The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-26

IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. S07-C An ordinance to provide for certain i'm provements. on Thirty first avenue, from the east curb line or Twenty-second street to the west curb line of Twenty fourth street
 Be it ordained by the Board of Com- mlssioners of the city of Birmingham, Sec. l. That Thirty-rrst avenue from street to the west property line of Twen- ty.fourth street. shall be graded. That roadway 40 feet wide along the center of Thirty-first avenue from the
 east curb line of Twenty. second street to the west property line of Twenty-fourth
 except 2bs into lots street. shall be curbed with cement com bined curb and gutter and the gutter ad- joining the curb lines for width, of three feet between the above named points, shall be paved with smooth finished ce- ment gutter paving. That the sidewalks on both sides of Thirty-first avenue from the east curb line of Twenty -seconG s-reet to the west sidewalk line of Twenty-fourth. street,
 Pbe e nd
 shall be paved with hydraulic cement concrete for width of four feet, To-
 four n des fst of ots n s snS M bn @ 16e, North Birmingham Land company. | That cement valley crossings six feet way of Twenty-third street on the north curb line of Thirty-first avenue, and across the roadway of Tnrty-first avenue to the west curb line. of Twenty-fourth sti eet.
 That the roadway between the gutter lines on Thirty-first aveaue from the east
 th Gurp s ine oI in M street to
 street. and to the property lines of Thir- ty-first avenue at the intersection of same witt Twenty-third, street shall be paved with chert on a slag base.
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks are to
 of the the sidewalk for "a width of four m'uti, e4, feet with hydraulic cement concrete and tine driveways into lots. and the. alley
 the fuil width of the sidewalk and md gutter. tier. Sec. ?. That said improvements shall be
 made in accordance with. the established
 for sad poona or Of 0l said hsS G ways, and according to full details, draw ings, plans, specifications and surveys of prepared by the city engineer, as early as practicable, and placed by him on file in his office in the city hall. not named in section of this ordinance, where property owners who may be af- fected by said improvements may see and
 Sec g. That the cost of constructing ssid improvements shall be assessed against the property s5utting on the DOT vided-
 (a) That the cost of all Improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley inter- sections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said high ways so intersecting for one-half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk improve rients on street and avenue corners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on
 or nearest to said Improvements and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the in- tersection of any alley with street or avenue or other highway shall be assessed | in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting or cor nering on the alley at such intersection. Co That no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvements, or the in- l creased value of such property. bv req son of the special benefits derived from such Improvements
 l Sec. 4. That the estimated cost of said l improvements is $4350. and that the Board of Commissioners will meet on the 14th day of April. 1914, at the council cham
 Der of the city hall at o'clock, D. m, to hear any objections, remonstrances.
 or protests that may be made against
 said Improvements. the manner of rnak-
 ing the same: or the material to be used l Approved March g, 1914.
 GEORGE B. WARD. President ] Board of Commissioners I A. Q. LANE, Commissioner
 JAMES WEAT9ERLY, Com l Attest: H. S. RYALL4. City Clerk. 1 Age-Herald, March 26-hpril 2, 1914. l