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    LAS VEGAS MORNING SUN NOVEMBER 15, 1952 Planners Give N Sreen Light To iP- "J'J HoiisifgfProjecI Planning-- -Commissioners last night p^eSIplSe long-de^at6d re­zoning of 4f$’Scfes in the north-1 east portion of the Fifth and uak- ey .boulevard? intersection i which calls for construction of a multi­million dollar project, consisting of I 43 duplexes and*92 large-sized sin­gle family dewllings-; The vote in executive session came during the third- public! hearing held on the project propos­ed by southern California builder Philip Yousem. Board members, however,' im­posed -stringent regulations to in-i sure the high valuation of the neighborhood which included 1-1 650 foot minimum size?jor duplex­es abutting the motel area of South Fifth street, 1,200 foot min-1 imum for. 44 adjacent single-fam­ily - residences, and ' 1,500 : paini- . ttiitm for the remaining one-fam- iiiy units. T :? ' Xeland McArthur who joined Leonard Fayle in arguing /the mfewts of the program pointed out felt the feeling of the board was that the project was “in the best interest of the people, the com­munity and even the persons who objected.” The ^ best planning interests of Las ;!j Vegas were also served by the proposal, fee commissioner ? addedJjlpia Opposing (fee measure were | j Gerald Stewart, Chairman Hi. E. (Hap) Hazard, who had no vote, land J. A. Tiberti.__ “mei feingle- HazMd \te 1 handejt^|l|fef; :gMng Mwa.rt’ statute regolutacm denying fee ap­plication.^ v - , sp-J j McArtht|gi|^|oweyfir, /Appealing to parliamentary rules,:-^won a de- ”'land ior.ia -fete that the board be polled to decided whose motion be voted upon first;? Favoring the project were Fayle, McArthur, Chuck Horri- son, and Warren Stanley. Com­missioners M. M. Zenoff and Art Harris were unable to attend fee session. In granting fee application, * commissioners .imposed stringent | deed restrictions, a briekwaff corridor separating single from duplex units and pointed out feat fif they did not pass the measure: ,« would open fee area to small • homes and cheap housing which the area financially. The duplex units facing a com­mercial area on Fifth street was I fee only logical development for i the south portion of fee tract,- they pointed out. j In other aetion fee i commission voted to : , plans for an 86-room 8150,000 hotel at South Second street and .Jptah aJCeiiue by Wil­liam; Fox iWid HaroMrWagner. Fox said he anticipated rapid construc- “°n fbf-:; the dwelling which would begitt ^mediately after approval of his final blueprint. '? J 2. Defeat a proposal by t.hu> Roesselet to e^ablisli; a. grocery store • at the Charleston trailer park. 3. Grant permission to Jerry Woodbury to build a mortuary in i the 1900 block on East Charleston.1 i