§ 20.10.020. Insurance—McCarran International Airport.  


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  • Each operator not otherwise providing insurance as hereinafter set forth pursuant to an existing agreement with Clark County, Nevada, shall, at its own expense, keep in force insurance of the following types and in not less than the following amounts, issued by a company or companies of sound and adequate financial responsibility, insuring itself against all liabilities for accidents arising out of or in connection with the operator's use and occupancy of and/or operations at the airport, except when caused by the county's negligence alone or jointly with any person other than the operator, its agents, contractors and subcontractors, and shall furnish to Clark County, Nevada, certificates evidencing such insurance:

    (a)

    Aircraft liability insurance and/or comprehensive commercial aviation general liability insurance for claims of property damage, bodily injury, or death allegedly resulting from the operator's activities into, on, and leaving any part of McCarran International Airport, in an amount not less than one hundred fifty million dollars, per occurrence.

    (b)

    Liquor liability insurance for any facility of the operator serving alcoholic beverages on the airport in an amount not less than ten million dollars per occurrence, combined single limit.

    (c)

    Hangarkeepers liability insurance in an amount adequate to cover any non-owned property in the care, custody and control of the operator on the airport, but in any event in an amount not less than five million dollars, combined single limit.

    (d)

    Automobile liability insurance in an amount adequate to cover automobile insurance on the airport in an amount not less than five million dollars per person and per occurrence, combined single limit, for operators that require automobile access to the airfield. All other operators shall provide automobile liability insurance in an amount adequate to cover automobile insurance on the airport in an amount not less than one million dollars per person and per occurrence, combined single limit.

    (e)

    Each air transportation company that operates aircraft with a maximum seating of nineteen, including the pilot(s) or with a maximum gross landing weight of thirty thousand pounds, shall be required to provide aircraft liability insurance and/or comprehensive commercial aviation general public liability insurance for claims of property, damage, bodily injury, or death allegedly resulting from the operator's activities into, on, and leaving part of the airport or Airport System, in an amount of not less than fifty million dollars, per occurrence.

    (f)

    Insurance protecting against liability under workers' compensation laws with limits at least as required by statute and employers liability insurance with statutory state requirement.

    County of Clark, Nevada, its elected officers, appointed executives or other officers, other employees, agents, volunteers, members of boards and commissioners of the County of Clark shall be additional insureds on the above policies (with the exceptions of employers liability) to the full limits of liability purchased by the operator even if those limits of liability are in excess of those required by the contract.

    (Ord. 2332 § 9, 1999: Ord. 2141 § 2, 1998: Ord. 1951 § 2, 1997: Ord. 1828 § 2, 1996: Ord. 1668 § 2, 1995: Ord. 1587 § 2, 1994: Ord. 1497 § 2, 1993: Ord. 1090 § 3, 1988: Ord. 1061 § 3, 1987: Ord. 927 § 2, 1985: Ord. 804 § 2, 1982: Ord. 451 § 3, 1975)

(Ord. No. 3790, § 6, 7-7-2009; Ord. No. 3968, § 9, 7-19-2011; Ord. No. 4105, § 16, 6-4-2013)