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jg§>;£ |W1| R .G EN G -Y Q R D I N A N C E N o. 247 ? A N : • E M E R G E N C Y O R D IN A N C E T O V R 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 - ,i T E B »* R E G U L A T l N G T H E U S E T H E R E O F . ; A N D P R O V ID IN G R E N A L T I E S .F Q R T H E V I O L A - . T IO N O F T H I S O R D IN A N C E ; A N D R E P E A L I N G A L L ' O R D IN A N C E S IN P O N F L I C T T H E R E W I T H . TuO i 0o%rcl -, o£ Co hi mi skid n e Vs of . of L«jts V egasdO ' ordain as. tblfOwSi1 ; • _ W 0 E R B A .S , the. pity of 1 4 s. Vegas? is.-- threatene.d wi i. ',: ,a . water shortage ^n'l.’a^d^nht; of the diminishing Supmyl f l y i n g from the artesian wells in said'. Pity and;-'on' ? account of : the .present 'thereof• by th ein h abitan ts o f 7WH BREAS, the capacity of the seiYdJ^ lif l f l P i p f the City is overtaxed by.. '.reason Of : water -wasting into 1 the sewers; without being put to a full beheficial Use.; and^,’ ] of City Corn-; missjonei’s doem it-rexpedient and: nec-. es^ary fo-r. the protection of health,. cowyfbrt, ? -safety, life, welfare and property o f the inhabitants- of said City-' tO 'VregpIate -thfe- use • o f water . .therein and. to, thereof, NOW, THEREFORE, Section 1. W aste '' of -. water in the fjas, V’egas; i^ hereby prohibited arid ddciared unlawful.- • 0fiCtfohv'2l' 'r-$xi§r bne'r%f-:thd- following | iapffs*vg^ali;.^.jiatitute Waste; of Water, a fe th e : term is iu a pee:,.: , i p :• sg|eS d//•i {pHt ith" vis .? Vo rd.in.= p ^ a ^ 0 e r m ittin g hydrant,!', tap,. i c odh pT yalYe conhected with ahy wa - ^ l o n g i n g t o : any f p g p lll utility, . to p y p f iM l the ground or into', apy $fhK) '$0 wj, • toilet,'1or -tiLji>:-conneeted. With O', jseWer *of cesspool, p f : permit­ting water to drain from a pei/son-s p^hiises ib'to: ah y-., s tree t, I alloy o r: rc&d|'aft er; the .• person permitting trip same- Has b'e'eri.hbtif,ied to remedy suqh leak . o r tov pf.eyept .$uch draining lay any public officer,-, or an agent of any public utility, as' hereinafter defined system belonging to 'f aronmy paunbyli c -w uattileir­ty'' for- the purpose of cooling? any re-f rigerUtoy,jj refiMgeratihg;;;machine, ice '?plantV i'ice; ' -machine,;' cooler, cooling plant^- .cooling • system; • air coriditioh'- thgj niachihe * pr apparatu s* $ en gin e- or motor, Where said water, = after being sO-htsed* ik ‘ perm itted to flow -into" a s^wef; .<5r' cesspool oT'Onto the ground, provided, 'howtever, - that 7 the use of for;(.suchi coMipg: purippsesds not prohibited whereY ;af ter "being so used, : arid; • v5'. hO-Li; perm itt^T?to f lb W into - a-seWgr, ? iCe^shoolvi'Qh'- opto' the ’, ground;: i . '0erm ittih |v Water trbrn ,;ariy war | ,any piibiiCj tit^li^y;,;'*to ? any-".: hoae,.- ..tap, va/We;,' hydrant]; di]?e' or cock d irectly; i f o r thirty m ipute^'or.' longer.. .w;ithont, first pu t-. ting«:;;s^c’h w ^ t e r to a- •behe^iejai \x$&r • a j i ^ I h i - i t y .minutes s.uch •' Water td'vSOvflow shall bonstb y#..\ ? ' to ! leak from, any. w dter '•rriairi iri. a ' wate'b system be-, unfeaSohabfe ijehgth o ftuimtiliet;y.-.-' fi or ari’ •0i|epdn ;’$? fThe' ’term ‘ ‘public. • utiii'- tWii M ^berein^fused shall,' mean; and', emplace vh 11 cbrjmrations, cOmpahie.sV indiViddalS)^ asSociations; - their lessees/ tW%tefc£ lor -receivers, That mow or may herpkftpr pWn,' operate Or control any p la n t;or * eouipnientldr a iiy . part of a. T| I |: plant or equipment within the; City pf rThs Wogas. fo r the pkoductioli,'' Vle- 1 ivory or furnishing fo r or-, to . other persons,. firms; : associations , or. Cor-porationsr partly or w holly from -dn artesian •• well Or wells, water f or bi^si-heSs, m anufacturing;' A agriculttirkl', ' 'domestic dr - household usei • . Section 4, Any violation of this ‘Or- .•dlhadce' or ;any o f the proyisions 'theM^' of shall constitute n misdemeanor and shall be punished by a- fine of not HO exceed fifty ($50.00) dollars, or jby impi-ispnnient in the City jail of id s Wegas for a period o f!' nOt to exceed ..twenty^-five (251 :day^, or by | both such fine and in^prisOnin&nt.' .Section 5. All .Or.djna.nees .and parts, of prdinances in. con f 1;ct wit h- tiiivSVbr-dinance - ate hereby renealed. . Section 6. Thisbordinance is . d.e,-'’ d a red and passed as,; .an; ,em.erg'ency ordlnariee;' and shali^take 'effect im­mediately after 'its'massage and pub­lication. tj Section. 7.... The Qity, Clerk' is hereby authonzed a n d . directed t6 have this; yOrdinance published .in- the'.havS . Vegak; Eyenilig Review-Tonimal, a ’'.daily newspaper published in th e,C ity iof lias '.‘Vegas- for a; period of' two weelis, th:a|Is? to . Say: /ohcje each 'Week. || | Ordinance was read' for the first tinfe at %. recessed regular meeting Of 1 the Board;1 o f Coinmissiohers of'Tfhe 'Cify o f : Las V eg a s held; on the Sl7fh., d a y Of. July. 1930, and was passed as ,;ah emergency lord inapee Upon the' secohd' teading- pn said-. Idst' mentibnedv datei' pri .the ^fpJ'lnwihg^.'yo-tgy/COmnd-s^idii^:^.’ ROnriow,, Gilbert, T<rause;; ..and - Opr-; tadetti and. his honor the Mayor Vot­ing Aye.. Noes, t^Ojne.x : , approved this f.7 th day of July; 4939^ Igip g! ;g§ .'JOHN RtJ'{$SELE, v .: A T T E S T :.... • ' Viola .Burns, . Ci tv.’• Clerk. : ; (SEAL) ; . K I l i f e ?-;.A uly lyth and 25th, 1939./ || i m o: H M K ai ss? 'risl bej .1° sii m•tri m m d! ? 1 1.4 s I ij II pi is