Nevada § 484D.720 - Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Waiver; additional requirements and conditions; designation of highways; regulations

§ 484D.720. Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Waiver; additional requirements and conditions; designation of highways; regulations

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Department of Transportation

may, upon application, if good cause appears, issue a special or multiple trip-limited

time permit authorizing the applicant to move a manufactured or mobile home, or any

other similar type of vehicle or structure, in excess of 120 inches in width but not

exceeding 192 inches in width, including any appendages and roof eaves. Upon request of the applicant, the Department of Transportation may grant a waiver

from the maximum width of 192 inches, subject to any conditions prescribed by the

Department of Transportation. 2. The movement of a manufactured or mobile home, or a similar type of vehicle or

structure, pursuant to subsection 1 is, in addition to the conditions and requirements

of NRS 484D.715 , subject to the following requirements and conditions: (a) “Wide-load” signs and red flags must be on the front of the towing vehicle and

on the rear of the home, vehicle or structure. (b) The towing vehicle must be a one-and-one-half-ton or larger truck or tractor equipped

with dual wheels. (c) The applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the Department that the applicant

is financially responsible and has complied or is able to comply with the equipment

requirements. (d) As an additional warning to approaching traffic, the towing vehicle must be operated

with the headlights turned on low beam. (e) The driver of the towing vehicle shall do everything possible to prevent the congestion

or slowing down of traffic in either direction because of the overwidth home, vehicle

or structure and shall, if necessary to maintain the normal flow of traffic, drive

the towing vehicle and the home, vehicle or structure off the pavement where safe

to do so, in order that traffic may pass. (f) When two or more homes, vehicles or structures in excess of 120 inches in width

are moved over the same highway in the same direction, the drivers of the towing vehicles

shall maintain a distance of at least 1,000 feet between vehicles. 3. The Department of Transportation shall: (a) Designate the highways over which manufactured or mobile homes, or other similar

types of vehicles or structures, in excess of 120 inches in width may be moved, and

may require a pilot car to precede or follow the load. (b) Prescribe, by regulation, standards for moving homes, vehicles or structures,

in excess of 120 inches in width, including the times and days when such moving is

permitted, and additional safety precautions to be taken. 4. The regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 may establish

different standards that are applicable only to the moving of a manufactured or mobile

home, or other similar types of vehicle or structure, that is in excess of 168 inches,

excluding any appendages and roof eaves, but does not exceed 192 inches in width,

including any appendages and roof eaves.