Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-147

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of July, 1940. A. E. CAHLAN Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada (SEAL) May Commission Expires January 12th, 1943 ORDINANCE NO. 254. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1, AS AMENDED, OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 168 OF THE CITY OF IAS VEGAS, ENTITLED: "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 HEREWITH". The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1 of said Ordinance Number 168 is hereby amended to read as follows: 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, and said residence district is hereby divided into four zones, bounded and restricted as follows: RESIDENCE ZONE NUMBER 1. That portion of said City of Las Vegas lying east of the alley between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, west of the alley between Tenth Street and Eleventh Street, north of lewis Street and south of the north line of Buck's sub-division and the north line of the re-plat of Grandview Addition, and that portion of the. City of Las Vegas lying east of the alley between Second Street and Third Street, west of the alley between Fourth Street and Fifth Street, north of Charleston Boulevard and south of Garces Street, shall be subject to the following restrictions: (a) All of said zone shall be restricted to residence on dwellings of a minimum value of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00); courts and apartment houses, flats or duplexes to a minimum value of Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($850.00) per room, with no single buil­ding for residence purposes of a less value than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00); and no house or building shall be moved into said district that is of less value than Three Thou­sand Dollars $3,000.00) when completed, and that the same must be completed within ninety days from the time such building is moved into said district, and no building shall be occu­pied for living purposes until the same is entirely completed. (B) All Buildings must be set back from the street on which the lot faces, or front street, at least twenty-five feet, and there shall not be more than two separate residences on each fifty (50) foot lot. (C) No tent house, shack or garage shall be erected, maintained or occupied as a dwelling except for a maximum period of ninety (90) days during the actual construction of a residence or other dwelling on the same property, in conformity with City Ordinance. RESIDENCE ZONE NO. 2. That portion of said City lying east of the alley between fifth street and Sixth Street, west of the alley between Tenth Street and Eleventh Street north of Charleston Boulevard, and south of Lewis Street, shall be subject to the follo­wing restrictions: (A) All of said zone shall be restricted to one single family residence of a minimum of Thirty-five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) and no house or building shall be moved into said zone. (B) All Buildings must be set back from the street on which lot faces, or front street, at least twenty-five feet, and there shall not be more than one single family dwelling in each fifty foot lot, provided that on 75 foot corner lots, and on lots upon which there is already erected one dwelling on the rear of said lot, one additional single family dwelling may be erected subject to the above mentioned setback. (C) No tent house, shack or garage shall be erected, maintained or occupied as a dwelling in this zone. RESIDENCE ZONE NO. 3. That portion of the Westside of the City of Las Vegas, namely, that portion of west of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad right-of-way, lying north of the alley between Wilson Avenue and Gass Avenue, and south of the alley between Jefferson Avenue and Madison Avenue, west of First Street West, and east of the Tonopah High­way, shall be subject to the following restrictions. (A) All of the said zone shall be restricted to residences and dwellings, apart­ment houses, flats, bungalow courts or auto courts of a minimum value of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($5,500.00), and no residence or dwelling, apartment house, flat, bungalow court or auto court shall be moved into said district that is of a less value than Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) when completed and all buildings moved into said district or construc­ted therein shall be completed within six months from the time of the commencement of such moving or construction, and no building shall be occupied for living purposes until the same shall be entirely completed. (B) No bungalow court or auto court shall be erected which shall have a less value than Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) per room, but for the purposes of this sub­division, a bath room shall not be considered a room.