The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-07-03
ORDINANCE NO. 1874.


An Ordinance amending Sections and
II of Ordinance No, 80, passed by the
City Council on July 81, 1908, and emit
tied "An Ordinane providing for the build
ing of sidewalks in the City of Amarillo,
and the manner of constructing same, and
amending Ordinances Nos. "a, 81, As and
50 of said city"
BE it ordained by the City Council of
the City of AMARILLO
Section /. That section of Ordinance
No 80, passed by the City Council on
July Al, 1903, and entitled IAN Ordinance
providing for the building of sidewalks
in the City of Amarillo and the manner
of constructing the same, and amending
Ordinances Nos. 81, 81, As and So OF said
City," be and the same is hereby amend
ed, so that the same shall hereafter read
as follows: Section 3. When the City
Council, by an order duly spread upon its
minutes. has provided for the construc-
ton of any sidewalk, the City Secretary
shall issue written notice to the property
owners interested, notifying them that
such sidewalk has been determined upon,
and that they have the right and are
thereby requested and directed to have
such work done, and to commence the
same within ten days and have it com
pleted within thirty days after the service
of said notice.
Said notice shall be served by the City
Marshall of said City of Amarillo or by
any deputy marshal, by delivering a copy
thereof to the property owner or his
agent, or by sending copy thereof to
the owner by registered mail, if he is a
nonresident or absent from the City and
his post-office address be known, or if the
owner or his postofice address be un-
known, then service may be had by hav-
ing copy of the said notice published
in the official paper of the City once
week for three consecutive weeks The
officer serving said notice shall make due
return on the original showing how he
served the same, and shall file the same
with the City Secretary, who shall file 1t
for future reference.
Section 2. That section II of said or
dinance No. 81, above described, be and
the same is hereby amended so that said
Section IL shall hereafter read as fol-
lows: Section II, unless otherwise per-
mitted by order of the Council, all side
Ten feet is hereby set apart on all eighty
foot streets for the construction OF side
walks, except as hereinafter provided.
| All sidewalks on both sides of Polk street
between the Fort Worth and Denver City
Railroad Company's right of way and
South Seventh street shall be ten feet
wide. All sidewalks on Taylor street
from South grid to South 9TH street, ex-
cept on west side of Block 90, and all
sidewalks on South grid, South 4th, South
sth and South 9th streets between Taylor
and Tyler streets shall not be less than
eight feet wide. All sidewalks on west
side of Lincoln and East side of Buchan
an street between the Fort Worth and
Denver City X. X. Company's right of
way and South and street shall not be less
than eight feet wide. All sidewalks
around Block 90, Glidden & Sanborn
addition to Amarillo, Texas, shall be ten
feet wide All sidewalks on South 4th
street from Taylor street to the Pecos &
Northern Texas Ry. Co.'S, right of way
and on West side Of Lincoln street from
South and to South 4th street shall be
not less than five feet wide, Alliside-
walks on all other streets of the city shall
be not less than four feet wide and on all
eighty foot streets the outside of the walk
shall not be less than six feet from the
lot or property line.
A good and sufficient stone or concrete
curbing, to be approved by the street
commissioner, shall be placed ten feet
from the lot or property line on all eighty
foot streets, where business houses are
constructed, and twelve feet in the resi-
dence portion of the city; and on all for
ty foot streets, similar curbing shall be
placed five feet from the lot or property
line. and the walk on forty foot streets
shall occupy the entire space between the
lot or property line, and the curbing
All curbing shall be placed and all side
walks constructed on the grade as estab-
lished by the city. All sidewalks shall
be constructed of either cement or OF Wit
rified brick. All brick sidewalks shall
have a good and sufficient foundation to
be approved by the street commissioner.
All cement sidewalks shall have at least
four inches of concrete made of clean
washed gravel and sand or broken stone
and sand, mixed with one-sixth Portland
cement; and the cement covering shall be
at least one inch in thickness and made
OF One-nalt Sanu anu one-udh Eoi 'iahu
cement All sidewalks now constructed
that fail to comply with the provisions
hereof are hereby condemned. and the
owners of the property abutting on said
condemned sidewalks are hereby required
to construct sidewalks in accordance with
the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 3. That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section a. That this ordinance have
full force and effect from and after 1t:
passage and publication. 49,,
Passed by the City Council on the 18th
day Of June, 1906.
Approved this the 9Th day of June
1906.
WILL A. MILLER, JR., Mayor.
Attest
(sEAL) SAM J, BROWN,