Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Ordinance No. 81, 1910.

HOW SIDE WALKS SHALL BE
RENEWED, REPAIRED, OR
RRTEPAAEEE6Dbi SPECIFICATIONS
PURPOSES.
Sec. l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the City of
Macon, Mississippi.
That whenever, in the opinion of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, it is
deemed advisable that any sidewalk be
paved or curbed, or hat such improve
ments already done, be repaired, that
it shall be the duty of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of Ma
con, Mississippi, to pass an O~rdinanbe,
compelling the same to be done by the
owner or owners of the real estate ad-
~jacent to the sidewalk, along which
said improvements are required, as
provided in the following sections:
NOTICE TO ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
That on the passage and approval of
an ordinance requiring the cOnstruc-
tiOn or repair of a pavement. twenty
days written or printed notice of the
requirements thereof, unless a longer
time be specified therein, and such
olher notice as required by law, shall
be given to the owner or owners of the
real estate adjacent to the sidewalks
on which the improvements are re-
quired. The said ordinance shall des-
Ignate the sidewalk or sidewalks to be
improved, what improvements are re-
CURED; whether paving or curling or
whether such Improvements already
done are 10 be renewed, or only repair
ed, specifying the width the required
strip of pavements shall be. and the
manner in which the required improve
mentS are to be don
NoTICE-How SEKvED.
Sec, 8. Be it further ordained by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
That the notice required in the pro-
ceeing section shall be delivered by the
Street Commissioner, or some other
person designated by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen so to DO, and his re-
turn endorsed thereon. shall be in the
same manner as is required by the
State Law for the service of process.
Specifications Of said sidewalk pave
ment5.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained by
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
That all sidewalks, unless specially
directed otherwise by the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen, shall be made of
sane, gravel and cement, properly
mixed and laid fiat 50 when finished it
will present a smooth, durable n leve-
q surface of cement. or concrete side
walk, with a slight incline towards the
outer edge of the sidewalk, of one inch
to eveay three feet and shall conform
in height, appearance and grade, as
near as practicable to the ADJOINING
sidewalk pavement, a crease or line
shall be made in the sidewalk. for eX4
pansion or contraction every four feet
or tifty-siX inches square Minute
plans and specifications shall be fur
nished by the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen,
DISTANCE OF CURB LINE TO PROPERTY
LINE.
Sec. 5 Be it further ordained bv
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen.
That the distance on the curb lines
to be from property lines, on and along
jefferson street, from North Street on
the north to Adams street on the
south, on the east and west sides
four inches from the adjacent building
to the curb line, excluding the curbing
or wall. which shall be eight inches
in width, making a total of twelve
feet of sidewalk. The curbing of wall
may be of cement or brick, if brick:
they shall be set W on their edge max
ing an eight inch wall (b) on all other
streets In Sald city the snail
be six feet from adjacent property to
curb line or wall, and the cement walk,
as provided above, unless otherwise or
dered, shall begin one one foot from
such adjacent property line, and shall
be 90 IL ches in width, with a crease or
line every sixty inches in length across
the sidewalk The crease OF line above
refured to shall be one quarter of an
inch in width and three-eigths of an
inch in epth.
REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS MADE BY
THE CITY-WHEN.
Sec. g.. Be it further ordained by
the, Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
That II any owner of real estate ad-
jacent to the sidewalk on and along
which said Improvements have been by
ordinance required shall fail, neglect or
refuse to make the required improve
ments, after having received required
notice, as provided by law, and this or
d%inance. so to do, then the Street Com.
missioner with the use of the street
force, or any other labor he may en-
ploy. shall make the required improve