Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-432

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE 685 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE DECLARING THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO MAKE CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS BY INSTALLING A SANITARY SEWER ALONG CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS AND PORTIONS OF STREETS AND ALLEYS AND EASEMENTS THEREIN TO CREATE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 200-13 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAXING SAID IMPROVE­MENTS, AND TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST AND EXPENSES THEREOF BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MADE ACCORDING TO BENE­FITS; FIXING A TIME IN WHICH PROTESTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OR THE CREATION OF SUCH DISTRICT MAY BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED BY SAID BOARD; DIRECTING NOTICE THEREOF TO BE GIVEN AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, certain areas in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, are without adequate sewer improve- ments, and WHEREAS, the said Board of Commissioners deems it expedient and desirable to create Sanitary Sewer Assessment District No. 200-13 for the purpose of installing along certain streets and alleys and portions of streets and alleys and easements hereinafter particularly described, a sanitary sewer composed of vitrified clay pipe, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to benefits against the owners and assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district; and WHEREAS, there is not included within said district any lands belonging to the City or public grounds not taxable, and in no case does the estimated amount of any special assessment upon any lot or premises for said improvements exceed one hundred (100%) percent of the value of such lot or premise as shown upon the latest tax list or assessment roll for State and County taxation; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas, it is fair and equitable that no portion of said cost and expense be borne by the City from its general funds; and WHEREAS, said Board considers it necessary, desirable and for the best interests of the City, to take the steps provided by law for the organization of an assessment district and the construction therein of said improvements; and WHEREAS, said Board, by a resolution duly adopted and approved on the 21st day of September, 1955, ordered the City Engineer to make estimates of the expenses thereof, and plats, diagrams and plans of the work and of the locality to be improved, and to file such estimates, plats, diagrams, and plans with the City Clerk for public examination; and WHEREAS, on the 4th day of January, 1956, said estimates, plats, diagrams and plans were so filed; NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark and State of Nevada, does hereby declare its determination to make certain public improvements by install­ing a sanitary sewer along certain streets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys and easements therein, to create a special assessment district therefor, and to defray the entire cost and expense by special assessments made according to benefits against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property specially benefited by such Improvements and included within said district, proportionately to the benefits received. SECTION 2. That the Board proposes to make said improvements by installing a sanitary sewer in and along certain streets and alleys and portions of streets and alleys and easements therein, said sewers to be composed of vitrified clay pipe, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as is more particularly shown by the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas. SECTION 3. That the streets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys and easements in and along which the Board proposes to install vitrified clay pipe, are the following: FAIR AVENUE from the intersection of Highland Avenue to the intersection :of Sharon Road and from intersection of Comstock Drive to intersection of Virginia City Avenue. SHARON ROAD from the intersection of Gold Hill Avenue to 400 feet southerly from the intersection of Fair Avenue. RALSTON DRIVE from 775 feet southerly to 465 feet northerly from intersection of East- West alley bisecting Blocks 1 and 2. COMSTOCK DRIVE from intersection of Ophir Drive northerly 1145 feet. VIRGINIA CITY AVENUE from 280 feet southerly to 320 feet northerly from intersection of Fair Avenue and from intersection of Mills Circle 910 feet northerly. TONOPAH DRIVE from intersection of Gold Hill Avenue northerly 1570 feet. OPHIR DRIVE from intersection of Comstock Drive westerly 630 feet. EAST-WEST ALLEY bisecting Blocks 1 and 2 from intersection of Sharon Road to intersection of Comstock Drive. MILLS CIRCLE from intersection of Virginia City Avenue easterly 440 feet. SUTRO LANE from intersection of Sharon Road to intersection of Virginia City Avenue. GOLD HILL AVENUE from intersection of Sharon Road to intersection of Tonpah Drive. SECTION 4. That the special assessment district which it is proposed to create, shall be desig­nated Sanitary Sewer Improvement Assessment District No. 200-13, and shall include all the lots, premises and property to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting on said streets and alleys and parts of streets and alleys, and easements.