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Website: There is no web page for Special Events, but the team responsible is called Current Planning. Anyone can contact a planner at our Zoning Counter to talk about their event. The Department url is https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/comprehensive_planning_department/
Email: zoning@clarkcountynv.gov
Phone: (702) 455-4314 (option 2, option 1). Alternatively, anyone may contact a planner at the Zoning Counter.
Approval for: If event is to be held outdoors, will require Temporary Commercial Outdoor Permit / Use Permit / Land Use.
Temporary Use:
Seasonal Sales: Temporary outdoor sale and display of holiday goods during the following nationally recognized holidays: Christmas, Halloween, Independence Day, Valentine’s Day, and Mother's Day. Compliance with Title 30, Section 30.03.06G.11, is required. If compliance cannot be met, then a Special Use Permit for Recreational Facility may be required.
Special Events: Temporary outdoor use that includes, but is not limited to, circuses, amusements, outdoor concerts, festivals, revivals, street fairs, sidewalk/parking lot sales, outdoor arts and crafts fairs, and other organized community events, and educational, historic, religious, and patriotic displays or exhibits. Compliance with Title 30, Section 30.03.06F.6, is required. If compliance cannot be met, then a Special Use Permit for a Special Use Permit may be required.
Recreational Facility: A commercial facility or area used for entertainment, games of skill, recreation by the public, or sports. The use may be indoors or outdoors, or a combination. Examples of outdoor recreation include, but are not limited to, amphitheaters, amusement rides, arenas, driving ranges, fairgrounds, interactive entertainment, miniature golf, racetracks, game courts, go-cart tracks, roller- rinks, shooting ranges, and swimming pools, but does not include adult business or personal services. Examples of indoor recreation include, but are not limited to, arcades, amusement rides, arenas, billiard halls, bowling alleys, roller- and ice-skating rinks, game courts, swimming pools, miniature golf, interactive entertainment, indoor shooting ranges, and go-cart tracks, but does not include adult business or personal services. A Special Use Permit, or alternate form of land use application, may be required pursuant to Title 30, Section 30.03.06F.5.