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Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1954 to September 21, 1955, lvc000009-107

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    PURCHASE OF LOTS Woodlawn Cemetery Jewish Community Center PURCHASE OF PROPERTY Woodlawn Cemetery IOOF PROPOSED ORDINANCE Height Regulation Nellis AFB EXTENSION OF TIME Leslie Elson Co. Add'n to Central Fire Station RESOLUTION ACCEPTING R/W DEED Effluent Ditch RESOLUTION ACCEPTING R/W DEED Pinto Lane ciation were also renting rooms for less than the rates posted with the City. Thereafter Commissioner Bunker apologized to all those motel operators that were requested to appear before the Board of Commissioners to show cause why their licenses should not be revoked. The City Manager was requested to set a meeting date and notify everyone interested to be present. At this time the Board considered the proposal of the Las Vegas Jewish Community Center for purchase of 214 lots in Woodlawn Cemetery. Thereafter Commissioner Bunker moved the aforementioned proposal be re­ferred to the City Manager and the Superintendent of Cemeteries George Maxwell for study and recommendation and presented to the Board at the next regular meeting, on May 19, 1954. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker. At this time the Board considered the request of IOOF to purchase property in Woodlawn Cemetery where the old house of the caretaker is presently located. Thereafter Commissioner Bunker moved the above request be referred to the City Manager and the Superintendent of Cemeteries for study and recommenda­tions to be presented to the Board at the next regular meeting on May 19, 1954. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker. At this time the Engineering Department recommended a Height Regulation Ordinance for Nellis Air Force Base. Lt. Flanagan appeared before the Board to explain what was meant by height regulation. Thereafter an ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS OF NATURAL GROWTH, AND OTHERWISE REGULATING THE USE OF PROPERTY, IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, BY CREATING HEIGHT LIMITING ZONES AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF: PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN THE RESTRICTIONS AND BOUNDARIES OF SUCH ZONES: DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS USED HEREIN: PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT: ESTABLISHING A BOARD OF APPEALS, AND IMPOSING PENALTIES, was read by title to the Board and referred to Commissioners Sharp and Jarrett for study and recommendation. Commissioner Sharp moved that Leslie Elson Company for the addition to Central Fire Station be given an extension of time for 15 days. Motion seconded by Commissioner Jarrett and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker. At this time the acceptance of a right of way deed for an effluent ditch was considered by the Board. Commissioner Bunker moved the following resolution be adopted and order made: BE IT RESOLVED this 5th day of May, 1954, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, that the deed dated the 23rd day of April, 1954, executed by A. J. Thomas to the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the real property described therein be and is hereby accepted for the purposes and intentions as therein set forth; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be attached to said deed, and that the same be recorded in the Office of the County Re­corder of the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and filed in the records of thos Board. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker. At this time the acceptance of a right of way deed for street purposes on Pinto Lane was considered by the Board. Commissioner Bunker moved the following resolution be adopted and order made: BE IT RESOLVED this 5th day of May, 1954, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, that the deed dated the 21st day of April, 1954, executed by Abe P. and Linnea C. Miller and D. B. and Theresa P. Rather to the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the real property described therein be and is hereby accepted for the purposes and intentions as therein set forth; and 5-5-54