The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-04
PART OF MINUTES or REGULAR
MEETING or COUNCIL or
b. FEB. 25TH, 1909.


The following ordinances were
placed on first reading and referred
to the ordinance committee:
by Alderman Calnan:
= An ORDINANCE ia REQUIRE each own
er of any lot or part of lot abutt-
ing or bounding on each and every
street in the city of Brunswick, Ga,
upon which the sidewalks are now
unpaved, to pave the said sidewalk
alongside said lot or part Of lot on
said streets, and to Icy curbings
along said sidewalks, to provide a
penalty against such owner or own
ers as fail or refuse to pave said
sidewalks or TO lay said curbings,
and for other purposes.
Section /. Be it, and 1t is hereby
enacted by the mayor and council of
the city OF Brunswick, Georgia, in
council assembled, That from and aft
er the passage and adoption of this
ordinance, ii shall be the duty Of each
and every owner or owners of any lot
or part Of lot abutting or Astounding
on each and every street in said city
npon which the sidewalks are now un-
paved to pave the sidewalks along
such lot or part of lot on said desig-
mated streets.
Sec. 2. BE 1t further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, that such
paved sidewalks shall be constructed
OF hexagon tiles, vitrified brick or
monolithic cement, and such sidewalk
shall conform to the ordinance gov
crning the width of sidewalks and
grass plats on various streets, and it
shall also be the duty of each such
owner or owners TO Icy curbing along
side said sidewalks and grass plats
severally. Sidewalks now in existence
on any portion of said streets not con-
structed of said material, shall be
replaced with such heSagon tile, vitri-
fed brick or monolithic cement, un
less the city engineer and the COM
mittee on public works, buildings,
cemeteries, parks and squares shall
otherwise decide in any given case.
All sidewalks laid under this ordinance
at the corners of intersecting streets
shall be extended by the owner Of the
corner lot across the sidewalk width
of the cross street The pavement laid
in any one block shall be laid of one
material and the character of paving
so first laid along any one lot shall
be followed for the entire block.
Sec. 8. Be 1t further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That each
such owner or owners of any such lot
or part Of lot as is covered by this
ordinance, shall begin In good faith
the work of laying said paving and
curbing within thirty 800 days after
being served with a copy of the order
of the mayor and council in that re-
gard, and shall, after beginning said
work, complete the same within ten
(1O) days after beginning, unless fur
Their time Is granted by the mayor
and council.
Sec. 4. Be II and 1t is further or
dained by the authority aforesaid
That in case any such owner or own
ers shall fail or refuse to do anything
required under the terms of this ordi-
nance. the method of serving notice,
having sidewalks paved and compell-
ing the owner or owners of said curb
abutting lot or part of lot to pay for
the same, etc, shall be followed as
provided for in section IL of the Act
of the General Assembly of Georgia
Of 1906 amending the charter of the
city of Brunswick, said section being
on pages 6S5 and 6s6 of the published
acts of the General Assembly of that
year
Sec s BE 1t further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That all such paw
ing, laying of curhs and grass plat
ting shall be done according to the
grades. lines, plans and specifications
to be furnished by the city engineer,
and all such work shall be done un-
der his supervision, inspection and
control.
Sec 6. BE it. and It is hereby fur
Their ordained by the authority afore-
said That of the improvements re-
uuired by this ordinance to be made
UNION said streets, only the curhlns re-
ouired for said sidewalks and grass
Mats shall be required TO be laid dur
ing the year 1909. and that after said
year the remainder of said improve
ments shall be made and completed,
beginning with from and after January
/. 1909. and the paving provided and
required by this ordinance to be done.
shall be completed in each instance
as rapidly as practicable, after the
notice required by section of this
ordinance, shall have been given TO
any such property owner or owners
as aforesaid
See. Z. BE it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That all ordi-
nances and parts of ordinances in con-
let with this ordinance be, and the
same are hereby repealed
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