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Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-514

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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION IV OF ORDINANCE 688 DEALING WITH THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS BY PROVIDING THE LOCATION WHERE TAVERNS MAY BE MAINTAINED; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELAXED THERETO AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4, Chapter 16, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949 as amended by Section 5 of Ordinance 688, is hereby amended to read as follows: Taverns may be maintained only in that portion of the City of Las Vegas bounded by Main Street on the west, Ogden Street on the north, 2nd Street on the east, Carson Street on the south; 5th Street between Oakey Boulevard and San Francisco Avenue; Jackson Street from 100 feet east of "D" Street to 100 feet west of "F" Street and from Monroe to Van Buren on "D" Street; and on each side of Charleston Boulevard, commencing at the intersection of East Charleston and Fremont Street and extending westerly along Charleston Boulevard a distance of 103 feet. SECTION 2. All ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or six months in the City Jail or both, in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed by any other ordinances of the City of Las Vegas. SECTION 4. 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 Review Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. ATTEST: APPROVED: s/ Shirley Ballinger_________ _____________________/s/ C.D. Baker____ City Clerk Mayor The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Com­missioners on the 18th day of July, 1956, and referred to the following committee composed of Com­missioners Bunker and Sharp for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 22nd day of January, 1957 which was a special meeting; that at said meeting held on said day the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commissioners as amended and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Sharp, Whipple and Mayor Baker. Voting "Nay": None Absent: None. ATTEST: APPROVED: /s Shirley Ballinger__________________________ s/ C.D.Baker_ City Clerk Mayor AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA, ) COUNTY OF CLARK ) ss. A.F. SCHELLACK, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, a daily newspaper, of general circulation, printed and published at Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the attached was continuously published in said newspaper for a period of Two (2) insertions from January 25 1957 to February 1, 1957 inclusive, being the is­sues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: January 25 1957; February 1, 1957. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. s/ A.F. SCHELLACK Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of February, 1957 s/ NEOLA GIERHART NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA My Commission Expires April 14, 1958 ORDINANCE NO. 734 AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND IMPOSING LICENSE TAXES FOR REVENUE UPON HOTELS, AND MOTELS AND UPON GAMING; AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF SUCH LICENSE TAXES; PRESCRIBING OTHER DETAILS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Las Vegas, in the County of Clark and State of Nevada, is a municipal corporation duly organized and existing under Chapter 15>2, Statutes of Nevada, 1911, as from time to time amended; and WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of said City is authorized to fix, impose and collect a license tax for revenue on and to regulate all character of lawful trades, callings, industries, occupations, professions, and business conducted in said city, pursuant to Section 31 Chapter 132, Statutes of Nevada, 1911, as last amended by Chapter 152, Statutes of Nevada, 1955, i.e. the Charter of said city, and particularly subparagraphs 8 to 11, both inclusive, thereof; and ORDINANCE NO. 733