Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-03
AN ORDINANCE.
Regulating the Laying of Payements and
Other Purposes.

whenever there are curbstones laid down in
front of any lot or any parts OF lot, within the
corporate limits of said city, the owner or own
ers or agents of said lot lots shall cause to be
laid down within twenty days thereafter,
pavement in good and substantial manner, of
whole, hard brick of first quality, or OF smooth,
square, cut or sawed rock, not exceeding two
feet square, nor less than six inches square, nor
less than two inches thick. Said payements
shall be well bedded in sand of sufficient guam
tity to level the same in a workman-like man.
ner All pavements shall be laid with slope
or pitch to the curbstone of one-haf an inch to
the foet excepting when they shall be laid with
q pitch not exceeding three-quarters of an inch
tothe foot of the slope to the curbstone, and all
payements shall be laid one inch highet than
the top OF the curbstone TO allow for settling
andthe gradual wear.
: SEC. 2 Be 1T further ordained, That all pave
ments within said city, not in accordance with
this ordinace shall be repaired or replaced as
the above ordinance directs, and specifies.
SEC. 8. Be 1t further ordained, That when
any psyment is out of repair or not in good
condition, the Marshal or other officers OF said
city shall give the owner, or owners or agents,
or'representatives, a notice If in SAID CITY, and
if said pavement is not putin proper condition
as this ordinance directs, within ten days, q fine
upon conviction shall then be assessed by the
Recorder of Five Dollars and the cost for each
and every day until said pavement IS laid, and
also on conviction fine of Five Dollars and
person for each day they fail or refuse to lay
down new pavements, whenever curbstone is
laid in front of any lot lots or parts OF lots IN
said city, after the said twenty days has expir-
ed as provided in the first section of the ordI-
nance.
SEC. 4. Be 1T further ordained, That where
parties are owners of any lot or lots or part of
lots in said city and are not residents thereof,
or minors, or others, labering under disabilities
or other causes, or whenever any resident own;
ers in said city or otherwise, or cannot be found
in said city, or the agents or representatives OF
any owners refuse or fail to lay down or re.
pair or replace within the specified time, as
these ordinances direct. the said marshalS or
other officers of said city, or the Street Commit
tee of said city, shall cause said pavement to
be laid down or repaired or replaced, as this
ordinance directs and the marshals shall as
sess the same and the costs and charges and
interest thereon against the lot or lots or parts
of lots and proceed to collect the same from
the owner or owners, agents or other persons
having personal property in their honds, and if
bave said property sold to pay for said pave
ment and the interest and costs and charges
and that said expenses shall be and remain a
lien on said property until paid.
SEC. 5. BE 1t FURTHER oTdathed, That no per-
son or persons shall put any obstruction or
cause anything to be put upon any pavement
or cause any opening or any other impeachment
to the free and uninterrupted travel of the
citizens, under penalty Of five dollars for each
offense,
SEC. 6. Be 1T further ordained, That no per-
son or persons shall hereafter erect. or cause to
be made. any doors or openings in any pavement
in said CITY, unless by special permission from
the corporate authorities of said city, excepting
an opening in front of the main wall of the
building not exceeding three feet under the
pavement in width from the house, which shall
be covered over with a stout, smooth CRATE not
over three -fourths of an inch apart, and which
shall be set on a substantial wall of brick or
rock, aud said CRATE shall be set to correspond
with the pitch of the pavement and be level
with the same, under penalty of five dollars
for each andsevery day such obstruction is cre-
ated or permitted to remain in, and said parties
shall be subject to the damages resulting from
any accident resulting from not complying with
this ordinance.
SEC. Z. Be it further ordained, That all eel
lar doors or grateS or other obstructions in the
present pavements of said city shall be re-made
and put on level with the present curbstone of
the street. allowing for the necessary pitch OF
the pavement as provided:in this ordinance, or
as near as present buildings will permit, under
a penalty of five dollars for each offence
SEC. 8. Be it further ordained, That hereafter
no sign shall be placed or erected across any pave
ment exceeding fifteen inches in width, which
shall be securely fastened with iron rods to the
building without any posts to the pavement,
and said sign shall be at least twelve feet above
the paVeHlcHI, uIluer peHdlty vi hfo VoiiitIS
for each offence. e- rt
SEC. O. BE 1T further ordained, That whcnev-
er it shall be found necessary for any person to
have access to their stable or other houses in
the rear of their lot they shall before driving
crossing the pavement construct and lay down
for the space of eight feet wide a good and sub.
stantial solid pavement with brick, solid and
hard, edgewise, or of solid smooth-cut rock
square, and not less than six inches deep, and
lay the same level with the top of the curbstone,
and with the regular grade of the pavement
and bridge the gutter with solid bridge even
with the top of the curbstone, and so construct
the gutter under the same so as not to interfere
with the free passage of water or of the street.
Any person violating this section on convic-
ton thereof, shall be fnad the sum of five dol
lars for each day said obstruction is permitted
to remain.
SEC. 10 Be 1t further ordained, That no per-
son or persons shall be permitted to ride or
drive any wagon or horse or other vehicle nor
to hitch any horse or mule to any post on any
pavement in the city, (physicians excepted), un-
der penalty Of three dollars for each offence.
SEC. IL. Be IT further ordained, That no per-
son shall be permitted to place or throw any
filth or trash on any pavement nor put IN the
gutter or street anything that will cause the gut
streets or alleys in said city, under penalty of
five dollars for each offence. s- 81
SEC r. Be 1T further ordained, That all
laws and ordinances heretofore passed by the
city in reference to pavements are hereby re-
pealed, and that this ordinance take effect on
and after its passage.
j. S. VANGILDER, Mayor,
GEORGE. M. WHITE. Recorder.