The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-30
AN ORDINANCE.

Approved May 80. 1ell.y
TO AMEND AND RE- RDAfM r.
ton II of Chapter IS Of R3sln
City Code 1910. concerning stre0G
City Of Richmond: 9sSx
1. That section IL of Chapter 4GNM&
Richmond City Code 1910, concsxn1
streets. be amended and re-ordatmo4 R
as to read as follows: sss%
II. The City Engineer. When W
deems II proper SO to do. or when or%
| dered by the CommitAse on Streets IN
to do. shall recommend to said CMu&
public alleys. accompanied BY prUTl
pronles, as ought. in his opinion. u III
esta blished or changed. and the Co41@!
rnittee shall. on his recommendaf30MS
Council. with their recommendAt1G19'
/ thereon. and no grade shall be doom94
| established or changed except by 90
| ton OF the Council. and a record 81 al4
be carefully dled and preserved Ii IT,
office OF the city Engineer. Any poe~s
son Intending hereafter to erect n
| build any house or other structure ~
on any lot shall first by himself. or Ok
his agent authorized In writing, stgm ~
written application upon a record book
TO be kept for that purpose in the Of
fee of the City Engineer for the stro0g
hpe and grade OF the street or all9y
aoutting the lot upon which he pro-
poses to erect a building or any othNx
! structure, designating IN such appal~
( cation the exact location where Zach
building or other structure, In TO ~
erected; and it shall be the duty Of the
city Engineer. or one OF his assistantes
TO mark on the ground, by stakeey|
stones or other marks the proper Mn4s
| and grade of the street or alley, sd
1acent TO such lot as approved and
adopted by the Council. and also ~
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 a true copy and de-
given and marked Every person here
after applying for such lines ana
grades shall carefully preserve such
| STONES. stakes or marks. No person
snail hereafter build or erect, or cons
| inence 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
gineer. or one of his assistants. 4 GER.
| llhcate describing such grades and
| lines, and without first having had
said lines and grades marked on the
| ground as aforesaid. and IL any such
person shall fail to preserve the lines
or grades so given and marked on the
ground. or shall commence the con-:
struction OF any building or shall fail
7 IN the construction of such building or
structure to conform with the lines
grades and marks given aforeaatds
he shall be liable to q fine of not less
Than twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars. to be imposed by the Poiic0
Justice OF the City of Richmond, each
| and every days continuance of such
failure to he separate offence ShouM
such stones or other marks be removed
and the applicant request that the said
lines or grades he again marked. Such
applicant shall first pay into the city
Treasury on warrant of the City Audi
tor the sum OF Five dollars tsS.001 be-
fore such marks. grades or lines shall
be again made by the City Engineer. 1r
any one of his assistants.
2, This ordinance shall be in force
! from It's passage.
BEN r. AUGUST,
/ City Clerk.