Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-174

With value from $401 to $999 •••••••••• $7.00 With value from $1,000 to $2,000. ...................... 10.00 With value from $2,000 to $10,000, $3.00 for each additional $1,000. From $10,000 on up, $2.00 for each additional $1,000 value. INSPECTION FEES. ANNUAL For signs, billboards and display panels, one half the amount charged for the original permit For Electrical and Building Signs For signs up to $2,000 (Original valuation) $3.00 For signs over $2,000 (Original valuation) 10.00 The Building Inspector shall inspect annually, or at such other times as he deems necessary, each sign or other advertising structure regulated by the ordinances of the city for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same is secure or insecure, and whether it is in need of removal or repair; and to meet the expense of such inspection, the fees prescribed in this section are deemed reasonable. No inspection fee other than the permit fee shall be charged during the calendar year in which the sign or other advertising structure is erected. SECTION 3. The maximum height limit of any billboard display poster panel or any type of outdoor advertising that is supported by its own structural members attached to the ground, shall not exceed fifteen (13) feet in height from the existing natural grade below. SECTION 4. If the Building Inspector shall find that any sign or other advertising structure regu­lated herein is unsafe or insecure, or is a menace to the public, or has been constructed or erected or is being maintained in violation of the provisions of this ordinance or any other ordinance of the city, he shall give written notice to the permittee thereof. If the permittee fails to remove or alter the structure so as to comply with the standards herein set forth within ten (10) days after such notice, such sign or other advertise ing structure may be removed or altered to comply with the requirements, by the Building Inspector at the expense of the permittee or owner of the property upon which it is located. The Building Inspector shall re­fuse to issue a permit to any permittee or owner who refuses to pay costs so assessed. The Building Inspector may cause any sign or other advertising structure which is an immediate peril to persons or property to be removed summarily without notice. SECTION 5. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($300.00), and by confinement in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by a combination of both. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication as in the next section provided, and final passage. SECTION 7. The City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas shall cause this Ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its first reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Sun, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. s/ Reed Whipple____________________ Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: s/ Shirley Ballinger City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the 3rd day of December, 1952, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Jarrett and Whipple for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 18th day of February, 1953, that at said meeting held on said day, the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commissioners as first introduced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Peccole and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple. Voting "Nay": None Absent: Mayor Baker APPROVED: S/ Reed Whipple___________________ Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: s/ Shirley Ballinger____________ City Clerk