The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-26
ORDINANCE NO. IA.

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ii OF Ordinance No, ga, passed by the
City Council on July al, ioo3, and emit.
tied IAN Ordinane providing for the build.
ing OF sidewalks in the CITY of Amarillo
ana the manner OF constructing same and
amending Ordinances Nos, "a, 81, as and
So of said city" - ~ 70
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 81, 1903, and entitled IAN Ordinance
providing for the building of sidewalks
III the City of Amarillo and the manner
OF constructing the same, and amending
Ordinances Nos. "a, 81, as and "a of said
City" be and the same is hereby amend.
ed, so that the same shall hereafter read
as follows; Section a. When the Civ
Council, by an order duly spread upon its
minutes has provided for the construc-
ton OF any sidewalk, the City Secretary
snail 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 il com
piieted 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 a copy thereof to
the owner by registered mail, if he is
nonresident or absent from the City and
his post-oifice address be known, or IL the
owner or his postoilice address be un.
known, then service may be had bv hav-
ing copy of the said notice published
in the official paper of the City once a
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 it
for future reference.
Section a. That section II of said Or
dinance No. 81. above described, be and
the same is hereby amended so that said
Section II shall hereafter read as fol.
lows: Section II, unless otherwise per
United by order of the Council, all side
walks shall be constructed as follows:
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
5th 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 R. 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 Ath
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. Alllside-
walks on all other streets of the city shall
be not less than four feet wide; and Oh all
eighty foot streets the outside of the walk
shall not be less than six feet from the
lot or property line.
good and sufficient stone or concrete
curbing, to be approved by the street
commissioner, shall be placed ten feet
rom the lot or property line on all eighty
oot streets where business houses are
and twelve feet in the resi-
ience portion Of the city; and on all for
y foot streets, similar curbing shall be
placed FIVE feet from the lot or property
inc. and the walk on forty foot streets
hall occupy the entire space between the
OF or property line, and the curbing.
All curbing shall be placed and all side
walks constructed on the grade as estab-
ished by the city. All sidewalks shall
be constructed of either cement or of Wit
flied brick. All brick sidewalks shall
lave good and sufficient foundation TO
'e approved by the street commissioner.
All cement sidewalks shall have at least
our inches of concrete made of clean
Washed gravel and sand or broken stone
md sand, mixed with one.sixth Portland
ement; and the cement covering shall be
t least one inch in thickness and made
II one-half sand and one-half Portland
ement. All sidewalks now constructed
hat fail to comply with the provisions
Iereof are hereby condemned, and the
wners of the property abutting on said
sidewalks are hereby required
o construct sidewalks in accordance with
he provisions of this ordinance.
Section 3. That all ordinances and
arts of ordinances in conflict herewith,
e and the same are hereby repealed
Section 4. That this ordinance have
ull force and effect from and after its
assage and publication.
Passed by the City Council on the Sth
ay of June, 1906.
Approved this the 9Th day of June,
goo.
WILL A. MILLER, JR., Mayor
.ttest:
SEAL) SAN J. BROWN,
7t53 City Secretary.