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Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-319

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    The above and foregoing ordinance was thereafter read aloud to the said Board of City Comm­issioners for a second time at a regular meeting of the said Board held on the 20th day of February, 1948, and passed by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Baskin, Clark, Moore, Whipple and His Honor Mayor Cragin. Voting "Nay": None. Absent: None. Attest; Helen Scott Reed Approved: E. W. Cragin_______ City Clerk. Mayor (SEAL) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA ) ) SS: 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 Feb. 10, 1948 to Feb. 17, 1948, inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit; Feb. 10-17. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. Signed: Dick Lochrie___________________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of February, 1948. A. E. Cahlan____________________ Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada My Commission Expires Jan 12, 1951 (SEAL) ----oOo----- ORDINANCE NO. 346 was read once and published twice - but as the amendments were objected to by the Sign Companies, it was not read the second time, and therefore is not a law. Amendment to No. 244. ----oOo----- ORDINANCE NO. 347 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1602 (f) CHAPTER 16, OF THE BUILDING CODE OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES THEREFOR; DECLARING AND ESTABLISHING FIRE DISTRICTS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES NUMBERS 130, 166, 188, 284, 285 AND ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH." The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 1602 (f), Chapter 16, of the Building Code of the City of Las Vegas as adopted by the above-entitled ordinance is hereby amended, revised and re-enacted to read as follows: Section 1602 (f) - Non-Conforming Occupancies. Any occupancy not permitted in Fire Zone #1 as covered by sub-section (e) of this section (1602), but existing at the time this ordinance is enacted, shall be deemed, for the purpose and intent of this ordinance, a non-conforming occupancy. Such non-conforming occupancy shall be permitted to remain and be operated in Fire Zone #1 for a period up to August 22, 1950 only, provided that the maintenance and operation of such occupancy is conducted in a manner minimizing hazard to life or property and satisfactory to the Fire Chief of the City of Las Vegas. After said period, and upon written notice of the Building Inspector, countersigned by the Fire Chief, such non-conforming occupancy shall be made to comply with the requirements of Section 1008, Chapter 10 of this Code and the regulations and ordinances of the City of Las Vegas, otherwise, the continued maintenance and operation thereof shall be forthwith discontinued. At any time after such non-conforming occupancy is made to comply with the requirements of Section 1008, Chapter 10 of this Code and the regulations and ordinances of the City of Las Vegas, such non-conforming occupancy may be expanded or enlarged by any structural addition or alteration, or by the erection of independent structures upon the same unit of land owner- ship as such non-conforming occupancy is situate, provided, however, that such new construction shall comply with the requirements of Section 1008, Chapter 10 of this Code and the regulations and ordinances of the City of Las Vegas. In the event such non-conforming occupancy does not comply with the requirements, aforesaid, at the time of an application for a building permit for the new construction, said permit shall, thereupon, only be issued upon the con­dition that such non-conforming occupancy shall be made to comply with said requirements simultaneously with the progress of the work for such new construction.