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AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS FROM VOTING ON MATTERS IN WHICH THEY HAVE OR MAY HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. No member of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, or the Mayor, shall vote for the granting or transfer of any license, gambling or otherwise, required by the City of Las Vegas, except renewals of licenses theretofore issued in the same form and condition as previously issued, wherein such Commissioner or Mayor or their partners, agents, servants, or employees, to the knowledge of the said Commissioner or Mayor shall be pecuniarily interested therein, directly or indirectly, or shall receive any remuneration therefrom, either by way of commission or fees for services performed, or to be performed, unless said Commissioner or the Mayor, as the case may be, shall first make a full disclosure of the nature and extent of said pecuniary interest therein to the other members voting thereon. SECTION 2. No member of the Board of Commissioners, or the Mayor, shall vote for the approval of a tentative or final subdivision map, variance, use permit, or zone change, wherein such Commissioner or the Mayor, or their partners, agents, servants or employees, to the knowledge of the said Commissioner or Mayor, shall be pecuniarily interested therein, directly or indirectly, or shall receive any remuneration or benefits therefrom, either by way of commission or fees for services performed, or to be performed, unless said Commissioner or the Mayor, as the case may be, shall first make a full disclosure of the nature and extent of said pecuniary interest therein to the other members voting thereon. SECTION 3. Any violation of the provisions of this Ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by imprisonment in the City Jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its final- reading and adoption, and final publication as in the next section provided. 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. APPROVED: s/ C. D. Baker______________________ Mayor (SEAL) ATTEST: s/ Shirley Ballinger___________ City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the 7th day of July, 1953, and referred to the following committee, composed of Commissioners Jarrett and Whipple for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 21st day of October, 1953, which was the regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners; that at said regular meeting held on such day the proposed ordinance as amended, was read in full to the Board of City Commissioners as amended and was adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Sharp, Whipple and Mayor Baker Voting "Nay": None Absent: Commissioner Jarrett ATTEST: APPROVED: s/ Shirley Ballinger s/ C. D. Baker______________________ City Clerk Mayor AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA ) ss COUNTY OF CLARK ) Richard Lochrie, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the LAS VEGAS MORNING SUN, a daily newspaper of general circulation, printed and published at Las Vegas, in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, and that the attached was continuously published in said newspaper for a period of two weeks from October 30, 1953 to November 6, 1953 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: October 30, November 6, 1953. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed_____Richard Lochrie___________________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of November, 1953 s/ Barbara J. Greenspun____________ Notary Public in and for Clark County My Commission Expires Mar. 17, 1956 Nevada ORDINANCE NO. 578 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT INSPECTION AND SERVICE FEES; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; 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. Permit, Inspection and Service Fees shall be charged by the City of Las Vegas in accord with the following schedule: ORDINANCE NO. 577