Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, May 26, 1952 to February 17, 1954, lvc000008-218

TOWARDS IT S CREATION AND TOWARD LEVYING AND EFFECTING SPECIAL, ASSESSM ENTS; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, in the County of Clark and State of Nevada, deems it expedient and for the best interests of said City to improve certain streets and parts of streets, here­inafter particularly described, by the laying of an oil bound gravel pavement thereon and by constructing on both sides thereof concrete curbs and gutters and concrete valley gutters wherever necessary; and WHEREAS, said Board deems it expedient and desirable to create Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-18 for the purpose of mating said improve­ments, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the 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 public or other property against which a valid special assessment cannot be levied by said City and WHEREAS, in no case does the estimated amount of any special assess­ment upon any lot or premises for said improvements exceed fifty percent of the value of such lot or premises 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 by Emergency Ordinance No. 510, passed, adopted and approved the 19th day of November, 1952, declared its determination to make certain public improvements as herein provided, to create Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-18 for the purpose of making said improvements, to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to frontage, and fixed a time in which protests against the proposed improvements or the creation of such District might be heard and considered by said Board, and directed Notice thereof to be given; and WHEREAS, said Board determined that said Notice was given in the manner prescribed by Section 7 of Emergency Ordinance No. 510 and by Section 57, Chapter 11, Charter of the City of Las Vegas as amended; and WHEREAS, the owners of more than one-half the frontage to be assessed have not filed written objections concerning the making of said improvements, the creation of said District, or the defraying of the entire cost and expense by special assessments; and WHEREAS, all objections, suggestions, comments and questions were made, raised and considered at said protest hearing; and WHEREAS, said Board has done all things necessary and preliminary to the creation of said Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-18, and now desires to create said District; NOW, THEREFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. There shall be and there hereby is created special Assessment District in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, to be called and designated Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-18, which shall include all the lots, premises and property within said improvement District to their full depth, fronting, adjoining, and abutting upon the following streets and parts of streets within the City of Las Vegas: ON Oakey Boulevard between fifth and Tenth Street, as the same appears upon the records in the Office of the County Recorder, Clark County, Nevada. SECTION 2. That the Streets and parts of streets hereinabove described shall be paved by grading and construction thereon an oil bound gravel pavement and shall be curbed and guttered by constructing on both sides of said streets and parts of streets, wherever said improvements are missing, including concrete valley gutters and including alley approaches, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as 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 entire cost and expense of making said improvements, including all incidental expenses which may be legally included in the sums assessed, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the cost of surveys, plans, assess­ments, the costs of construction, and the fees and compensation properly charged in the work of making special assessments, shall be defrayed by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said District. The entire cost and expense of making said improvement are deemed to be $32,909.18 and the total of the special assessments so levied shall be in that amount. SECTION 4 . That in no case shall the amount of any special assessment upon any such lot or premises exceed 50% of the value of such lot or premises as shown upon the latest tax list or assessment roll for state and county taxation, but such cost in excess of 50%, if any there should be, shall be borne by the City of Las Vegas and paid out of the General Fund.