Las Vegas City Ordinances, July 18, 1911 to March 31, 1933, lvc000013-191

C. D. Breeze Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires May 26, 1931 (SEAL) ORDINANCE NO. 127 An Ordinance to Amend, Revise and re-enact Section 22 of Ordinance No. 66 of the City of Las Vegas, entitled: "An Ordinance regulating travel and traffic upon the public streets of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada," and further amending said Ordinance by adding thereto sections to be known as Sections 21a and 21b respectively, and to repeal 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. Section 22 of said Ordinance No. 66 is hereby amended, revised and reenacted so as to read as follows: "Section 22. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to stop the same, or cause the same to be stopped, in or upon any street with the wheel of wheels of such vehicle nearest the curb more than two feet distant from such curb, and unless such vehicle shall stand parallel to such curb or shall stand headed toward such curb at an angle of not more than forty-five degrees in relation to such curb; provided, however, that on any street which is now designated, or by this ordinance is designated, or which may hereafter be designated by ordinance as a boulevard, any such vehicle when stopped, as herein provided, shall stand parallel to such curb and with the two right hand wheels of the vehicle within two feet of such curb; provided further, that the provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of emergency, or when such stop is made for the purpose of allowing another vehicle or pedestrian to pass in front of such vehicle so stopped, or in compliance with the order or signal from a police officer or in compliance with any ordinance or regulation governing boulevard stops." Section 2. Said ordinance is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted by adding thereto a new section to be known as Section 21a, to read as follows: Section 21a Boulevard Stops. The following streets and roads and parts of streets and roads are hereby declared to constitute boulevards for the purpose of this Ordinance. Main Street in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite, from its intersection with Fremont Street in said Townsite to the northerly limit of said Main Street; thence along the highway, connecting with the northerly limit of said Main Street, to the northerly limit of said City of Las Vegas. Fremont Street in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite from the westerly limit of the intersection of said Main and Fremont Streets to the easterly limit of the intersection of Fremont and Fifth Streets in said Townsite. Fifth Street in Clark's Las Vegas Townsite from its intersection with said Fremont to the southerly limit of Fifth Street; thence along the highway connecting with the said southerly limit of Fifth Street to the southerly limit of said City of Las Vegas. Every operator of a vehicle traversing any road or street intersecting any boulevard shall stop such vehicle at the place where such road or street meets the nearest property line of the boulevard before entering such boulevard, provided the property line is clearly marked or signposted as required by this Ordinance. The Commissioner of Streets and Public Property is hereby authorized and required to place and maintain or cause to be placed or maintained upon each and every road or street intersecting a boulevard and at the property line of the boulevard appropriate signs upon the road or street, as the case may be, such signs to bear the word "STOP" or the words "BOULEVARD STOP" or the words "BOULEVARD STOP CROSSING" in such position and with letters of a size to be clearly legible from distance of fifty feet along the road or street, as the case may be, intersecting the boulevard.