The Detroit times., 1911-12-06

and and TO re-enact Sections . aRd
10 OF Chapter 80 OF the Compiled Or
dinances OF the City OF Detroit for
II Is hereby ordained by the People
'f the City OF Detroit:
Section 1. That Sections ! and
s. Chapter IS. OF the Compiled or.
dinances OF the City OF Detroit foI
and Sections . and 10 OF said chap
ter re-enacted so as TO read as
follows:
Sec. I. All sidewalks hereafter
Z laid or constructed along the line
; Of any paved or unpsvsd street
or constructed with brick. stone,
tagging. or with artificial stone.
cement or concrete. according 10
the specifications prepared by the
. and approved By the Common
| Council: provided. however. that
on land abutting any paved or un-
paved street where such land shall
have been built from marsh land,
swamps. bayous or dump land. rem
walk uncertain, trst plank side
walk may be constructed. and for
such reason only, provided the
20 same has been recommended In
z er OF Public Works. and concur
- red In by the Common Council
"a No artificial stone cement or
. concrete sidewalk shall be laid or
- constructed without permit from
ID the Commissioner OF Public Works
y therefor which may be obtained
. from said Commissioner. And the
u person constructing or repairing
= said sidewalk shall, at least AZ
> hours before the preparation or
= laying OF any concrete for such
y sidewalk. notify the Commissioner
g OF Public Works In writing of the
. time when the preoaration OF the
concrete for said sidewalk shall
% be commenced. and no concrete
2 shall be prepared or laid before
i the time given in said notice.
Provided. that the Common
3 Council may direct the Commits
sioner of Public Works to grant a
TO build a sidewalk abutting his
property without license.
The work shall be under the
supervision and subject TO the in
o spection OF the Commissioner OF
! Public Works. who shall establis
Sec. g. Each contractor or per-
son laying an artificial stone or
3 concrete cement sidewalk shall
cause TO be stamped In some con-
5 spicuous. place on the surface OF
3 said walk. or to be inserted therein
plate. containing the name in
5 legible and lndelible characters OF
: the contractor or person laying
Q said walk, and the year in which
! the same was laid: provided. that
7? bonds heretofore given under this
; section shall not be Cancelled there
by. but shall remain in full force
. and effect until released I'm whole
. or in part by the Common Coun-
I ell
Sec. .. Stone sidewalks shall be
y constructed follows.
3 |. stone tagging shall be laid
4 upon six (6) inches OF clean sand
or cinders well compacted, and all
9 joints well cemented with Portland
=, cement.
3 2. Said tagging shall be less
2 than three CD Inches In thickness
o and not less than three (3) feet
square. and dressed even on the
sides. so as TO form close and even
points.
I g. Old tagging. when good. may
be reset and laid next to the lot line.
6 hut the central portion OF the side
walk. for not less than six 90 feet
In width, shall be laid with new
tagging
Sec. 10 All sidewalks on paved
: streets shall be raised from the curb
J stone in the proportion OF eight
inches In twenty feet and conform
. To the established lines and grades
: when practicable, and on unpaved
lished by the City Engineer and to
uniform grade satisfactory 10 the
y Department OF Public Works and
shall when deemed necessary by the
Department OF Public Works., be re-
J laid TO the proper grade when so es-
! tablished when paving said streets.
. Whenever sidewalks are ordered on
any street where none have hereto
fore existed, II shall he the duty OF
> the city Engineer TO immediately es-
Nah lfnA Il n
y street for at least a distance that
sidewalks have been or are about to
be ordered by setting stakes about
3 two hundred feet apart (or as near
: as may bel. said stakes To designate
. the outer edge OF sidewalk from the
lot line. And the record OF the same
shall be entered In n book to be
Kept for such purpose In the Engin-
GERS office. All private driyeways
. crossing the sidewalk space. must be
! constructed OF concrete. or brick
from the curb line TO lot line, and
, placed at "a grade To be fixed by
the City Engineer
Section .. This ordinance shall
take immediate effect.
Read twice by title. ordered printed
hd referred to Committee on Streets.
FROM THE SAME.
lon Charles A, Nichols. City Clerk:
MY Dear Sir-I find that in amending
ne veneer building district from time
D time. the clause stating what kind
! buildings may be erected in the
arious districts described in the SOW
raj SUP sections OF Section OF Chap
er 40, has been left out entirely. and
ection IA has been inserted between
everal districts, thereby making that
ortion OF the ordinance absolutely
Meaningless
mending Sections and IA of said
napier, placing the clause describing
he buildings In the former section SO
hat IL Will not be affected by future
mendments OF districts
Very respectfully,
FRED II. SCHMALZRIEDT
toiiowlng Is the Ordinanee.-
N ORDINANCE TO amend Sections 4
and Ia OF Chapter 1i5 OF the Com
piled Ordinances of the city OF Do
troit for the year 1904
II is hereby ordained by the People
+ the CITY OF Detroit
Section l. That Sections 4 ana
"a. OF Chapter lao OF the Com
4 Detroit for the year 1904. be, and
. are hereby amended to read az fol-
6 lows:
Section I. All buildings and ad-
= dittons hereafter constructed with
9 in the Are limits OF the city OF
. tons IL, is and 10. shall be OF
s stone. brick or iron. and ali
: reefs shall be covered lth
8 tile. slate. metal composition,
v gravel or other hre-proof ma
0 terial. and all buildings and
additions hereafter constructed
within the corporate limits
3 shall conform TO the require
ments OF this ordinance 81.
: buildings hereafter constructed
6 within the limits OF the City OF
Detroit designed to be- used for
dwelling purposes, tho outside
. walls OF which are covered with
o veneer of brick. stone or cement,