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An ordinance amending Section 2
of an ordinance, entitled, can ordi-
nance prescribing the manner of cal
culating grades of the streets Of the
City of Hood River, and repeating Or
dinance No. 36 of said city, entitled,
IAN ordinance prescribing the man
mel of calculating grades, passed the
Common Council, November 10Th,
1901, and approved by the mayor,
November 10Th, 1901. "
The City of Hood River does ordain
as follows:
Whereas, Owing to the cOnflgura-
tion of the ground on the side-hill
streets, to-wit, parts Of State street
and Oak street and all of Sherman
avenue, Hazel avenue, Pleasant View
avenue and Second street, and other
side-hill streets that may hereafter be
laId out, it seems desirable and is the
wish of the majority of the owners
along said streets, the said streets
should not be cut down to regular
grade the entire width of said streets,
but that said streets should be graded
and constructed along the following
general plan, to.wit; The upper and
higher side of each side street to con
sist of sidewalk of the established
width by former ordinance, with a
terrace dropping down at the proper
slope to the regular grade of the street
as established, with gutter at the foot
of the terrace; the lower side of such
streets to consist of a sidewalk below
the established grade of such street,
of the established width, with "A ter
race rising at the proper slope to the
established street grade, and with q
roadway between the foot of the ter
race on the upper side and the top
of the terrace on the lower side, from
20 to 40 feet wide, depending upon
the width of the street, the gutter on
the lower side of the street to be at
the intersection of the terrace with
the roadway. Now, therefore Section
. of said ordinance is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 2. That, as the city, as now
laid out, consists Of two benches one
above the other, with a side-hlll be-
tween, and has two general slopes,
ono IRON WtEb hOWu w hJo Oh5tg anu
the other and principal slope, from
the south down to the north, the
same grade cannot advantageoulsy be
maintained uniformly in all the
streets of said city, and unless other
wise changed by ordinance, the street
graded shall be calculated as follows
For all streets running northerly and
southerly in said city, from the center
of the street to the adjacent block OF
street line there, shall be fall not to
exceed one "a foot to the adjacent
easterly block or street line, and a
rise, not to exceed one foot, to the
adjacent westerly block or street line
and for all streets running easterly
and westerly in said city, except State
street, from the center of the stle eet to
the adjacent block or street line, there
shall be fall not to exceed one (l)
foot to the adjacent northerly block
or street line, and rise not to exceed
one (l) foot to the adjacent southerly
block or street line and for said State
street, from the east line of Front
street on the east of said city, to tho
west line of Blowers addition on the
west side of said city, from the cen
ter of said State street to the adjacent
block or street line, there shall be a
fall of not to exceed two (2) feet to
the adjacent northerly block or street
line, and rise of not to exceed two
(2) feet to the adjacent sontherly
block OF street line provided, that
the following named side-hill streets
shall be constructed and improved as
follows: State street, which il an 50
foot street, except in one point where
it Is rs feet wide, shall be improved
aud constructed, when improvement
il ordered by ordinance, as follows:
The roadway on the established
grade, shall be forty (40) feet wide,
the balance of the street shall be taken
up by sidewalks and terraces, towit;
The roadway shall occupy the center
of the street, and on each side thereof
shall be tho CUTTERS. The sidewalk
shall on either side, correspond to
the grade of the street, and have the
same slope from west TO east, except
at street intersections, when the side
walk shall slope down on the upper or
high side OF tho street for the last 20
feet to grade at the street intersec-
tion, and slope UP on the lower side
of the street for the same distance to
the grade at the street intersection ;
provided that when found advisable by
the city engineer the terrace may be
placed all on one side of the street,
and in such case the remainder of the
street shall bo on the established
grade, Oak street between the west
line of Fourth street and the east line
of Park street, Sherman avenue its on
tire length, Hazel avenue its entire
length plenasnt avenue its entire
length and Second street, Of Winans
addition, its entiie length, when OF
dered by ordinance, shall be con
structed and improved in the same
way as State street, except that the
roadway shall be twenty (2O) feet wide,
Section 8. That Section of an or
dinance No. g., entitled, "An ordi.
nance entitled, "An ordinance pre-
scribing the manner of calculating
grades of the street of the City of
Hood River, and repeating Ordinance
No. 36 of said city, entitled An or
dinanoe prescribing the manner of cal
culating grades passed the Common
Council, November Is, 1901, and APP
proved by the mayor November 10,
i9Ol;' " approved, Sept. s, 1902, is
hereby repealed, and all other ordi.
nances in conflict herewith are also
repealed, and the above Section > is
substituted in lieu of the one repealed
otherwise said Ordinance 81 stands
as amended.
An ordinance to provide tor taxing
and killing dogs.
The City of Hood River does ordain
as follows:
Section l. 1t Is hereby made unlaw-
full for any person or persons to keep
a dog, or dogs, within the limits of
the City of Hood River of the age of
more than four months, unless the
owner or keeper of such dog or dogs
shall procure from the city treasurer
of said city license for each dog, as
in this ordinance provided.
Section , Tne owner or person hav-
ing in charge any dog kept OF owned
within the City of Hood River shall