Las Vegas City Ordinances, November 13, 1950 to August 6, 1958, lvc000015-384

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF NEVADA, ) COUNTY OF CLARK, ) ss. A.F. SCHELLACK, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is Foreman of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL, a daily newspaper, of general circulation, printed add 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 (2) insertions from July 24, 1955 to July 31, 1955 inclusive, being the issues of said newspaper for the following dates, to-wit: July 24, 31, 1955. That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated on each of the dates above named. /s/ A.F. SCHELLACK Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of August, 1955 /s/ NEOLA GIERHART_______ NOTARY IN AND FOR CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA My Commission Expires April 14, 1957 ORDINANCE NO. 656 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 584 BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO FIVE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 584 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Pursuant to Chapter 144, Laws of Nevada, 1955, there is hereby created a Board of Adjustment consisting of five (5) mem­bers. All members of such board shall be appointed concurrently except that the two members to be appointed as provided by this ordinance shall be first appointed for terms of one year and two years re- spectively. Subsequent appointments of all members shall be for five years and shall be so arranged that one will expire each year. One member of said Board shall be an appointed member of the City Planning Com­mission of the City of Las Vegas. Members may be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance of office after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Las Vegas. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the Board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may admin­ister oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the Board shall be open to the pub­lic. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the Board and shall be a public record. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its publication, as in the next section provided, and final passage. Section 4. 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 Review Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Las Vegas. APPROVED: s/s C.D. BAKER ATTEST: Mayor /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER City Clerk The above and foregoing ordinance was first proposed and read by title to the Board of Commissioners on the 6th day of July, 1955, and referred to the following committee composed of Commissioners Sharp and Whipple for recommendation; thereafter the said committee reported favorably on said ordinance on the 20th day of July, 1955, which was the regular meeting of said Board of Commissioners; that at said regular meeting held on such day the proposed ordinance was read in full to the Board of City Commissioners and was adopted by the following vote: Voting "Aye": Commissioners Bunker, Fountain, Sharp, Whipple & Mayor Baker Voting "Nay": None Absent: None ATTEST: APPROVED: /s/ SHIRLEY BALLINGER /s/ C.D. BAKER City Clerk Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 697 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 2b, CODE OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1949 ALSO KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING A NEW CLASS DISTRICT TO ALLOW AND PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CENTER DISTRICTS UPON MEETING CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISION CONCERNING USE PERMITS IN C-2 ZONES; PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO: AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. WHEREAS, it has been determined that in the interest of public health, welfare, safety and convenience, there exists a need to provide a means whereby the residents of the low and medium density residential dis­tricts of the City of Las Vegas may obtain their continuing daily needs in goods and services without trav­eling a considerable distance to the downtown commercial area, and WHEREAS, it is also deemed necessary in the public interest to protect the residential property values of these neighborhoods from the detrimental effects of unplanned and unnecessary commercial uses in these neighborhoods, and