Planning Applications

Application Submittal

**Payment is required at the time of submittal. Review Fees.**

The following completed applications may be submitted in person or by mail at the address listed below:

  • Address Change
  • Appeal
  • Business License Review
  • Sign Review
  • Street Name
  • Tenant Improvement
  • Temporary Use Permit
  • Zoning Inquiry
  • Zoning Review

Mailing Address:

Nye County Planning
250 N Hwy 160 Suite 1
Pahrump, NV 89060

The following completed applications REQUIRE a submittal appointment with a Planner and WILL NOT be accepted over the counter or by mail:

  • Conditional Use Permit
  • Development Agreement / Security Release Application
  • Division of Land Application
  • Extension of Time
  • Master Plan Amendment
  • Medical Marijuana Establishment Business License Application
  • Recreational Marijuana Establishment Business License Application
  • Site Development Plan
  • Solid Waste Permit
  • Special Use Permit
  • Waiver
  • Zone Change

For assistance or to make an appointment with a Planner please contact our office at 775-751-4249.

Planning Applications Utilized Within the Pahrump Regional Planning District

Review and Complete the entire application. For assistance contact a Pahrump Planning Associate.

  • Address Change
    • Approval is required for a change of address. (i.e. corner lot, fronting two streets)
  • Appeal

For use in the appeal process of land use decisions made by the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission (RPC) or the Zoning Administrator.

  • Business License Review
    • Required prior to the issuance of a business license.
  • Development Improvement Agreement/Security Release Application
  • Division of Land Inside PRPD  and Outside PRPD
    • Application is used when applying for one of the following:
      • Amended Final Subdivision Map
      • Boundary Line Adjustment
      • Final Large Parcel Map
      • Final Map Extension of Time
      • Final Subdivision Map
      • Map of Reversion
      • Merger and Resubdivision Parcel Map
      • Minor Modification to Subdivision Map
      • Parcel Map
      • Tentative Large Parcel Map
      • Tentative Subdivision Map
    • Document Submittal Requirements
  • Land Use Application
    • Application is used when applying for one of the following:
      • Conditional Use Permit
      • Extension of Time (CUP/SUP)
      • Street Name Change
      • Text Amendment
      • Vacation and Abandonment
      • Waiver
      • Zone Change
  • Master Plan Amendment
    • Required when property owners seek to develop their properties at densities, intensities, or with uses that are not permitted under the current Master Plan category.
      • Major Amendment
      • Minor Amendment
  • Medical Marijuana Establishment Business License Application
    • Approval is required prior to any establishment operation.
  • Recreational Marijuana Esablishment Business License Application.
    • Approval is required prior to any establishment operation.
  • Sign Permit
    • Approval is required for any advertising structures and/or signs and prior to the issuance of building or other construction permits.
  • Site Development Plan
    • Approval is required for all commercial/industrial development and prior to the issuance of building or other construction permits.
  • Solid Waste Permit Application
    • Before any private landfill, recycling facility, or other private disposal or storage facility for solid waste located in Nye County, except a Class 3 mining landfill permitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, receives and/or disposes of solid waste, the private landfill, recycling facility or other private disposal or storage facility shall obtain authorization from the Board of County Commissioners by way of a permit for solid waste importation and disposal (hereafter "solid waste permit").
  • Special Use Permit
    • Used for Medical or Recreational Marijuana projects, power generation projects, transmission line projects.
  • Street Name Approval
    • To be submitted with a Final Subdivision map
  • Temporary Use Permit
    • Approval is required for the temporary placement of a mobile home, commercial coach, or recreational vehicle when used as a residence.
  • Tenant Improvement
    • Approval is required, prior to the occupation of a building and any construction that involves modification to the inside of an existing building.
  • Zoning Inquiry Request
    • To request the zoning and master plan category of a specific parcel.
  • Zoning Review - UPDATED APRIL 2018
    • Approval is required prior to the construction of any building or garage, including the placement of a mobile home, and any construction that involves modifications of expansion of an existing building, or prior to establishing any other land use which may require a building permit.

Planning Applications Utilized Outside of the Pahrump Regional Planning District

Review and Complete the entire application. For assistance contact the Planning Department at (775) 751-4249.

Reginal Planning Commission Board Application

There will be opportunities advertised periodically to volunteer for the Pahrump Regional Planning Commission and other Boards and Committees that may arise through the Planning Department. To apply for these opportunities, you may print and fill out the application and questionnaire attached below: