Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-09-30
Ordinance No. 122
Published Sept. 80, 1915.


AN ORDINANCE, relating to
the construction of sidewalk, and
curb and gutter, and providing Sfor
penalty.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Meade,
Kansas.
SECTION /. That sidewalk of
not less than four feet wide be con-
structed of cement or brick and no
other material, abutting and adjac-
ent to the following lots, all in the
City of Meade, Kansas; On the
north side of Lots number one, two,
three, four, five and six, Block num-
Der four, o. S; On the east side of
Lots number one, two, three, four,
FIVE, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
eleven and twelve, Block number
Three, o. S; On the south side of
Lot number six, Block thirty-six,
First Addition; On the south side of
Lot number seven, Block thirty
eight, First Addition; On the south
side of Lot number six, Block thirty
eight, First Addition; On the west
side of Lots number one, two, three,
four, FIVE, six and seven, Block
eighteen, o. S.
That the said sidewalk shall be
laid with the outer edge six feet
from the lot line, and shall slope
downward from the side next to the,
lot to the side next to the street at
the rate of 16 of an inch to the foot.
SECTION 2. That a curb and
gutter Of the specifications herein
after stated, be constructed ON the
curb line which is fifteen feet from
the lot line, abutnng and adjacent
to the following lots; On the north
side of Lots number twenty, twenty
one, twenty two, twenty-three and
twenty-four, Block thirteen (I3);
and on the south side of dots nnm-
Der fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eigh-
teen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-five, twenty-three, twenty
four, twenty FIVE and twenty.six,
Block seven Cd; O. S. in the City
of Meade, Kansas.
SECTION 8. THAT the said curb
and gutter be constructed of a cement.
concrete, grout mixed five TO one
with a one inch top mixed three to
Que. The depth of the back of the
curb shall be sixteen inches; the
depth of the face of the curb to Che
toE OF the gutter, ten inches; the
breadth Of the gutter shall be twenty
four inches and both curb and gut
ter shall have uniform thickness of
not less than six inches. The outer
edge of the gutter shall be four in
ches higher than at the base of the
ourb. The upper edges of the con-
crete shall be rounded to a radius of
one-half inch.
SECTION a. That all owners of
lots or parcels of land touching the
line of said sidewalk and curb and
gutter are hereby required to con-
struct sidewalk or curb and gutter
as provided herein, in front of or
adjacent to the said lots above des-
lgnated, within thirty days of the
mailing of notice of this Ordinance
addressed to the record owner or
owners of the said lot or lots or
parts thereof touching the line of
SAID sidewalk or curb and gutter,
and in default thereof the City of
Meade shall furnish the material and
construct said sidewalk or curb and
gutter or may enter into contract
for the furnishing of said material
and the construction of said side
walk or curb and gutter or any part
thereof, and the cost thereof shall
be assessed against said lot or lots
or parcels thereof, together with a
penalty of twenty-five per cent for
the failure of such record owner or
owners to comply herewith, and the
said City shall collect the said costs
and penalty as provided by law, for
the collection of taxes, but the own
er of any of said lots may pay the
amount to the City Clerk in cash at
any time before the costs and PEN
atty are certified to the County
Clerk.
SECTION S. That this Ordi-
nance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication
in the Meade County News.
Approved this twenty-eighth day
of September, 1915.
Attest. S. D. ADAMS, Mayor.