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Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-59

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    paper for the following dates,to-wit: April 30: May 7. That said newspaper was regularly issued and cir­culated on each of the dates above named. s/ Carl Woodbury Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of May, 1951, s/ Neola Gierhart Notary Public in and for Clark County, Nevada. My Commission Expires April 14, 1954. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 458 EMERGENCY ORDINANCE DECLARING THE DETERMINATION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF US VEGAS, NEVADA, TO MAKE CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID CITY BY PAVING, CURBING AND GUTTERING AND INSTALLING 70' OF STORM SEWER ON CERTAIN STREETS AND PARTS OF STREETS THEREIN, TO CREATE STREET IMPROVEMENT ASSESS­MENT DISTRICT NO. 100-9 FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SAID IMPROVEMENTS; AND TO DEFRAY THE ENTIRE COST AND EXPENSE THEREOF BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MADE ACCORDING TO FRONTAGE; FIXING A TIME IN WHICH PROTESTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OR THE CREATION OF SUCH DISTRICT MAY BE HEARD AND CONSIDERED BY SAID BOARD; DIRECTING NOTICE THEREOF TO BE GIVEN; AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas in the County of Clark and State of Nevada deems it expedient and for the best interests of said City to improve certain streets and parts of streets hereinafter particularly described by the laying of pavement thereon and by constructing on both sides thereof concrete curbs and gutters and 70' of storm sewer wherever necessary; and WHEREAS, said Board deems it expedient and desirable to create Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-9 for the purpose of making said improvements, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assessments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, pre­mises, and property specially benefited by such improvements and included within said district;and WHEREAS, there is not included within said district any public or other property against which a valid special assessment cannot be levied by said City; and WHEREAS, in no case does the estimated amount of any special assessment upon any lot or premises for said improvements exceed fifty percent of the value of such lot or premises as shown upon the latest tax list or assessment roll for state and county taxation; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Commissioners of said City of Las Vegas, it is fair and equitable that no portion of said cost and expense be borne by the City from its general funds; and WHEREAS, said Board considers it necessary, desirable, and for the best interests of the City, to take the steps provided by law for the organization of an assessment district and the construction therein of said improvements; and WHEREAS, said Board, by a Resolution duly adopted and approved on the 18th day of April, 1951, ordered the City Engineer to make estimates of the expense thereof, and plats, diagrams and plans of the work and of the locality to be improved, and to file such estimates, plats, diagrams and plans with the City Clerk for public examination; and WHEREAS, said estimates, plats, diagrams and plans were so filed on the 1st day of May, 1951; NOW THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark and State of Nevada, does hereby declare its determination to make certain public improvements by paving, curbing and guttering and installing 70' of storm sewer on certain streets and parts of streets therein, to create a special assessment district therefore, and to defray the entire cost and expense thereof by special assess­ments made according to frontage against the owners and the assessable lots, premises and property spe­cially benefited by such improvements and included within said district. Section 2. That the Board proposes to pave said streets and parts of streets by grading and constructing thereon an oil bound gravel pavement and by constructing on both sides of said streets and parts of streets concrete curbs and gutters and 70' of storm sewer wherever said improvements are missing, including alley approaches, together with such appurtenances as may be required, as more particularly shown by the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas. Section 3. That the streets and parts of streets which the Board proposes so to have improved, wherever said improvements are missing, are the following: All of Lewis Avenue from the east property line of Spencer Avenue to the west gutter line of Bruce Street; all of Circle Drive from the North gutter line of Lewis Avenue to the west gutter line of Bruce Street. From the south gutter line of Fremont Avenue to a point 7.73' south of the center line of Lewis Avenue running west from Bruce Street and the west one-half (½) of Bruce Street from a point 7.73' south of the center line of Lewis Avenue running west to the existing construction on Charleston Boulevard. Section 4. That the special assessment district which it is proposed to create shall be designat­ed Street Improvement Assessment District No. 100-9, and it shall include all the lots, premises and pro­perty, to the full depth of such, fronting, adjoining and abutting upon said streets and parts of streets. Section 5. That the City Clerk shall keep the plats, diagrams and plans of the work and locality to be improved, together with the estimates of the expense thereof, on file in her office for public in­spection and examination. Section 6. That the Board of Commissioners of said City will meet at the City Hall in said City on Wednesday, the 23rd day of May 1951. at the hour of 3:30 o'clock, P.M.. to hear and consider any sug­gestions and objections that may be made by parties in interest to the proposed improvements, or any matter