Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-145

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 14.67 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1949, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING CERTAIN STREETS FOR THE USE BY TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OF A CERTAIN WEIGHT, MAKING THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDIN­ANCE A MISDEMEANOR, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 36, SECTION 4l, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, I949, FIXING SPEED LIMITS WITHIN THE CITY" AND ADDING A NEW SECTION DEFINING DUTIES OF GARAGE OPERATORS IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 467, which is also Chapter 36, Section 41 of the Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949 is further amended to read as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive, or propel any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour on streets adjoining school grounds occupied by a school build­ing; or to propel any vehicle at a rate of speed greater than fifteen (35) miles per hour within any street intersection of any of the streets in the City; or to propel ary vehicle at a rate of speed greater than fifteen (15) miles per hour on any street or alley within the City less than thirty (30) feet in width; or to propel or drive ary vehicle at a rate of speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour along Fremont Street between Main Street and 12th Street; or to propel or drive ary vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding thirty-five (35) miles per hour along Rancho Road from Charleston to Bonanza Road, along Bon­anza Road from "H" Street to the intersection of Bonanza Road and Rancho Road, along the Tonopah Highway to the City Limits, along Main Street from Charleston south to Fifth Street or along South Fifth from the intersection of South Main to the South City Limits; or to propel or drive a vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding twenty-five (25) idles per hour on any other street or highway within the limits of the City except as hereinabove provided. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprison­ment; upon a second conviction of an offense under the provisions of this :section the person so convicted shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto his license to operate a car or motor vehicle within the city may be revoked for a period in the discretion of the Court not to exceed thirty (30) days; upon a third conviction of an offense under the provisions of this section, the person so convicted shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six: (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto, his Incense to operate a car or motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas, shall be revoked for a period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (l) year. The municipal Judge, in imposing such sentence, shall not suspend the same or ary part thereof, and it shall be his duty upon a revocation of the operators of chauffeurs license within ten (10) days, to forward a record of the conviction to the State Highway Department of the State of Nevada. Any per­son whose operator’s or chauffeur's license has been revoked, as herein provided, who shall drive a motor vehicle within the City of Las Vegas while said revocation is in effect, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dol­lars ($500.00), or imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 2. There is hereby added a new section to be designated Section l41.l of Chapter 36, Code of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1949, which shall read as follows: (a) The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in a serious accident or struck by any bullet shall report in writing to the Police Department of the City of Las Vegas within twenty-four (24) hours after such motor vehicle is received, giving the color, make, year, license number, engine number, brief descrip­tion of the damage, and name and address of the owner or operator of such vehicle. (b) An additional report need not be made under this section when the owner of the vehicle is also the owner of the garage or repair shop and such owner has made a report in compliance with other ordinances of the City if such report includes the information required by this section. SECTION 3. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdem­eanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and by confine­ment in the City Jail, for not more than six (6) months, or by a combination of both. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication as in the next section provided, and final passage. SECTION 5. The City Clerk and Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas shall cause this Ordinance to be published once a week for two successive weeks immediately following its first reading and adoption, in the Las Vegas Sun, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. C. D. Baker ATTEST: Mayor SHIRLEY BALLINGER, CITY CLERK, By Bernice Stimson Chief Deputy City Clerk The above and foregoing Ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commis­sioners on the 6th day of August, 1952, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Bunker and Jarrett for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorable on said ordinance on the 5th day of November, 1952, which was the regular meeting of said Board of City Commissioners, that at said regular meeting held on the 5th day of November, 1952, the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of Commissioners as first proposed and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Jarrett, Peccole and Whipple and His Honor Mayor Baker. Voting "Nay": None Absent: None ATTEST: SHIRLEY BALLINGER, CITY CLERK APPROVED: BY Bernice Stimson C. D. Baker Chief Deputy City Clerk Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 508