Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-287

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, two issues from April 7, 1931 to April 11, 1931 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: April 7-14. 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 April 14th, 1931 A. E. Cahlan Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada. My Commission Expires 1/12/35 (Notarial Seal) ORDINANCE NO. 167. An Ordinance regulating dry cleaning plants in the City of Las Vegas, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and other matters relating thereto, and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, do ordain as follows: Section 1. The dry cleaning room of a clothes cleaning establishment shall be a fireproof building not more than one (l) story high, with no basement beneath; building must be of brick, stone, or concrete construction with concrete floor. Said walls shall be at least eight inches thick. (a) The doors of such room must be an approved pattern of automatic fire doors; and the windows shall be of wired glass in metal frames and sashes. (b) 'The walls of said room shall have vent holes at the floor line not less than 6x8 inches in area, one such opening in each outside wall of the room. (c) The dry cleaning room shall be equipped with fire buckets filled with sand for use in extinguishing fires, the number of buckets and quantity of sand to be determined by the Fire Chief. (d) There shall be no connection between the said clothes cleaning establishments to public or private sewers, drains catch-basin or pit, and no heating or cooking stoves, or fires of any description, shall be permitted in said cleaning room. (e) The lighting must be done byelectricity in the most approved manner; and all switches must be four and one-half (4½) feet above the floor of such establishments, located near the door, so as not to allow opportunity for vapor to collect near them. (f) It shall be unlawful to locate, have, use or maintain a steam generating boiler, dynamo, or motor within the walls of any clothes cleaning establishment except in a room entirely separated from the cleaning and dyeing rooms. Section 2. All solvent used for dry cleaning garments must be stored in underground tanks make of not less than 14 gauge iron with the exception of such tanks or clarifiers not to exceed two in number and which must be placed in a separate room. Section 3. Each washing machine, drying tumbler or any other appliance to wash or dry garments must be equipped with automatic steam valve with sufficient steam pressure to extinguish any fire with might occur. The sufficiency of such equipment shall be determined by the Fire Chief. Section 4. No dry cleaning room shall be located less than fifteen feet from any other building. Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the City Jail not more then one hundred fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable thereafter as provided in this Ordinance. Section 6. All ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict therewith are hereby repealed. Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days aftersits passage and publication for one week (6 Issues) in Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. Passed and adopted this 22 day of April, 1931, by the Following vote: Commissioners German, Hansell, and Thomas and His Honor the mayor Hesse, voting Aye. hoes none.