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    ORDINANCE NO. 66l An ORDINANCE DECLARING THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO MAKE CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID CITY BY PAVING, CURBING AND GUTTERING CERTAIN STREETS AND PARTS OF STREEPS THEREIN; TO CREATE STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 100-36 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SAID IMPROVEMENTS: AND TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST AND EXPENSE THEREOF BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MADE ACCORDING TO BENEFITS; FIXING A TIME IN WHICH PROTESTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OR THE CREATION OF SUCH DISTRICT MAY BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED BY SAID BOARD; DIRECTING NOTICE THEREOF TO BE GIVEN; AND PRO VIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas in the County of Clark and State of Nevada deems it expedient and for the best interests of said City to improve certain streets and parts of streets hereinafter particularly described by the laying of oil bound gravel pavement thereon and by constructing on both sides thereof concrete curbs and gutters and concrete valley gutters wherever nec- essary; and WHEREAS, said Board deems it expedient and desirable to create Street Improvement Assessment Dis­trict No. 100-36 for the purpose of making said improvements,and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to benefits against the owners and the assessable lots, premises, and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district; and WHEREAS, there is not included within said district any public or other property against which a valid special assessment cannot be levied by said City; and WHEREAS, in no case does the estimated amount of any special assessment upon any lot or premises for said improvements exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the value of such lot or premises as shown upon the latest tax list or assessment roll for state and county tasation; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas, it is fair and equitable that no portion of said cost and expense be borne by the City from its general funds; and WHEREAS, said Board considers it necessary, desirable, and for the best interests of the City, to take the steps provided by law for the organization of an assessment district and the construction therein of said improvements; and WHEREAS, said Board, by a a resolution duly adopted and approved on the 6th day of July, 1955 or­dered the City Engineer to make estimates of the expense thereof, and plats, diagrams and plans of the work and of the locality to be improved, and to file such estimates, plats, diagrams and plans with the City Clerk for public examination; and WHEREAS, said estimates, plats, diagrams and plans were so filed on the l6th day of August, 1955; NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark and State of Nevada, does hereby declare its determination to make certain public improvements by paving, curbing and guttering, and installing concrete valley gutters on certain streets and parts of streets therein, to cre­ate a special assessment district therefor, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by spec­ial assessment district therefor, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assess­ments made according to benefits against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property spec­ially benefited by such improvements and included within said district, proportionately to the benefits received. SECTION 2. That the Board proposes to improve said streets and parts of streets by grading and constructing thereon an oil bound gravel pavement and by constructing on both sides of said streets and parts of streets concrete curbs, gutters, and concrete valley gutters on certain streets and parts of streets wherever said improvements are missing, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as more particularly shown by the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas. SECTION 3. That the streets and parts of streets which the Board proposes so to have improved are the following: OWENS AVENUE, HARRISON AVENUE, VAN BUREN AVENUE, JACKSON AVENUE, MONROE AVENUE, MADISON AVENUE, WASHINGTON AVENUE, AND MORGAN AVENUE, from the Westerly line of "H" Street to the Easterly line of "A" Street; ADAMS AVENUE from the Westerly line of "H" Street to the Easterly line of of "D” Street and from the Westerly line of ”C" Street to the Easterly line of "A” Street; MCWILLIAMS AVENUE from the Westerly line of "H" Street to the Westerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad; WILSON AVENUE from the Westerly line of "H" Street to the Westerly line of the Union Pacific Railroad; BONANZA ROAD from the North and South one-quarter¼) Section Line,Section 28, and its Southwardly prolongation, T20S, R61E, MDB&M to the Westerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad; "H" STREET, "G" STREET, "F" STREET, "E" STREET, "D" STREET, "C" STREET, AND "A" STREET from the Southerly line of Bonanza Road to the Northerly line of Owens Avenue; "B" STREET from its intersection at "A" Street to the North­erly line of Owens Avenge. SECTION 4. That the special assessment district which it is proposed to create shall be designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-36, and it shall include all the lots premises and prop­erty, to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon said streets and parts of streets. The boundaries of said proposed Assessment District are as follows: Beginning at a point which is the Southwesterly comer of Block 7 of the Original Las Vegas Townside, and running thence Westwardly across "H" Street and continuing Westwardly a distance of two hundred eighty (280) feet to a point in the North line of Bonanza Road, thence Northwardly two hundred eighty (280) feet distant from and parallel to the Easterly line of "H" Street, a distance of two hundred (200) feet to a point, which point is the true point of beginning; thence Northwardly two hundred eighty (280) feet distant along a line parallel to the Easterly line of "H" Street and including all property fronting on the Westerly side of ”H" Street for a depth of two hundred (200) feet or to the rear boundaries of such property front­ing on "H" Street, whichever distances may be the lesser, excepting therefrom all of Marble Manor. Continuing Northwardly along the last described course to its intersection with the Westwardly prolonga­tion of a line lying two hundred eighty (280) feet Northwardly and parallel to the Northern Boundary of H.F.M. & M. Addition, running thence from said intersection Eastwardly along the said prolongation and and the line two hundred eighty(280) feet Northerly and parallel to H.F.M. & M. Addition, including all property fronting on the Northerly side of Owens Avenue for a depth of two hundred (200) feet or to the rear boundaries of such property fronting on Owens Avenue, whichever distance may be the lesser; to its intersection with the City limits of the City of Las Vegas; thence Southwardly along the said City lim­its of the City of Las Vegas to the Northeast corner of Valley View Addition; thence Eastwardly along the City limits of the City of Las Vegas to a point which is the inter section of a line two hundred (200) feet Easterly of, and parallel to the East line of "A" Street; thence Southwardly along said line two hundred (200) feet Eastwardly and parallel to the Easterly line of "A" Street, including all prop­erty fronting on the Easterly side of "A" Street for a depth of two hundred (200) feet or to the rear boundaries of such property fronting on "A " Street, whichever distance may be the lesser; to an inter­section with the Westerly right-of-way line of the Union Pacific Railroad to its intersection, with a line lying two hundred(200) feet Southerly of, and parallel to the Southerly line of Bonanza Road; thence Westwardly along the said line lying two hundred (200) feet Southerly of, and parallel to the Southerly prolongation of the North and South one-quarter (¼) Section line of Section 28, T20S, R6lE,