Patio Cover Permits in the Las Vegas Valley

Yes. Each of the four permit offices in the valley treats a patio cover as permitted work:

We didn't find a size exemption for patio covers in any of the four offices' published materials. You'll see a square-footage cutoff mentioned online, but none of these official sources states one.

The permit comes from whoever governs your property's address. Many homes with a "Las Vegas" mailing address are actually in unincorporated Clark County, such as Paradise, Spring Valley, Enterprise, Sunrise Manor, Winchester and Whitney.

Not sure which one you're in? Clark County publishes a map of its unincorporated townships, linked in the sources below.

City of Las Vegas

• Everything is submitted electronically, and plans must be stamped and signed by the contractor or designer.
• With a pre-approved design (a Southern Nevada standard design, or an approved aluminum or steel product such as ICC ESR 1953 or IAPMO 195): a dimensioned, signed site plan and the patio cover application. The site plan shows the cover's size, every setback from the property lines, the setback from the house if it's freestanding, and the contractor's name and license number.
• Without a pre-approved design: digitally signed engineered plans, plus the site plan and application, and a full plan review.
• Once approved, the plans and permit are printed and kept at the jobsite.
• "Building Permits expire 180 days after issuance if no passed inspections performed."

Henderson

• Standard designs accepted: 4 Seasons (ESR #1953), Amerimax (ESR #1398), Duralume (IAPMO #195), and Clark County's approved B-102 Light Roofing and B-103 Heavy Roofing drawings.
• Anything else is a site-specific design, signed and sealed by a registered design professional, with structural calculations sealed by a Nevada civil or structural engineer.
• The site plan shows the address, the contractor's Nevada license number, every structure and pool, setbacks on all four sides, the cover's height, length, width and area, the posts (how many, where, how far apart, and on slab or footings), how it attaches (fascia for aluminum covers only, wall, or freestanding), the roof style, and stucco or stone finishes.

Unincorporated Clark County

• A permit is required, and zoning setbacks apply. Setback questions go to Comprehensive Planning.
• The county publishes the B-102 and B-103 standard patio cover drawings that Henderson also accepts.

North Las Vegas

• Patio cover inspections can be done by remote video, scheduled through the city's Citizen Self-Service Portal.

HOA approval is a separate step from the city or county building permit. If your home is in an HOA, you submit its application to your HOA yourself. We don't prepare HOA applications, so it's worth checking your HOA's rules early.

• We pull the permit on every job, and the permit cost is already in your quote.
• Most Alumawood covers use standard engineering; nearly every 4K Aluminum project gets site-specific engineering because it's custom.
• Our own crews build the cover, led by Armando Ibarra. No subcontractors.