Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-342

Commissioners on the 7th day of July, 1948, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Clark and Moore for recommendation; thereafter the said Committee reported favorably on the said Ordinance on the 13th day of July, 1948, which was a special meeting of said Board of City Commissioners; that at said special meeting held on the 13th day of July, 1948, the proposed Ordinance was read in full to the Board of City Commissioners as first introduced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Cragin. Voting "Nay": None Absent: Commissioner Baskin APPROVED: E. W. Cragin_________________ Mayor ATTEST: Shirley Ballinger City Clerk The above and foregoing Ordinance was thereafter read aloud to the said Board of City Commissioners for a second time at a special meeting of the Board held on the 23rd day of July, 1948, and passed by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Cragin. Voting "Nay": None Absent: Commissioner Baskin APPROVED: E. W. Cragin____________ Mayor ATTEST: Shirley Ballinger______ City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 356 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 308, PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION, PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, AND PRESCRIBING REGULA­TIONS FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY IN CONNECTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND PROCESSES; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION AND REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION ONE. Section one of Ordinance No. 308 is amended to read as follows: That a certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, of the City of Las Vegas, being marked and designated as Suggested Fire Prevention Ordinance, edition of 1947, recommended and published by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, be, and the same is hereby referred to and adopted as the Fire Prevention Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas, and by said reference and adoption, made a part of this Ordinance, the same as if it was fully set forth herein, Provided, Certain sections of said Suggested Fire Prevention Ordinance, as adopted by this ordinance are hereby amended as follows, to-wit: (a) - Part 8 is deleted in its entirety and there is substituted and adopted a certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, of the City of Las Vegas, being marked and designated as Pamphlet 58 - Standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the Design, Installation and Con­struction of Containers and Pertinent Equipment for the storage and handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases, as recommended by the National Fire Protection Assoc­iation, Edition of January, 1947, which is hereby referred to and adopted as Part 8 of the Fire Prevention Ordinance and by said reference and adoption, made a part of this Ordinance the same as if it was fully set forth herein. (b) - Section 913 is amended by deleting the first sentence and substituting the follow­ing: Storage Limited in Frame and Other Buildings not so used on August 6, 1948. The storage of flammable liquids inside buildings, except in buildings so used on August 6, 1948 and except inside buildings used only for the storage, handling, mixing and blending of flammable liquids and for no other or unrelated occupancy, shall be as given under the following subsections; provided that, in a special storage room or fire resistive building conforming to requirements given in Section 915, the storage of Class I liquids shall be in accordance with Section 916 and the quantity of Class II and III liquids shall be unlimited as to total quantity.