements, or that is affected by an injurious fungus, insect or pest.
030 places day-to-day authority with the Municipal Forester, a position established within the Department of Parks and Recreation, who oversees the community forestry program, authorizes and inspects planting and maintenance work, facilitates tree planting on new City projects, and reviews landscape plans for conformance with the forestry program, subject to review by the Parks and Recreation Director. 010 states the chapter's intent: capturing the air-quality, shading, stormwater and noise benefits of the urban forest, reducing hazards from improper tree selection and maintenance, and building a sustainable, equitably managed tree canopy citywide.
Violations & Fines
Because parkway and street trees belong to the City's forestry program, private trimming, removal or damage without City authorization runs into a separate protection rule: Section 12.08.120.A makes it unlawful for any person to remove, destroy, cut, trim, deface or injure a tree, shrub or plant planted within a public place, or to excavate, pave, park or store material near one in a way that could damage its roots or restrict air, sunlight or water, unless the permit grants specific permission.
Frequently Asked Questions
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