The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-12
Improvement Ordinance
No. 512-"NEW SERIESo


 To provide for paving an dothervise improving Seventeenth street from Fourth avenue to the south curb of Ninth avenue. .. ..
 Section 1. Be 1t ordained by the City Council of Birmingham as follows: That the curb on both sides of the road way on Seventeenth street from Fourth avenue to Eighth avenue shall be moved towards the center and reset so as to form a fifty (5W foot driveway along the center line of the same.
 That the curb in it's new position shall be connected with the intersecting ave- nue curbs by straight and circular curb ing.
 That the roadway on Seventeenth street from Fourth avenue to Ninth avenue ex- cept the intersections of Fifth, Sixth. Seventh and Eighth avenues, shall be paved with bitulithic paving and the gut ters paved with vitrifled brick for width of two (2) feet.
 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 pavement to-wit:
 Beginning at point on the north line of Fourth avenue IS inches east of the east rail of the east track of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company: thence north parallel to and IS inches from said rail to the south line of Fifth avenue; thence west on same to a point IS inches west of the west track of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company; thence south parallel and IS inches from same to the north line of Fourth avenue; thence west on same to the point of beginning.
 Beginning at point on the north line of Fifth avenue IS inches east of the east rail of the east track of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company thence north parallel to and IS inches from same to the south line of Sixth ave- nue; thence west along same to a point IS inchest west of the west rail of said Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company's west track; thence southerly parallel to and is inches from said rail to the north line of Fifth avenue; thence easterly along same to the point of be- ginning.
 Beginning at point on the north line of Sixth avenue IS inches east of the east rail of the east track of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company; thence north parallel to and IS inches from said rail to the south line of Sev- enth avenue; thence west along same to a point IS inchest west of the west rail of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company; thence southerly paral- lei to anu 10 luCIeS lToIu Sdlu west rdll to the north line of Sixth avenue; thence eastery along same to the point of be- ginning.
 Beginning at a point on the north line of Seventh avenue IS inches east of the east rall of the east track of the Bir- mingham Rallwa er Light anw Power companys tracks; thence northerly paral- Tel to and IS inches from said rail to the south line of Eighth avenue: thence west erly along same to point IS inches west of the west rail of the west track of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. thence southerly IS inches from and parallel to said west rail to the north line of Seventh avenue; thence easterly along same to the point of beginning.
 That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the grades and lines heretofore established for the portions of the streets and avenues hereinbefore described.
 Sec 9 That the cost of constructing the aforesaid improvements shall be assessed 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 benefits derived from such Improvements, and not in ex- cess of the total cost of such improve ments.
 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 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 IS inches on each side of the tracks, including switches and turnouts, shall not be assessed against the lots abutting on the streets and avenues as aforesaid, but shall be