Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-382

day of December, 1948, which was the next regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners; that at said regular meeting held on the 7th day of December, 1948, the proposed Ordinance was read in full to the Board of City Commissioners as first introduced and adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Baskin Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Cragin Voting "Nay": None Absent: None APPROVED: /s/ E. W. Cragin______________ Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Shirley Ballinger City Clerk The above and foregoing Ordinance was thereafter read aloud to the said Board of Commissioners for a second time at a regular meeting of the said Board held on the 22nd day of December, 1948, and passed by the follow­ing vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Cragin Voting "Nay": None Absent: Commissioner Baskin APPROVED: ATTEST: /s/ E. W. Cragin_____________ Mayor /s/ Shirley Ballinger______ City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA) COUNTY OF CLARK) Dick Lochrie, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is foreman of the LAS VEGAS EVENING REVIEW-JOURNAL, 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 Dec 10th, 1948 to Dec 17th, 1948 inclusive, being the issued of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: Dec 10-17 That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named /s/ Dick Lochrie_________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of December, 1948 /s/ A. E. Cahlan___________ Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires Jan 12, 1951 --oooOOOOOOOooo-- ORDINANCE NO. 378 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, ESTABLISHING A LAND USE PLAN WITHIN THE CITY OF IAS VEGAS, CREATING ELEVEN (11) DISTRICTS, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING: THE USE OF LAND, THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; THE HEIGHTS AND BULK OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES; THE PROVISION OF OPEN SPACES FOR LIGHT AND AIR; THE INTENSITY OF SUCH USES AND THE DENSITY OF POPULATION: ESTABLISHING BUILDING SETBACK LINES; ADOPTING A MAP OF SUCH DISTRICTS; DEFINING THE TERMS USED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE ADJUSTMENT AND AMENDMENT THEREOF; REQUIRING THAT CERTAIN PERMITS SHALL BE SECURED FOR SUCH BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR THE USE THEREOF, AND OF LANDS; REQUIRING CERTAIN FEES; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: SECTION I. GENERAL PURPOSES A. In order to conserve and promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the pre­sent and future inhabitants of the City of Las Vegas by lessening or avoiding congestion in the public streets or highways; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other danger; to provide adequate light and air; to pre­vent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provi­sion of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; securing the character of districts; conserving the value of buildings and property; encouraging the most appropriate use of land; and by other means, in accordance with a comprehensive plan; there is hereby adopted and established a Land Use Plan for the City of Las Vegas. B. To protect the character, social advantages and economic stability of agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial and other areas within the City and to assure the orderly, efficient and beneficial development of such areas.