The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-28
AN ORDINANCE

when Constructed by the City"
BE 1t ordained by the City Council Of the
City of San Antonio:
SECTION THAT wherever the City
Council shall order sidewalks to be con-
structed. graded. curDed or filled up
along any OF the streets Of the City, the
owners OF the property along the line of
such street shall be notified of the class
Of sidewalk so ordered to be constructed,
graded or filled up.
SIC. ALI the sidewalks constructed
under the provisions Of this ordinance,
except Glass SCI sidewalks, shall have
curb six inches wide and twenty inches
deep, to be set in a trench eighteen inch
es wide, on bed of gravel four inches
| thick, the gravel to be thoroughly COR
solidated by ramming. The curbing to
be of such material as may be ordered by
the City Council. The sidewalks to be
constructed shall be, and the same are
| hereby, divided into three classes, to-wit:
Glass a, Glass Il and Class &. Glass "A
sidewalks shall be laid upon concrete
| foundation at least four inches thick,
prOportioned as follows: One part best
American cement, two parts clean sharp
sand, five parts clean broken stone, the
| greatest dimension Of any stone to be
| not more than two inches. The sand
and cement TO be thoroughly mixed with
| water to the consistency OF paste or stifl
| mortar, the broken stone to be wet and
then mixed thoroughly with the mortar,
| and the whole deposited in place and
| thoroughly rammed, the concrete to rest
upon II firm and solid bed made so by
Tamming, II necessary. The surface
material shall be of such material and
laid in such manner as may be ordered
| by the City Council; provided, that
when the surface Is ordered to be con-
structed of cut mesquite blocks, said
blocks shall be laid down on founda-
| ton az four inches thick after being
thoroughly compacted by ramming, COM
| posed Of gravel or broken stone, no stone
to be more than (2l) two and one-half
| inches at its greatest dimension. The
| foundation to be covered with one and
one-half inches thick OF sand.
Glass Il sidewalks shall be laid upon
foundation four inches thick after being
thoroughly compaoted by ramming, com
posed Of broken stone, no stone to be
more than (2l) two and one-half inches
| ut its greatest dimension. The fOunda-
ton to be covered (lI) one and one-half
| inches thick of sand. Surface materials
shall be of such material and laid in such
manner as may be ordered by the CITY
Council.
The surface of both the above classes,
except the cement surface, to be covered
| WIN Ont anu Out-uhll lnOllth VI Nulll
after all joints have been swept full and
the surface material has been firmly
settled in the bed of sand underneath.
Glass "Cn shall be filled up or raised
to the grade established by the City En-
| gineer and constructed Of the following
materials: The curbing 2Xl2 inches
lumber fastened to cedar posts Ike inch
es, set on the inside of the sidewalk,
fastened to said posts with two bolts to
each post. The sidewalk to be filled up
with rough gravel ut the bottom and
fine siited gravel at the top.
sEC. SAN ourbing and sidewalks
constructed under the provisions of this
ordinance shall conform to the grade
established by the City Engineer and
approved by the City Council the side
walks to have an inclination of one inch
In three feet rising from the curb TO the
property line.
SIC. An sidewalks shall be COM
pleted within (G0) sixty days from the
service of the notice herein provided for.
SEC. 5.-The notice to owners or agents
provided for in Section | shall be signed
by the Mayor and attested by the City
Clerk, and 1t shall only be necessary in
said notice to describe the sidewalk or
dered to be constructed by the class as
defined in Section of this ordinance.
When the owners or agents are un-
known, such notice shall be served by
publication in some newspaper published
In the City of san Antonio for one week,
the cost of such publication to be a
charge against the property of such un'
known owner In front of which such
sidewalk is ordered to be constructed.
SEC. 6.-At the expiration of the time
when such sidewalk is to be completed
the City Engineer shall inspect the same
and make his report in writing to the
City Council, showing what portions Of
said sidewalk have not been constructed
SEC. Upon the acceptance and ap'
proval by the City Council of the report
of the City Engineer, provided for IN
Section of this ordinance, 1t shall b.
the duty of the Mayor, in conjunction
with the Chairman of the Committee or
Public improvements and Streets ant
Bridges, to contract for the construction
of such sidewalk along the line of sait
street, and fronting the property of tn,
owner or agent. failing, refusing or neg
Letting to construct such sidewalk In ac
. cordance with the notice served upol
him or his agent, and the cost of con
; struotion shall be a charge against tn
owner of and lien upon the lot, part o
lot, or block to be charged with the con
structiOn of that portion of the side wal
on which it fronts.
/, SEC. S.-When such sidewalk shal
have been constructed, as is provides
for in Section 7, of this ordinance,
shall be the duty of the City Clerk upo
: the report ofthe City Engineer,to correct
: ly estimate the cost OF the construction
! grading or filling up of said sidewal
) fronting each lot part of lot or bloc
: along the line of said street, and he sha
enter into book, regularly kept for cha
= purpose, opposite each lot, part of lot @
> block the cost of the construction of sal
b sidewalk directly fronting each lot, pal
of lot or block along the line OF sal
street, the correctness of which est
. mate, when approved by the Mayo
. shall be attested by the City Clerk, WI
= shall deliver the same to the City Co
u lector for collection.
SEC. 9.-The City Collector shall In
d medlately upon the receipt of the Ii
o provided for in Section OF this ord
d nance, notify the owners or agents,
i known, If any lot, part of lot or block
e front of which sidewalks have been co
structed in accordance with Section
v OF this ordinance, to call at his oill
II within 80 days from and after the fir
g publication of such notice, and pay q
n cost of the construction of said side wal
,r and the cost of collection, which noti
4 shall be published in any newspaper
IL the city Of San Antonio for 30 days, sa
I, notice shall be sufficient, If 1t contains
m general description of the property, al
he shall upon the application of I
10 owner or agent furnish u statement du
No certified to, showing the amount due
ia such owner or agent.
a SIC. l0.-lf the cost of the constrl
- finn nf aail sidewalk and the cost nj a.