SE Vegas News

Last week, the Clark County Board of County Commissioners approved the Nevada Legislature's obligation that short-term rentals conducting business illegally in unincorporated portions of the county be monitored per licensed business regulations. 

The Nevada Legislature passed Bill 363 last year which called on Clark County to provide regulations that would oversee short-term rentals and temporary housing, according to a news release shared by the Clark County government.

“Clark County has spent the better part of the last six months working to not only understand and engage around the requirement to us by the Nevada Legislature to regulate and license short-term rentals as commercial businesses, but also to understand what our community wants and the impact this will have on neighborhoods across unincorporated Clark County,” said Jim Gibson, chair of the Clark County Commission.

The ordinance strives to find an adequate balance between their requirements and the desires of the community while ensuring those generating income from short-term rentals do so in a safe manner, the release stated.

“Through our work, we engaged our residents directly and over half, 55.2%, told us that they view short-term rentals in their neighborhoods negatively and an even larger percentage, well over 70%, felt that the county should go farther in limiting the number of guests who can be in a rental in addition to other things,” Gibson said.