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Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-288

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    First reading March 25, 1931. Second reading April 22, 1931. Approved this 22 day of April, 1931. J. F. Hesse Mayor. Attest: Viola Burns City Clerk. (City Seal) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION. STATE OF NEVADA ) SS County of Clark ) Dick Lochrie, being first duly sworn, deposes, and says: That he is Foreman of the Las Vegas Evening 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 one week, every day from April 23, 1931 to April 30, 1931 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: Apr. 23-24-25-27-28-29-30, 1931. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed Dick Lochrie Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of April 1931. A. E. Cahlan Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires 1/12/35. (Notarial Seal) ORDINANCE NO. 168. An ordinance of the Commission of the City of Las Vegas, establishing a residence district, industrial and commercial districts within the said City of Las Vegas; defining such districts; declaring it unlawful to erect, establish, maintain, or operate certain factories, works, or establishments within said residence districts and said commercial districts; regulating the erection, establishment, maintenance, operation and rebuilding of certain works or establishments in said districts; providing penalties for the violation of said Ordinance, and repealing ordinances in conflict therewith. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. That all of the City of Las Vegas is hereby established as and declared to be a residence district, excepting therefrom those portions of the City included within the boundaries of the hereinafter described commercial districts and industrial districts. Section 11. That the commercial districts are hereby created and established within the said City as described as follows: The commercial district hereby defined as: All frontage on Fremont Street from Main Street to the east City limits to a depth not exceeding 150 feet; all frontage on Fifth Street from the south city limits to the north city limits to a depth not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) feet; all lots fronting on First Street from Bridger Street to Stewart Street; all lots fronting on Second Street from Stewart Street to Clark Street; all lots fronting on Third Street from Stewart Street to Bridger Street; all lots fronting on Fourth Street from Stewart Street to Bridger Street. All lots on Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Streets from Stewart Street to Carson Street; all 1ots fronting on the south side of Stewart Street from Fifth Street to Twelfth Street; all lots fronting on the north side of Carson Street from Fifth Street to Twelfth Street; all lots fronting on Ogden Street from Fifth Street to Twelfth Street. All lots on Clark Avenue and Wilson Avenue in original Townsite. All frontage on Main Street (East Side) from north City limits to south City limits, not exceeding 150 feet in depth. Section 111. That the industrial districts are hereby created and established within the said City as described as follows: All that portion of the City of Las Vegas west of Main Street, north of Charleston Boulevard, (except Original Townsite; H. F. M. and M. Addition; Valley View Addition; Woodland Park) and that portion west of the prolongation of Main Street south of Charleston Boulevard. Section IV. It shall be un lawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect, establish, maintain, operate, or carry on, within the residence districts described in Section 1 hereof, any industrial business, or commercial establishment of any kind whatsoever, except with the approval of the Board of City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas and with the written consent of the owners of more than fifty (50%) per cent of the area of the land within a radius of 500 feet of such proposed industrial business or commercial establishments, exclusive, however, of land used for public streets, highways, or alleys, and land used for railroad, interurban railroad, or street railroad rights of way.; provided, however, that said Board of Commissioners may not grant its approval for the