The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-06-12
ORDINANCE NO. 1874.

II of Ordinance No, 50, 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
So of said city"
Be it ordained by the City Council of
the City of AMARILLO
Section l. That section 3 ofOrdinance
No. 81 passed by the City Council on
July 81, 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, "a, 81, As and s. of said
City, be and the same is hereby amend
ed, so that the same shall hereafter read
as follows: Section 8. 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 deliver ing 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-offce address be known, or if the
owner or his postoffice address be IN
known, then service may be had by hav-
ing a 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 p That section I I of said or.
dinance No 50, above described, be and
the same is hereby amended so that said
Section II shall hereafter read as fol,
lows; Section IT., unless otherwise per
mitted 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 3rd to South 9TH street, ex.
cept on west side of Block 90, and all
sidewalks on South 5rd 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 2nd street shall not be less
than eight feet wide. All sinewalks
around Block 90, Gliddeu & Sanbon
addition to Amarillo, Texas, shall be ten
feet wide. All sidewalks on South Ath
street from Taylor street to the Pecos &
Northern Texas Ry. Cos. 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. All side.
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 prope ty 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, a 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
rlhed brick, All brick sidewalks shall
have good and sufficient foundation to
be approved by the street commissioner.
All cement sidewalks shall have at least
Jour Inches Of concrete made of clean
washed gravel and sand or broken stone
ana sand, mixed with one-siXth Portland
cement and the cement covering shall be
at least one inch in thickness and made
OF one-halt sand and one-half Portland
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 ;. That all ordinances and
parts OF ordinances in conflict herewith,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance have
iull force and effect from and after its
passage and publication.
Passed by the City Council on the Sth
day OF June, 1906.
Approved this the 9Th day of June,
1906.
WILL A. MILLER, JR,, Mayor.
Attest:
SEAL SAM J. BROWN,
4TS3 City Secretary.