Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, August 11, 1942 to December 30, 1946, lvc000005-458

abatement, and to revoke the license of said business, and the said Southern Nevada Industries, Ltd., having been duly served with written notice to appear before the said Board at a hearing to be held in the Commissioners' Room in the War Memorial Building on Stewart Avenue and Fifth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 5th day of June, 1946, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. of that day, and show cause, if any it has, why the conditions existing at its place of business should not be declared to be a public nuisance and its license revoked, and the said Board having held a hearing at said time and place, and Madison B. Graves, Esq., of the firm of Morse and Graves, having appeared at said hearing on behalf of said petitioners, and Robert E. Jones, Esq., of the firm of Jones Wiener and Jones, having appeared on behalf of Southern Nevada Industries, Ltd., and the said Board having been advised by H. W. Polk, the owner of Southern Nevada Industries, Ltd., at said hearing that a portion of the plant will be removed at an early date, thus eliminating a good part of the conditions complained of, NOW, after hearing counsel for and against the aforesaid petitions, and after considering the petitions filed for and against the continued operation of the business aforesaid, and due deliberation having been had thereon, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas find the business of Southern Nevada Industries as it is now being operated, is not a public nuisance and that its license to carry on such business should not be revoked, and it is therefore ORDERED that the petitions filed by the aforesaid residents and property owners affected, be denied. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Voting Aye; Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor Mayor Cragin. Voting Nay: None Absent: None POLICE STATION — Bids Let AMENDMENT ORDINANCE No. 165 PROPOSED ANNEXATION — 5th Street Strip Commissioner Clark moved that the City Manager be instructed to advertise for bids for the construction of the Police Station, said bids to be opened on July 8 at the hour of 2 p.m. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Commissioner Clark moved that the City Attorney be instructed to draw up an amendment to amend Section 8 of Ordinance No. 165 to eliminate the necessity of filing the numbers of individual slot machines with the City Clerk. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bates and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Commissioner Baskin moved that inasmuch as sufficient freeholders has signed the petition of protest to the annexation of South Fifth Street adjacent to the city limits that such proposed annexation is hereby abandoned. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bates and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. There being no further business to come before the meeting at this time Commissioner Clark moved that the meeting adjourn until June 22 at the hour of 10 a.m. Motion seconded by Commissioner Baskin, and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Clark, Corradetti and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Las Vegas, Nevada June 22, 1946 At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners held this 22nd day of June, 1946. Meeting called to order by His Honor Mayor E. W. Cragin at the hour of 10 a.m. with the following members present: Commissioners Baskin, Bates, Corradetti; City Attorney C. Norman Cornwall; Acting City Manager George Rittenhouse; and City