The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-24
Improvement Ordinance
No. 46z. aNew SerIes.U ?


 To provide for grading, curbing and
 gutter and sidewalk paving on Sev-
 enteenth street from Ninth avenue
 to Eleventh avenue.
 Section l. Be it ordained by the City Council of Birmingham as follows: | That Seventeenth street from the north 1 curb line of Ninth avenue to the south curb line of Eleventh avenue be graded.
 That a roadway forty (40) feet wide along the center line of the same shall be curbed with 6-inch by 2O-inch granite curbing and the gutters along the same paved with concrete for width of three (3) feet.
 That the sidewalks along the same shall be paved with artificial stone for a width of six (O feet, except at the entrance to lots and at driveways and alley crossings, where It shall be paved the full width of the sidewalks,
 paving shall be constructed in front of l lot 4, block 625
 l That the driveways and alley crossings shall be paved with vitrified brick for the full width of the sidewalk and gutters.
 Sec. 2. That said Improvements shall be made in accordance with the grades and l lines heretofore established for the DOT tions of the streets and avenues herein- before described.
 
 l the aforesaid Improvements shall be as- sessed and levied upon and against the property abutttng on the portions of said l streets and avenues improved to the ex- tent of the increased value of such prop i erty by reason of the special benefits de- i rived from such improvements, and not in excess Of the total cost of such in- provements.
 That the cost of all Improvements upon street, avenue or alley intersections shall be assessed upon and against the property abutting on the streets, avenues or al- leys so fntersecting for one-half block in each direction
 That no charge assessed upon and against any lot or parcel of land shall be greater than the increased value of such property by reason of the special bene- nus derived from such Improvements 1 That the cost of improving between the rails or any street railroad or any other railroad tracks, and the space between the tracks and for IS inches on each side of the tracks. including switches and turn outs, shall not be assessed against the lots abutting on the streets and ave nues as aforesaid. but shall be paid by the owner of such railroad and shall be assessed against and form Hen on said railroad, and the property used in con nection herewith.
 That nothing herein contained shall he construed to relieve any street railroad of It's Obligations in the matter of street inn proyements.
 Sec A. That the estimated cost of said improvements Is s29O0, and that the City council will meet on the 18th day of Ali gust, 1909 at the council chamber of inc city hall of Birmingham, at s o'clock p. m., to hear any objections Or remon- strances that may be made to said inn provements, the manner of making the same or the character of material to he used " D ! Sec. ,. That full details, drawings n1ans and specifications of said work and esti mates be prepared by the city engineer as early as practicable and placed bv him on nle in his office in the city hall of Bir mingham, not later than the date named In Section of this ordinance, where pron erty owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and examine tbe same. ~
 Sec 6. That this ordinance shall he n,,b- hshed by the city clerk in the newsna ner pupnshed in the city of Birmingham do- Ing city printing once a week for two con secut,ve weeks the first publication to pc not less than two weeks prior to tbe oate set herein at which the City Co,,n. ell or Birmingham will meet to hear any oo1ecuons or remonstrances that may ba made to said improvements, the manner 1 oI making the same or the character o| material to be used
 Adopted July 2l, 1909. II. K. SHROPSHIRE, JR., City cgsrk Approved July 22, 1909 FRANK P. O'BRIEN. Mayor
 Aee-Herald July 24-31, 1909.