Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-341

Section 3. Application in writing for such permit shall be made to and upon forms furnished by the City Engineer and shall state the location of the proposed or existing drive- way, its grade, type of construction, design and dimensions, its purposes, the nature of the property or business it is to serve or is serving, and such other information as may be re­quired by the City Engineer, who shall issue a permit therefor if he finds upon investigation taking into account the estimated amount of pedestrian and vehicular traffic on said driveway and on the adjacent street and sidewalk, and having due regard for the interests and convenie- ence of the public and a reasonable use of the property served or to be served by such drive­way, that the proposed or existing driveway will not substantially impair, endanger, inter­fere with, or be a menace to the public safety, provided, however, that no permit shall be issued without the approval of the Board of Commissioners for the construction of a driveway in excess of thirty-two (32) feet in length at the curb or lot line, nor unless a safety island space of at least eighteen (18) feet measured along the curb and lot line shall be provided between driveways, except that such permit may be issued without such approval of the Board of Commissioners first obtained for any existing driveway where the same has here­tofore been constructed with the approval of the Building Inspector and is now in actual use, and all driveways, with curb and gutter returns, shall be located and constructed according to the specifications and under the direction of the City Engineer, and according to the ordin­ances and regulations of the City of Las Vegas. Section 2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 343 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 4* Upon the issuance of a permit, as herein provided, the City Clerk shall collect from the applicant therefor, and pay over to the City Treasurer, the fee of Fifty Cents (50¢) for each lineal foot or frantion thereof of authorized driveway in excess of sixteen (16) lineal feet measured along the curb or lot line, whichever is greater, and where curb and gutter exists or is constructed, and no permit shall be valid, nor shall any right, authority or privilege accrue thereunder to the holder thereof, unless and until said fee is paid. Section 3. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 343 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 5. Without limiting the rights, powers and authority vested by law in the City of Las Vegas in respect to the suspension, revocation or cancellation of permits, and in ad­dition to every remedy vested by law in said City in relation thereto, the acceptance of a permit or any renewal thereof under the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute an agreement on the part of the holder thereof, as a condition for the grating of the same, that: (a) Said permit may be revoked by the Board of Commissioners at any time for any viola­tion of any of the provisions or conditions of said permit. (b) Said permit may be revoked by the Board of Commissioners at any time upon the failure or refusal of the holder thereof to construct and continuously maintain the driveway according to the specifications of the City Engineer, or the Board of Commissioners as heretofore or herein provided, and under the direction of the City Engineer, and according to the ordinances and regulations of the City of Las Vegas, or upon his failure or refusal to maintain said driveway in good order and condition, or upon his failure or refusal to make such necessary repairs thereto as directed by the City Engineer, or if, in its sole discretion, the Board of Commissioners shall determine that said driveway for any reason whatever is or has become dangerous and a menace to the public safety, or for any reasons of public welfare. (c) Said permit may be revoked by the Board of Commissioners at any time upon the failure or refusal of the holder of said permit to complete the construction of the driveway within thirty (30) days after the curb has been broken or any other work has been commenced in the construction of said driveway. (d) Said permit may be revoked by the Board of Commissioners at any time upon the abandonment or nonuse of said driveway for a reasonable time of the purposes of the property or business which said driveway was authorized to serve. (e) The City of Las Vegas shall not be estopped for any reason whatever to suspend, revoke or cancel said permit or any renewal thereof as herein provided. (f) Upon the termination of said permit, by revocation, expiration, or otherwise, the rights, privileges and authority granted thereby shall thereupon cease and determine, and the driveway shall be removed, and the sidewalk, curb and other public property where said drive­way shall have been located shall be restored to their original condition and location in accordance with the specifications and under the direction of the City Engineer, and ac­cording to the ordinances and regulations of the City of Las Vegas, so that said sidewalk, curb and other public property shall be safe for public travel, and said work shall be done at the sole expense of the holder of said permit and without cost or expense or any kind whatever to the City of Las Vegas, provided, that in the event of the failure, neglect or refusal on the part of the holder of said permit to remove the driveway and affect the res­toration of the sidewalk, curb and other public property when directed in writing so to do by the City Engineer, the City of Las Vegas may proceed to remove the driveway and restore the sidewalk, curb and other public property and charge the expense thereof to the holder of said permit. Section 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed. Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have this ordinance published in the Las Vegas Evening Review Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas, for a period of two weeks, that is to say: once each week. E. W. Cragin_____________ Mayor ATTEST: Shirley Ballinger_____ City Clerk The above and foregoing Ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of City