Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-234

Section 1603 (c) - ALTERATIONS - is hereby amended to read as follows: No building of Type IV construction in excess of one thousand square feet (1,000 sq.ft.) in floor area, nor any building of type V construction already erected in Fire Zone #2 or Fire Zone #2s, shall hereafter be altered, raised, enlarged, added to or moved, except as follows? 1. Such building may be made to conform to the provisions of sub-section (b) of this sect- tion. 2. Changes, alterations, and repars to the interior of such building or to the front there­of facing a public street may be made, provided that such changes do not, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, increase the fire hazard of such building. 3. Roofs of such buildings may be covered only with a "fire retardant" roofing as specified in Section 4305. See Section 104 (e) for repairs. 4. Such building may be moved entirely outside the limits of fire Zone #2. 5. Such building may be demolished. 6. Combustible finish on the outside of walls may be replaced by, or covered with, exterior plaster as specified in Chapter 47. Section 1603(d) - Occupancies Prohibited - is hereby amended to read as follows? 1. No Group "E" occupancies, except the following, shall be permitted in Fire Zone No. 2: Public garages, dry cleaning plants using flammable liquids, paint shops and spray painting rooms and shop, provided such uses and occupancies conform with the requir- ments of Section 1008, Chapter 10 of this Code. The following occupancies may be permitted in Fire Zone #2 provided that special permit or certificate of approval is first obtained from the Fire Chief of the City of Las Vegas: Planning mills, box factories, woodworking and mattress factories. Such occupancies and use shall not be permitted nor a certificate of approval issued un­less the same comply with the "Suggested Fire Prevention Ordinance, Edition of 1943, Recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters." 2. The following occupancies may be permitted in Fire Zone No. 2s, provided that a special permit or certificate of approval is first obtained from the Fire Chief of the City of Las Vegas: Paint or petroleum storage and storage of hazardous and highly inflammable or explosive materials and liquids. Such occupancies and use shall not be permitted nor a certificate of approval issued unless the same comply with the "Suggested Fire Prevention Ordinance, Edition of 1943, Reco- mmended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters." Section 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are here- by repealed. But it is specifically provided that neither the amendment hereby mads to said ordinance nor any repel hereby provided for shall affect in any way any prosecution for the violation of said ordinances and/or parts of ordinances repealed by this ordinance pend­ing at the time this ordinance becomes effective. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage, adoption and publication for two weeks, that is to say, once each week for a period of two weeks in the Las Vegas Tribune, a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada. Section 7. The City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas is hereby authorized and directed to have this City ordinance published in the Las Vegas Tribune, a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, for a period of two weeks, that is to say, once each week for a period of two weeks. ____/s/ E. W. Cragin______________ Mayor Attest: /s/ Helen Scott Reed City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was proposed, read aloud in full, and adopted this 7th day of August, 1945, by the following vote? Voting Aye? Commissioner Baskin, Bates, Clark, and His Honor, Mayor Cragin. Voting No : None Absent : Commissioner Corradetti