The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-05
Improvement Ordinance


 To provide for paving and otherwise improving Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets from Second avenue to Fourth nyenue; Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets from First avenue to Fourth avenue.
 Section l. Be it ordained by the City Council of Birmingham as follows:
 That roadway fifty (50) feet wide on Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets from Second avenue to Fourth avenue and on Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets from First avenue to Fourth avenue, shall be paved with brick paw ing on a concrete foundation ex- cept the intersections of Third avenue with Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, and the inter- sections of Second avenue with Six teenth and Seventeenth streets, which shall not be paved.
 That the curbs on both sides of Seventeenth street from First avenue to Fourth avenue shall be moved out and reset so as to form a roadway fifty (5W feet wide along the center of the street.
 That the curbing in it's new position shall be connected with the curbing on the avenues by circular and straight, curb.
 That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the grades and lines nefeto1ore eStaD1shed Tor the portions of the streets and avenues hereinbefore described.
 Sec. 2. That the cost of constructing the aforesaid improvements shall be asz sessed and levied upon and against the property abutting on the portions of said streets and avenues improved to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special bene- fits derived from such improvements and not in excess of the total cost of such Improvements.
 That the cost of all improvements upon street. avenue or alley intersections shall be assessed and levied upon ano against the property abutting on the streets avenues or alleys so intersect- ing for one-half block ineach 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 benefits 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 and for eighteen inches on each side of the tracks, including switches and turnouts, shall not be as- sessed against the lots abutting on the streets and avenues as aforeaid, but shall be paid by the owners of such railroad and shall be assessed against and form lien on said railroad and the property used in connection herewith.
 That nothing herein contained shall he construed to relieve any street railroad of its obligations in the matter of street improvements.
 Sec. B. That the estimated cost of said improvements is s2e,9oOO0, and that the City Council will meet on the 9th day of e April, 1910, at the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Birmingham at 500 o'clock P. M. to hear any objections or remon- strances that may be made to said i'm provements, the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 Sec. f. 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 him on file in his office in the City Hall of Birmingham, not later than two weeks prior to the date named in Section No 3 of this ordinance, where property owners who may be affected by said improve ments may see and examine the same.
 Sec 5. That this ordinance shall be pub lished by the City Clerk in the newspa- per published in the City of Birmingham, doing city printing, once week for two consecutive weeks the gfirst publication to be not less than two weeks .pYrior to the date set herein, at which the City Council of Birmingham will meet to hear any objections or remonstrances that may be made to said improvements, the manner of making the same or the char1 acter of material to be used.
 Adopted March 2. 1910. H. E. SHROPSHIRE, JR., City Clerk.
 Approved March 3, 1910. FRANK P. O'BRIEN, Mayor. A xe- Herald March h-1o 1910