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Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-389

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    The above and foregoing ordinance vas first proposed and read by title to the Board of Ccmmission- ers on the 20th day of July, 1955, 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 July, 1955, which was the special meeting held on the 22nd day of July, 1955, and at said special meeting held on said day, the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commission­ers as first introduced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye”: Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Sharp and Mayor Pro Tem Whipple. Voting "Nay": None Absent: None APPROVED: / s/ REED WHIPPLE ATTEST: Mayor Pro Temps /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER City Clerk 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 July 27, 1955 to August 3, 1955 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: July 27, August 3, 1955. 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 3rd day of August , 1955. /s/ NEOLA GIERHART NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY NEVADA My Commission Expires April l4, 1957. ORDINANCE NO. 660 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOARD. OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO MAKE CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS BY INSTALLING A SANITARY SEWER ALONG CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF STREETS AND ALLEYS AND EASEMENTS THEREIN; TO CREATE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 200-17 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SAID IMPROVEMENTS, AND TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST AND EXPENSES THEREOF BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MADE ACCORDING TO BENEFITS; FIXING A TIME IN WHICH PROTESTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OR THE CREATION OF SUCH DISTRICT MAY BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED BY SAID BOARD; DIRECTING NOTICE THEREOF TO BE GIVEN AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. WHEREAS, certain areas in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, are without adequate sewer improvements, and WHEREAS, the said Board of Commissioners deems it expedient and desirable to create Sanitary Sewer Assessment District No. 200-17 for the purpose of installing along certain streets and alleys and por­tions of streets and alleys and easements hereinafter particularly described, a sanitary sewer composed of vitrified clay pipe, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made ac­cording to benefits against the owners and assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district; and WHEREAS, there is not included within said district any lands belonging to the City of public grounds not taxable, and in no case does the estimated amount of any special assessment upon any lot or premise for said improvements exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the value of such lot or premise as shown upon the latest tax list or assessment roll for State and County taxation; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas, it is fair and equitable that no portion of said cost and expense be borne by the City from its general funds; and WHEREAS, said Board considers it necessary, desirable, and for the best interests of the City, to take the steps provided by law for the organization of an assessment district and the construction there­in of said improvements; and WHEREAS, said Board, by a resolution duly adopted and approved on the 6th day of July, 1955, ordered the City Engineer to make estimates of the expenses thereof, and plats, diagrams and plans of the work and of the locality to be improved, and to file such estimates, plats, diagrams and plans with the City Clerk for public examination; and WHEREAS, on the l6th day of August, 1955, said estimates, plats, diagrams and plans were so filed. NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, does hereby declare its determination to make certain public improvements by installing a sanitary sewer along certain streets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys and easements therein, to create a special assessment district therefor, and to defray the entire cost and expense by special assessments made according to benefits a- gainst the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district, proportionately to the benefits received. SECTION 2. That the Board proposes to make said improvements by installing a sanitary sewer in and along certain streets and alleys and portions of streets and alleys and easements therein, said sewer to be composed of vitrified clay pipe, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as is more partic­ularly shown by the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas. SECTION 3. That the streets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys and easements in and along which the Board proposes to install vitrified clay pipe, are the following: East-West alleys bisecting Blocks 2k and 25 Valley View Addition. East-West alleys bisecting Blocks 20,21,26,27 and 28 Valley View Addition, from the easterly line of Lot 6 of each Block eastwardly to the existing sewer in "A" Street. ADAMS AVENUE from the intersection of "H" Street, 390 feet Westerly; WASHINGTON AVENUE from the intersection of "H" Street, 500 feet Westerly. "H"STREET from the intersection of Washington Avenue to the intersection of Adams Avenue. The East-West alley bisecting Block 32, H.F.M. & M. Addition from the center line of "H" Street, 79½ feet eastwardly to an existing sewer in said alley.