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LasVegas Evening Review-Journal July 18th and 35th, 1939, Wm: >> j* E M E R G E N C Y O R D I N A N C E Or di na nc e No. 247 A N E M E R G E N C Y O R D I N A N C E T O P R O H I B I T T H E W A S T E O F W A ­T E R : D E F I N I N G W A S T E O F W A ­T E R ; R E G U L A T I N G T H E U S E T H E R E O F ; A N D P R O V I D I N G P E N A L T I E S F O R T H E V I O L A - , T I O N O F T H I S O R D I N A N C E ; A N D R E P E A L I N G A L L O R D I N A N C E S , I N C O N F L I C T T H E R E W I T H . ) The Board of Comm issioners .of the City of L a s V egas do ordain as I follows: j W H E R E A S, the City., of L a s Vegas | is threatened w ith a w ater shortage j~ on acCp,unt of the dim inishing supply I flowing from the artesian , wells in said j City .and- on account of the present w aste thereof by the inh abitants of ! said City ; and W H E R E A S, the capacity of the ! sewCr system of the C ity is overtaxed | by reason of w ater w asting into the sew ers w ithout .being put to a full I benef icial use; 'and W H E R E A S, the Board of City Com- I m issioners deem i t expedient and n ec­essary for the protection of health, com fort, safety, life;: w elfare and ? property of th e inhabitants of said . City to regulate the use of w ater - therein arid to prevent the w aste j thereof, NOW,. T H E R E F O R E , Section 1. W aste of w ater in the City of .L as V egas is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful.' Section; 2. Any one. of the following actS/ shall. ‘constitute w aste of w ater, p- as • the term is used in this ordin-jk. anee: . (a ). P erm ittin g a h y d ran t, tap; p cock pr valve connected with any w a- U te r .sy stem belonging1, to aity public | utility/. to leak .onto the ground or into | any sink, boWl, toilet or tub connected I with a sew er or cesspool, or perm it- Lj ting w ater to drain from- a person’s V prem ises into, . any street, alley or 1-. road/'after the person perm itting the; p sam e has hcen .notified to rem edy such r leak or to prevent such draining by an y public officer; or an agent of any . public' utility, a s hereinafter defined; r (b i Using w ater from any w ater 1 system belonging to any p u b lic utiH-: i ty for the purpose' of cooling any re-- frigeratOr, refrigerating m achine, ice p la n t,; ice machine, ..ebojeuV cooling I plant, cooling system , a if condition­ing .m a ch in e‘ Of apparatus,.;.:engine or motor,: w here said w ater, a fte r being I SO: use.dj,. is perm itted to flow into a | seWer of cesspool or onto the ground, i provided, however, th a t .the use of | w afer for such cooling purposes is not ; prohibited, where, a fte r being so used, | it is collected, re-cooled ahdvr.e-uscd, and is ' not perm itted to flow into a I sewer, cesspool, or onto the ground; . :(e). P erm ittin g 'w a ter iTOm ahy wa> ! ter* system belonging- to any public Page Three u tility to flow from, any hose,- rap ,- j valve, hydrant, pipe or. cock difccfly* * into any sew er Or'..cesspool! for th irty m inutes or longer Without first p u t- -, ting such w ater t o , a beneficial, u^e, and each th irty m inutes such -wat£r is perm itted to so flow shall ^consti­tute a sep arate offense. , I . (d) P erm ittin g w ater to leak from any w ater m ain in a w ater system be? g longing to any public utility for ah unreasonable' length of tim e. Section 3. The term “public u tili­ty ” as herein used' shall m ean arid r em brace all corporations, , com panies;' ! individuals, associations, their lessees, tru stees or receivers,* th a t now or m ay lT h ereafter own, o p era te' o r c o n tr o l any . plant of equipment or any p art of a, -plant or equipment w ithin the City o f L as V egas for the production, der livery' or furnishing for or to othei* persons, ’.firm s, associations p r cor- ., potations, p artly or wholly from an f artesian well or wells, water, for busi­ness, ? m anufacturing, agricultural, dom estic or household use. ? ? •; |- Section 4. Any violation-of. this or-dinance or any of the proVi^ioris there ^ ^ of shall constitute a. misdemreanor an d * shall be punished by a fin e of not to exceed fifty ; ($50.00). •. Dollars • or by im prisonment in t h e ’ City ja il Of L a s V egas for - a period of not ‘tb Sexceed tw enty-five.; (25) M days; — or %b y • both such fine’; and i i - n l m i s o n m e n t . _ " Section 5.V. All ordinances aftd p a rts'5 o f brdinances in co n flict-w ith this or­dinance are hereby renealed, - • ^ -S ectio n 6. ' T h is ordinance, is de- * d ared -and passed as an. em ergency ordinance, a n d . .shall ' ta k e ^effect -im - t ' mediately, after, its passage ’’and pub| ? licatio ri.. Sectio n.- f| Tpe ; d ity u ie r k |ii hereby f authorized, and d irected ' to have th is'1 ordinance published- in the L a s V e g a s . Evening R ev iew -Jou rnal; jl a- daily f newspaper published in th e' City - of L a s V egas for a period of-tw o Weeks, •that is to say: opce each week. I hereby certify th a t -the foregoing ordinance- was. read for the first.vtinie a t a recessed regular m eeting1 of the Board of Com m issioners- of the City of L as -Vegas, held on the l-7feh day of July; 1939, and was. passed as an em ergency ?ordinance upon the second reading on said . la st mentioned date; on the following vote : . Conimissioners Ronnow, G ilbert;- Krause/ and Cor-rad etti and -his, honor ,th e v bfe^yor vot­ing Aye. Noes.,' None. Approved this 17th day of Ju ly . 1939; JO H N L . R U S S E L !;; Mayor./. A'rTE T: : V iola Burns. City Clerk. . (S E A L ) Ju ly 18-th and 25th, 1939. ' . . .