Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, December 8, 1959 to February 17, 1960, lvc000012-78

WHEREAS the area hereinafter described in this resolution comes in the logical jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Las Vegas, and should be annexed to the City of Las Vegas, and WHEREAS general plans for the proper development of this area can be worked out in the public interest with greater regard for the rights and desires of all property owners in the area on an overall basis rather than on a piece-meal basis which would be required if only a portion of the area were to be annexed, and WHEREAS the City of Las Vegas is equipped to provide and/or to assist the property owners in the provision of certain urban type services which would be difficult for the County of Clark to provide to an unincorporated area, and WHEREAS the City Planning Commission at a regular meeting on February 11, 2960, voted to recommend to the Board of City Commissioners that the hereinafter described property be annexed to the City of Las Vegas, and WHEREAS petitions signed by a representative group of property owners within this area, requesting the annexation of this territory to the City of Las Vegas are now on file in the office of the Planning Department, although some other property owners have indicated some verbal objections to the annexation of this territory, and WHEREAS Chapter 320, Laws of Nevada, 1953, provides for the annexation of certain areas adjacent and contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Las Vegas by holding a public hearing thereon, and WHEREAS the City of Las Vegas deems it in the public interest to call for said public hearing on the annexation of the hereinafter described property, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th day of February, 1960, that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas declares its intention to annex to the City of Las Vegas the following described property: ALL THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW¼) OF SECTION 19, CONTAINING PARKCHESTER ESTATES, SAVE AND EXCEPT THAT SOUTHWESTERLY PART ALREADY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF LAS VEGAS, AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE¼) OF SECTION 19, CONTAINING EASTLAND HEIGHTS, EASTLAND HEIGHTS NO. 2, AND EASTLAND HEIGHTS NO. 3; SAVE AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER LYING EAST OF U. S. HIGHWAY NO. 95; AND ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW¼) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW¼) OF SECTION 20, CONTAINING SEBEC ACRES, SAVE AND EXCEPT LOT 5 AND PART OF LOT 6 OF SEBEC ACRES OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE RARDON ANNEXATION, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 61 EAST, M.D.B.&M., CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Engineer be and hereby is ordered to file a plat in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas showing the area hereinabove described which is to be annexed, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a public hearing on said deter­mination to annex shall be held at 7:30 P.M. on the 16th day of March, 1960, at the Council Chambers in the City Hall at Las Vegas Boulevard North and Stewart Street of the City of Las Vegas and all free-holders of such territory, sought to be annexed, may appear in person, or by filing a properly signed petition with the City Clerk on or before the date named to show cause why said territory should not be annexed to the City of Las Vegas. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a notice of said hearing shall be published twice each week for a period of two weeks in a newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas, and said notice shall be posted in at least three (3) public places in the territory sought to be annexed and a copy of said notice to be mailed to all known free­holders of the said territory sought to be annexed. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the notice provided herein this REsolution shall be in substantially the form attached hereto and made a part of this Resolution. ORAN K. GRAGSON, Mayor EDWINA M. COLE, City Clerk 2-17-60 ATTEST: