The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-12
CITY ORDINANCES
Improvement Ordinance
No. 51i-"NEw sERIEsv


 To provide for paving and otherwise improving Fourteenth street from Sixth avenue to Eighth avenue, and Fourtl, Twentieth street.
 | Sec 1. Be it ordained by the City Coun- cil of Birmingham, as follows:
 That the curbs on both sides of the roadway on 4th avenue from 18th street to 18th street shall be reset so as to form a roadway fifty (5O feet wide along the center of same.
 | That the roadway on 14th street from 9th avenue to Sth avenue and on 4th ave- nue from 18th street to 18th street, shall be paved with Bitulithic paving, except the intersection of 14th street and 7th avenue, and the gutters shall be paved with vtrifed brick on a concrete foun- dation.
 Provided that the following described area shall not be paved with Bitulithic paving, but shall be paved with vitrified brick or "The Blome Company Granitoid Concrete Blocked Paving, towit:
 Beginning on the west line of 18th street at point IS inches north of the north rail of the Birmingham Railway, thence easterly parallel to said rall to the east line of 17th street; thence north westerly parallel to and IS inches from said rail around the curve to t'7e north | line of 4th avenue; thence along same to a point IS inches west .a the west rail of the west track of the Bir- mingham Raildway Light and Power Company; thence south parallel to said rail to 0 point Is inches north of the north rail of the said Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power Company's north | trnal on +arI,, allel to and IS inches from the same to the east line of 18th street; thence south | erly along same to point Is inches from | the south rail of the Birmingham Rail- | way, Light and Power Company's track when properly aligned; thence northeast wardly parallel to and IS inches from | said south rail to the west line of 17th street; thence southeastwardly around | the curve into 17th street, parallel to and | IS inches from said rail to the south line | of 4th avenue; then eastwardly along same to point IS inches east of the east rail of the east track of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company; thence northerly parallel to same to a point IS inches south of the south rail of | the south track of the Birmingham | Light and Power Company on 4th ave- | nue; thence easterly parallel to and IS inches from same to the west line of 18th street; thence north along same to the point of beginning.
 Beginning at point on the north line of 7th avenue IS inches east of the east rail of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company's track thence northwestwardly parallel to and IS inches from said rail when properly aligned to the south line of Sth avenue; thence west erly along same to point IS inches west of the west rail of said track; thence southeasterly parallel to and IS inches from said west rail. when properly aligned, to the north line of 7th avenue thence easterly along same to the point of beginning.
 That the curbing in its new position shall be connected with the curbing on the streets by circular and straight curb. That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the grades and lines heretofore established for the portions of the streets hereinbefore described.
 Sec. 2. That the cost of constructing the aforesaid improvements shall be as- sessed and levied upon and against the property abutting on the portions of said streets and avenues Improved to the ex- tent of the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special benefits de- rived from such Improvements, and not in excess of the total cost of such im- prOVeInentS.
 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, avenues or alleys so intersecting 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-
 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 and for eighteen inches on each iide of the tracks, including switches and turnouts, shall not be as sessed against the lots abutting on the streets and avenue as aforesaid, 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 be construed to relieve any street railroad of it's obligations in the matter of street im- provements.
 Sec. 8. That the estimated cost of said improvements is $25 100000, and that. the City Council will meet on the 9th day of April, 1910, at the Council ChRmber of the City Hall of Birmingham.vat 500 o'clock P. M to hear any objecNons or ror,ov o{r poac that may he n1QdeAto said