The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-11
improvement Ordinance

No. 476-"NEW SERIES"
 To provide for grading, macadamlzing,
 curbinq and gutter, sidewalk and
 bituminous binder macadam paving
 on Fourteenth street from Fourteenth
 avenue, south, to the south line or section 1, township 18 south, range
 west. o,.. sec+ion 1 Be it ordained by the City
 Council of Birmingham as follows;
 That Fourteenth street from the soutn
 curb line of Fourteenth avenue, south' In
 Phelan's addition, to the south line or
 section 1, township IS south, range west
 be graded.
 That a roadway thirty (30 feet wlde
 along the center line or the same pe
 curbed with artificial stone combined curb
 and gutter. and macadamized between
 inc gutters from the south curb line or Eonrteenth avenue, in Phelans addition, , to the north line of Fifteenth avenue,
 south. and paved between the gutters
 from the south property line of Fifteenth avenue south. to the south line of section 1. township IS south, range west with bituminous binder macadam. That the sidewalks along the same snail be paved with artificial stone for width of six (s) feet, except at the entrances l to lots, where it shall be paved the fuii l width of the sidewalk.
 That the driveways and alley crossings 1 shall he paved with citrifed brick for the
 full width of the sidewalks and gutters. | Sec g. That said improvements shall be 1 made in accordance with the grades and | lines heretofore established for the DOT lions of the streets and avenues herein , before described.
 Sec B. That the cost of constructing the l aforesaid improvements shall be assessed | ond i'm at
 abutting on the portions of said streets | and avenues. improved to the extent of l the increased value of such property by l reason of the special benefits derived 1 from such Improvements and not In ex- | cess of the total cost of such improve
 ments.
 I That the cost of all improvements upon | street, avenue or alley intersections shall
 be assessed and levied upon and against | the property abutting on the streets, ave | nues or alleys so intersecting for one | half block in each direction. | That no charge assessed upon and l against any lot or parcel of land shall be l greater than the increased value of such l property by reason of the special bene- l fits derived from such Improvements. | That the cost of improving between the | rails of any street railroad, or any other | railroad tracks and the space between the | tracks ana TOT lS lncneS OH edcn Sfue ol | the tracks, including switches and turn | outs, shall not be assessed against the 1 property abutting on the streets and ave- l nues as aforesaid, but ghall be paid by ] the owners of such railroad and shall be 1 assessed against and form lien on said | railroad and the property used in connec- 1 ton herewith.
 | That nothing herein contained shall be | construed to relieve any street railroad of i it's obligations in the matter of street inn | provements. 1 Sec 4. That the estimated cost of said I Improvements is $3750 and that the City l Council will meet on the 9th day of Octo- l ber 1909, at the council chamber of the l city hall of Birmingham at o'clock p. | m. to hear any objections or remon-
 strances that may be made to said im- | provements, the manner of making the | same or the character of material to be 1 used.
 | Sec. 5. That full details. drawings, plans | and specifications of said work and esti- | mates be prepared by the city engineer as early as practicable and placed by hir7 on l file in his office in the city hall of Bir- l mingham not later than the date named l in section of this ordinance, where prop erty owners who may be affected by said | Improvements may see and examine the same.
 1 Sec. G. That this ordinance shall be l published by the city clerk in the news | paper published In the city of Birming | ham doing city printing once a week for | two consecutive weeks the first publica- | ton to be not less than two weeks prior ' to the date set herein at which the City