Der Lecha Caunty patriot. [volume] (Allentaun, Pa.) 1859-1872, 1867-08-27
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
BUILDINGS, FENCES, PARTITIONS,
-.n . WALLS. &c,


Be il ordained by the Select and Common
Councils of the City of Allentown, and it is
hereby enacted by the Authority of the same.
SECTION l.. That the plan and system of
grades as projected by G. A. Aschbach, e. E.
and laid down in the Book of Diagrams on
pages 13, Is, II, 10, 81, %, 25, 81, 90, 81,
33, 35, 81, 80, al, 40, 45, 46, 4S, so, so,
81 and Sc, and adopted by the Town Coun-
Gil of the Borough of Allentown by Section
1st of Ordinance of March ID, 1867, are
hereby adopted as the basis and standard for
all future regulations of streets lanes and al
leys in the city of Allentown now open or
hereafter TO be opened. A plans and sys-
tens of grades heretofore in use and incon-
sstent herewith are hereby declared to be of
no force or effect.
SECTION 2. That hereafter no building
ahall be erected nor fence or wall set nor
sidewalks curbstones or cutters located along
the streets lanes or alleys of the said city un-
less the regulations therefor shall have first
been given by the City Engineer and in case
the provisions of this section are violated it
shall be lawful for the Mayor in addition TO
the penalties hereinafter imposed, to 6rth-
with order the removed of such building,
fence, wall, sidewalks, curb-Stone or gutter,
as the case may be, at the cost of the owner
thereof.
SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of
every owner or builder, previous TO the erec-
tion of any foundation walls for any build
ing, fence or wall, sidewalk, curb stones or
gutter on any of the streets, lanes, or alleys
in said city, to make application TO the City
Treasurer for warrant of survey directed to
the Engineer, requiring him within the space
of five days from the time such warrant may
he placed in his hands, to fix the location and
grade of such building, fence, wall, sidewalk,
curb-stones or gutter and the same together
with the time such presentment was made to
endorse on the back thereof and such war
rant endorsed as aforsaid by the City Engin.
eer, shall be sufficient authority for such
owner or builder TO proceed with the cree
tion and construction of such building, fence,
wall, sidewalk, curb-stones or gutter as may
be set forth therein.
SECTION 4. That the City Treasurer shall
receive for the use of the city, from every
owner or builder before he issues any war
rant of survey, the following rates for sim
gle building not exceeding sixty feet front
two dollars and fifty cents, and for every ad-
ditiona foot front two cents, and for every
additional foot on the side one cent.
SECTION 5. Any citizen of this city, or anv
person erecting or repairing any house, sta
BILE, clubhouse or shop, on any of the public
streets, lanes, or alleys, within the limits of
this city, shall have the privilege of using
one half (or in case building is being erec-
ted or repaired opposite, one-third) of the
whole width of said street, lane or alley, ad-
joining his building ground and no more, to
put his stone, brick, lime, sand, mortar, tim
Der or other material necessary in the pro-
gress of building, until completed, Provided
however, that the same remain for no longer a
period than six months.
SECTION 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
Street Commissioner or High Constable, to
notify all such persons as may have availed
themselves of the privileges aforesaid, to re-
move within twenty days after the compile
tion of said work, all such obstruction, from
such streets, lanes or alleys, as may remain
on any of them, and ifsuch person or persons
shall refuse or neglect TO clear said streets,
lanes or alleys, within said period, then the
Street Commissioner or High Constable shall
forthwith remove the same, and shall make
out a,coTrect bill of the expense and cost aris-
ing from removing said distractions, and
shall lodge information with the Mayor, who
shall recover the amount of the bill in a suit
against the delinquent in the name of the
corporation.
SECTION 4. That no person or persons, in
building porch or steps on the side of any
street or streets, shall occupy more than five
feet of the pavement, with the porch or steps
when built, but those already built, shall il
wider than five feet remain until necessary
to be rebuilt, when they shall be constructed
according to the regulation aforesaid, and all
trees hereafter planted in any of the streets
or alleys, shall stand on the pavement within
fifteen inches of the outside of the curb
stones.
SECTION 8. That there shall be elected an
ually by the Select and Common Council.
OF the city, at the stated meeting held in
April of each year, three discreet persons, in
habitants and housekeepers within the said
city, who shall be regulators of partition fen
ces within the same, and in case of vacancy
occurring by death, resignation or otherwise
said Councils shall proceed TO fill such vacan.
cy by election at the next stated meeting af
ter the same shall occur.
SECTION y. That The said regulators, or any
two of them, shall have full power and autho.