Las Vegas City Commission Legal Documents, February 29, 1944 to February 21, 1945, lvc000016-27

19 PERMIT TO LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY PERMISSION IS HEREBY given and granted to LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY, a Corporation of the State of Nevada, to install, lay down and maintain water pipe lines, water mains and all necessary and proper appliances used in connection therewith, or appurtenant thereto, in through, over, across, under or along all or any of the streets, alleys, avenues and highways of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, including Clark's las Vegas Townsite, the Original Town site of Las Vegas, and all additions, tracts and subdivisions now existing as a part of said city, and all additions, tracts and subdivisions which may hereafter be added to said city of Las Vegas, or hereafter laid out or subdivided, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the City of Las Vegas with water. For said purposes the said Permittee shall have the right to make the necessary excavations in said streets, avenues and alleys, providing said Permittee shall: (a) In all cases, after making any excavation in the streets, avenues or alleys, promptly restore such street, avenue or alley to its former condition. (b) Fully observe all of the ordinances of said City of Las Vegas, now in existence, or which may hereafter be adopted relative to the making of excavations in such streets, avenues or alleys. (c) At all times hold the City of Las Vegas harmless from any and all liability for damages to persons or property caused by such excavations made in the streets, avenues or alleys within the territory to which this permit extends. As further conditions upon which this permit is granted, it is provided: I That the municipal authorities shall further have the power to make all reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the laying and maintaining of all water pipes, laterals and appliances, and shall have the power to change the rules and regulations from time to time asin their judgment may seem just and proper. II The municipal authorities shall also have the right to direct the change in location at any time of such pipe lines, water mains, laterals and appliances, and to establish and change the grades of said streets, avenues and alleys. Ill Said Permittee shall at all times keep said pipes, mains, laterals and appliances in proper condition and repair, so that the same shall not damage or obstruct the use of said streets, avenues or alleys for travel or for public uses, by reason of leakage or otherwise. IV Said Permittee and its successors and assigns will install and maintain all fire plugs of such design as may be designated and located within City limits at such points as the Board of City Commissioners or Chief of Fire Department of said City of Las Vegas may, from time to time designate, at actual cost of labor and material, the same to be paid for by the said City upon presentation of verified claim or claims therefor to said City in the manner required by law. No charge shall be made to the said City of Las Vegas for water used from fire plugs for extinguishing fire, fire practice or testing fire plugs, or for street sprinkling or for flushing streets or sewers, or for municipal buildings and grounds, exclusive of public parks, or for one public drinking fountain. V A violation of any of the provisions of this Permit shall be ground for and entitle said City of Las Vegas to revoke this Permit in whole or in part, or said City may pursue such other remedy or course as the law permits. Said City hereby reserves all rights incident to the Grantor of a permit. VI This permit shall not be construed to authorize the Permittee to use, or to acquire any rights in any of the streets, avenues or alleys of said City of Las Vegas inconsistent with the future legitimate uses of such streets, avenues or alleys by said City of Las Vegas nor shall the grant hereby made operate in itself or by lapse of time, or by the expenditure of moneys by Permittee as an estoppel against said City of Las Vegas in any respect whatsoever. Nor shall this Permit be construed as a grant of any right or privilege adverse to the rights of any abutting owner or owners of property along any of the streets, avenues or alleys where said pipes, mains, laterals or appliances may be placed or maintained by said Permittee, nor to establish any rights in the Permittee contrary to or inconsistent with the right of the original dedicators of said streets, avenues and alleys, or their assigns.