The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-02
AN ORDINANCE.
fAnprored May 20. 1a11.l

fApproved May 20, 1919
70 AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SEC
ton II of Chapter as of Richmond
City Code 1910, concerning streets.
City of Richmond.
l. That section II OF Chapter IS or
Richmond City Code 1910, concerning
streets, be amended and re-ordained so
as to read as follows:
II. The City Engineer, wnen hs
deems 1t proper so to do. or when or
dered by the Committee on Streets 20
to do, shall recommend to said Com
mittee such grades of the streets and
public alleys, accompa MED by proper
probes. as ought. in his opinion, to bs
established or changed and the Com
mittee shall. on his recommendation.
report the same to either branch OF the
Council, with their recommendation
thereon. and no grade shall be deemed
established or changed except by ac
lion of the Council, and a record OF all
grades 50 established or changed shah
be carefully filed and preserved in the
office of the city Engineer. Any per
son intending hereafter to erect or
build any house or other structure up
on any lot shall first by himself or by
his agent authorized In writing, sign
written application upon record book
TO be kept for that purpose in the OF
nee of the City Engineer for the street
line and grade OF the street or alley
ahutting the lot upon which he pro
poses TO erect a building or any othar
structure. designating In such applf-
cation the exact location where each
building or other st-neture. Is to be
erected and II shall be the duty OF the
1ity Engineer. or one OF his assistants,
to mark on the ground, by stakes.
Stones or other marks the proper line
Jacent to such 10. as approved and
adopted by the Council and also TO
furnish to SUCH person or his duly al
thorized agent. certificate in writing
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grade so given and marked and to pre-
serve in his ONCE true copy and de-
scFiption Of the lines and grades 50
given and marked Every person here.
Grades shall carefully preserve such
stones, stakes or marks. No person
snail hereafter build Or erect, or com
nienee 10 build or erect any house or
structure OF any kind, where tho grads
has been established on the street or
alley where he proposes TO build, with
out having received from the City En-
sinaer. Or one OF his assistants. a Ger
IHcate describing such grades and
lines, and without first having had
said lines and grades marked on ths
ground as aforesaid, and IL any such
person shall fail to preserve the linss
or grades given and marked on the
ground. or shall commence the cor
struct!on of any building. or shall faa
IN the construction OF such buildtnE.er
structure to conform with the lines.
srades and marks given as aforesass
ahe shall be liable to me Of not less
Than twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars, to be imposed by the Police
Justice OF the City of Richmond, each
and every days continuance of such
failure TO be a separate offence. Should
such stones or other marks be removed
and the applicant request that the SAID
lines or grades be again marked, such
applicant shall first pay into the city
Treasury on warrant OF the City Audi
tor thu sum OF Five dollars f&h.6of be
fore such marks grades or lines shall
Re again made by the city Engineer. or
any one of his assistants.
z. This ordinance shall be In force
from its passage.
BEN r AUGUST.
City Clerk