The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-24
AN ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE, tAPPRovED
MARCH 18TH, 181iy TO AMEND
AND RE-oRDAIE SECTION ~ Oh
CHAPTER 80, OF RICHMOND CITY
CODE. 1910, CONCERNING STREETS
IyE TT ORDAINED ny THE COUNCIL


BIZ 1T ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
/. That section IL OF Chapter 30 OF
Richmond City Code 1910. Concerning
Streets. be amended and re-ordaned SO
as to read as follows.
II. The City Engineer. when ne
deems II proper so to do. or when Or
dered by the COMMITTEE on Streets SO 70
do, shall recommend to said commit
tee such grades OF the streets and pub
lilo alleys. accompanied by proper pro-
files, as ought, in his opinion, to De
established or changed, and the COM
mittee shall, on hts recommendation,
report the same to either branch OF the
thereon, and no grade shall be deemed
established or changed except by &C
ti67a OF the Council. and a record OF
all grades so established or changed
shall be carefully filed and preserved
In the office Of the City Engineer. Any
person Intending hereafter TO erect or
build any house or other structure upon
any lot shall first by himself, or BY his
agent authorized In writing. sign a
written application upon record book
TO be kept for that purpose in the Of
Ace of the City Engineer for the street
line and grade of the street or alley
abutting the lot upon which he pro-
posed to erect building or any other
structure. designating In such appii-
cation the exact location where eacn
building or other structure Is to be
erected: and it shall be the duty of the
City Engineer. or one of his assistants.
to mark on the ground, by stalker.
stones or other marks the proper line
and grade of the street or alley, ad :
jacent to such lot as approved and
adopted by the Council, and also to
furnish to such person or his duly au-
thorized agent a certificate in writing
stating the location of the lines ana
grade so given and marked and to pre-
serve In his office true copy and DE-
scription Of the lines and grades so
given and marked. Every person here
grades shall carefully preserve SUCH
stones stakes or marks. No person
shall hereafter build or erect, or COM
mence to build or erect any house or
structure Of any kind, where the grade
has been established on the street or
alley where he proposes to build. with
out having received from the City En-
gineer, or one Of his assistants. certI-
ficate describing such grades and line3
and without first having had said lines
and grades marked on the ground as
Aforesaid. and II any such person shall
fail to preserve the lines or grades SO
given and marked on the ground, or
shall commence the construction OF any
building, or shall fail In the con-
struction of such building or structure
to conform with the lines, grades and
marks given AS aforesaid. he shall be
liable to fine of not less than twenty
be imposed by the Police Justice OF
the City Of Richmond, and all walls
or parts of walls, which have been built
on any Street, or public alley. shall be
removed upon the order of the Police
Justice, and for failure to comply. the
owner of all such encreaching walls
shall be fined not less than one hun
dred nor more than fiye hundred dol
lars. each days continuance of such
encroachment to constitute separate
offense.
should such stones or other marks
be removed and the applicant Request
that the said lines or grades be agair
marked, such applicant shall nrst pay
Into the City Treasury on warrant 81
the City Auditor the sum OF five dol
lars ts5.0o) before such marks. grades
or lines shall be again made by the
City Engineer. or any one OF his as
sistants.
2. This ordinance shall be in forcs
from Its passage.
BEN r. AUGUST.
City Clerk