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The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the 7th day of December, 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 4th day of January, 1956, which was the regular meeting, that at said regular 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, Whipple and Mayor Baker. Voting "Nay": None Absent: None APPROVED: /s/ C.D. BAKER___________ ATTEST: C.D. BAKER, Mayor /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER 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 January 9, 1956 to January 16, 1956 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: January 9, l6, 1956. 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 17th day of January, 1956 /s/ NEOLA GIERHART NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY. NEVADA My Commission Expires April 14, 1957 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 687 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 24, SECTION 26, CODE OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1949, BY PERMITTING ADVERTISING SIGNS AND OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED WITHIN THE BUILDING SETBACK DISTANCE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. WHEREAS, there are many advertising signs being improperly maintained at the present time and under present ordinances because they are in the building setback lines; and WHEREAS, the maintenance and erection of advertising signs and other temporary structures within the building setback distance, so long as properly controlled, will be in the public interest and not contrary to the public health, safety or morals, NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Section 26, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, Paragraph A, Page 417 is hereby amended to read as follows: A. For the purpose of measuring yard dimensions and determining building locations with respect to future widthlines as provided in this article, the following minimum building line setbacks and future width lines are hereby established for the following streets and highways, such establishment being made pending the establishment of official plan lines based upon the street and highway plan, or sections thereof, of the master plan of the City. No building or structure nor portion thereof shall hereafter be erected, nor shall any portion of a building extending into the building setback distance be altered, nor shall any use of land be conducted except the use of land for agricultural purposes or any other open use not requiring a building or structure, so that the same will be closer to the right of way line of any street than any official plan line or any building line or setback which has been established for such street by the street and highway plan, or section thereof, of the master plan of the city, or than any future width line, building line or setback, which may be specified thereof by the zoning ordinance; provided however that advertising signs or other non-permanent structures may be erected, and maintained within the setback distances upon the securing of a permit from the building department, and upon the further condition that the owner of the land shall sign a written agreement with the city that said advertising sign or other structure will be removed without cost to the city after fifteen (15) days written notice in the event that the street is to be widened or other proper municipal use is to be made of the land by the City or State. SECTION 2. This ordinance is not intended to amend Chapter 24, Section 26, as amended by Ordinance Nos. 673,618, and 659 except insofar as such ordinances are in conflict herewith.