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Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-57

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    and invalidity of any section, sentence, clause or part of this ordinance, in any one or more instances shall not affect or prejudice in any way the applicability and validity of this ordinance in any other instances• Section 10. That by reason of the fact that the streets of the City of Las Vegas are inadequate to meet the present and future needs of the City and its inhabitants and that it is necessary immediately to raise funds to improve said streets, therefore, it is hereby declared that an emergency exists, and that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. Section 11. That 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 final reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a daily newspaper published in said City, and this ordinance shall become effective immediately following the second publication hereof, PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 12th day of April, 1951. s/ E.W. Cragin Mayor (SEAL) Attest: s/ Shirley Ballinger City Clerk Those voting "Aye”: Commissioners Bunker. Peccole. Whipple and His Honor_______________________________ Those voting "Nay": None. Absent: Commissioner Moore (SEAL) APPROVED: Attest: __________s/ E.W. Cragin s/ Shirley Ballinger AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Mayor City Clerk STATE OF NEVADA,) ss COUNTY OF CLARK ) Carl Woodbury_______ , being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Auditor 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 2 insertions from April 18. 1951 to April 26. 1951 inclusive, being the issues of said news­paper for the following dates, to-wit: April 18. 26. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. s/ Carl Woodbury Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of May, 1951. s/ Neola Gierhart Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada, My Commission Expires April 14, 1954. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 457 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION X OF ORDINANCE NO. 378, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCES NO. 381 AND 382 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS CREATING ELEVEN (11) DISTRICTS, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING; THE USE OF LAND, THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; THE HEIGHTS AND BULK OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; THE PROVISIONS OF OPEN SPACES FOR LIGHT AND AIR; THE INTENSITY OF SUCH USES AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION; ESTABLISHING BUILDING SETBACK LINES; ADOPTING A MAP OF SUCH DISTRICTS DEFINING THE TERMS USED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE ADJUSTMENT AND AMENDMENT THEREOF; REQUIRING THAT CERTAIN PERMITS SHALL BE SECURED FOR SUCH BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND IM­PROVEMENTS AND FOR THE USE THEREOF, AND OF LANDS; REQUIRING CERTAIN FEES; PROVIDING THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH," AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH." WHEREAS, the Board of City Commissioners of its own motion on March 28, 1951, determined to hold a public hearing on the question of a zone change of the NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 28, T 20 S, R 61 E, MDB&M, also known as the Harper Tract, from an R-E (Residence Estates) to R-2 (Two-family residence) Zone, and WHEREAS, the notice for the holding of such public hearing was duly given as required by law, and WHEREAS, the said public hearing on the contemplated zone change was held at the Council Chambers in the City Hall on Stewart Avenue, corner of North Fifth Street, in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the 18th day of April, 1951, and all persons who desired to be heard were heard at that time, and WHEREAS, at said public hearing it was determined that a committee should be appointed to fur­ther study the contemplated zone change, and report to the Board of City Commissioners thereon, and WHEREAS, a committee consisting of representatives from all interested parties was appointed by His Honor, Mayor E.W. Cragin, on the 18th day of April, 1951, and WHEREAS, the committee was composed of the following persons: Robb. E. Jones, J. David Hoggard, Rulon A. Earl, Maxwell Kelch, William Peccole, A.C. Grant, and Howard W. Cannon, and WHEREAS, the said Board of City Commissioners duly recessed the public hearing upon the contem­plated zone change until the 23rd day of April, 1951, and WHEREAS, the said committee made a study of the facts and circumstances surrounding the said afore contemplated zone change and did on the 23rd day of April, 1951, present its report and recommenda­