Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, May 26, 1952 to February 17, 1954, lvc000008-487

PUBLIC HEARING Rezoning Blks 13, 21 & 22 Wardie Addition SO. Nev. Power Co. TRANSFORMER STATION Power Company Notified to remove PUBLIC HEARING V-44-53 Lloyd Hobson ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We, the undersigned, Mayor, Commissioners, Acting City Manager and City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, do hereby admit due service of the foregoing Notice of Special Meeting: C.D. BAKER REED WHIPPLE Mayor Commissioner WENDELL BUNKER Commissioner A.H. KENNEDY Acting City Manager REX A. JARRETT Commissioner HOWARD W. CANNON City Attorney HARRIS P. SHARP Commissioner A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, held this 29th day of July, 1953 was called to order at the hour of 7:30 P.M. by His Honor Mayor C.D. Baker with the following members present: Mayor Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner City Attorney Acting City Manager City Clerk C.D. Baker Wendell Bunker Rex A. Jarrett Harris P. Sharp Reed Whipple Howard W. Cannon A.H. Kennedy Shirley Ballinger This being the time set for the public hearing on the application of the Southern Nevada Power Company for rezoning of the following described property: FROM R-3 to C-1 - Lots 6 through 10, Block 22 of the resubdivision of Block 13 and portions of Blocks 21 and 22 of the Wardie Addition. His Honor asked if there were any objectors present. There were no protests voiced. Mrs. Evelyn Crone, property owner in this vicinity stated that she had no objection to the rezoning as long as the transformer station was moved. Thereafter Commissioner Sharp moved this hearing be continued until September 2 , 1953. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Whipple, Sharp and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Commissioner Bunker moved the Clerk be directed to write a letter to the Power Company notifying them that the transformer station at 10th and Charleston is to be moved by September 30, 1953 and the Board expects this transformer to be moved by that time. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. This being the time set for the public hearing on the appeal of Lloyd Hobson of the denial of his application for variance to construct a four unit apartment building within 5 feet of the side property line, 8 feet being required, at 1422 South 2nd Street, His Honor asked if there were any objections to this variance. There were no protests voiced. Thereafter Commissioner Bunker moved this variance be granted, and the following resolution adopted: WHEREAS, on the 8th day of June, 1953, Lloyd Hobson filed an application with the Regional Planning Commission for a variance to construct and maintain a four unit apartment building within five feet of the side property line where eight feet is required, at 1422 South 2nd Street between Imperial and Utah Streets on Lot 14, Block 10, Boulder Addition; and WHEREAS, on June 25, 1953 the Regional Planning Commission held a public hearing on this application for variance; and WHEREAS, on June 25, 1953, the Regional Planning Commission voted to recommend that this application be denied inasmuch as they felt that the granting of this variance would start a precedent and that the enforcement of an eight foot setback as required in the building code would not cause any extreme hardship in the development of this property; and WHEREAS, such decision was filed with the Board of Commissioners on June 26, 1953 recommend­ing that such variance be denied; and WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on this application for variance this 29th day of July, 1953 and no objections have been received. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Lloyd Hobson be granted a variance to construct and maintain a four unit apartment building within five feet of the side property line at 1422 South 2nd Street on Lot 14, Block 10 of the Boulder Addition. 7-29-53