The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-22
AN ORDINANCE

Material and Enforcing Payment by Deinquenis
when Constructed by the City,"
BE It 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. All the sidewalks constructed
under the provisions of this ordinance,
except Glass "C'' sidewalks, shall have
n curb six inches wide and twenty inches
deep, to be set In trench eighteen inch
es wide, on bed of gravel four Inches
thick, the gravel to be thoroughly COR
solidated by rammlng. 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 i and Class G. Glass
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 still
mortar. the broken stone to be wet and
then mixed thoroughly with the MORTAR
| and the whole deposited In place and
thoroughly rnmmed. the concrete to rest
upon firm and solid bed made so by
ramming, 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 he laid down on II fOunda-
ton ~ 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.
Class Il sidewalks shall he laid upon n
foundation four inches thick after being
thoroughly compacted by rumming, com
| posed of broken stone, no stone to be
more than cd two and one-half inches
at 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
| with one and One-half inches of sand
after all joints have been swept full and
the surface material has been firmly
settled in the bed of sand underneath.
SIC. 3.-All curbing and side walks
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. l.-All sidewalks shall be com
pleted within (GO) 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 2 of this ordinance.
When the owners or agents are I'M
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 II
charge against the property of such I'M
| known owner in front of which such
sidewalk Is ordered to be constructed.
SEC. Cat the expiration of the time
| Wien hutl slutMulh Is ~ ne lIpltItu,
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-
proyal by the City Council of the report
of the City Engineer, provided for in
Section 6 of this ordinance it shall be
the duty of the Mayor, in conjunction
with the Chairman of the Committee on
Public improvements and Streets and
Bridges, to contract for the construction
of such sidewalk along the line of said
street, and fronting the property of the
owner or agent. failing, refusing or neg
Letting to construct such sidewalk in ac-
cOrdance with the notice served upon
him or his agent, and the cost of con-
struction shall be charge against the
owner of and a lien upon the lot, part OF
lot, or block to be charged with the con-
struction OF that portion of the sidewalk
on which 1t fronts.
SEC. S.-When such sidewalk shall
have been constructed, as Is provided
for in Section Z, of this ordinance, II
shall be the duty of the City Clerk upon
the report ofthe CityEnglneer,t to correct.
ly estimate the cost of the construction
grading or filling up of said sidewalk
fronting each lot, part of lot or block
along the line of said street, and he sha
enter into n book, regularly kept for thai
purpose, opposite each lot, part OF lot oil
block the cost of the construction of sale
sidewalk directly fronting each lot, part
of lot or block along the line OF sal,
street, the correctness of which esti
mate, when approved by the Mayor
shall be attested by the City Clerk, VIII,
shall deliver the same to the City Col
lector for collection.
SIC. 0.-The City Collector shall i'm
medialely upon the receipt Of the lis
provided for in Section OF this ordi
nance, notify the owners or agents,
known, If any lot, part of lot or block il
front of which sidewalks have been con
structed in accordance with Section
, of this ordinance, to call at his oflic
within 30 days from and after the frs
publication of such notice, and pay tn
cost of the construction of said sidewalk
, and the cost of collection. which motto
shall be published in any newspaper 4
the city of San Antonio for 30 DAYS, sal
notice shall be sufficient, If il contains
general description of the property, an
7 he shall upon the application of tn
owner or agent furnish a statement dul
3 certified to, showing the amount due b
r such owner or agent.
r SEC. l0.-lf the cost of the constru,
: tion of said sidewalk and the cost of co
4 lection are not paid at the expiration
:, the time provided for in Section of tn
n ordinance, the same shall bear interei
at the rate of s per cent. per anumn III
o til paid, and the City Collector sha
e seize such lots, part of lots or blocks {
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