The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-08-06
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.

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An Ordinance to require owners o
real property abutting on certail
streets of Union City to construc
sidewalks along and adjoining
their said property; and in defaul
of the same being done by sucl
| property owners, to authorize thu
Board of Mayor and Aldermen t.
contract for such sidewalks anC
to construct same at the expense
of the property owners.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen Of
Union City, That the owners of real
property herein below named and
designated shall construct and pro
vide concrete sidewalks along and
adjoining their said property abut-
ting the streets and avenues herein
after named in Section within
thirty 900 days from the date OF
publication of this ordinance; said
sidewalks to conform to the specifi-
cations heretofore adopted for side
walks built by the city by the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen and set
forth in the minutes of a special
meeting of said Board held on April
'23, 1913, on pages 1913 and 1919 of
the minute book of Union City.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
That the sidewalks required to be
constructed and provided in Section
/ hereof shall be so constructed and
provided upon the following streets
and avenues and along and adjoining
the property of the following named
persons and corporations, to-wit:
Property owners on east side
South Fourth street: Mrs. Eva
Bramham, Mrs. M. B. Harpole.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained,
That the publication of this ordi-
nance in one issue of newspaper
of general circulation published in
Union City shall be notice to the
property owners herein designated
and named of the requirements of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
in this regard.
Sec. a. Be it further ordained
That if the property owners, or any
of them herein designated and
named in Section 2, shall fail to
comply with the provisions and re-
quirements of this ordinance within
thirty 500 days from the date of
publication hereof, the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen shall, contract
for the construction of, and shall
provide such sidewalks along and
adjoining the property of such per-
son or persons SO failing to comply
no
for the same; and the amount so
paid for the sidewalk adjoining his
property shall be debt owing from
each of said property owners to the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
Union City, in their corporate Ca
pacity, payable as follows: One
tenth thereof at the date of the COM
pIetion of the sidewalk adjoining the
property of the debtor, and the bal
ance in ten semi-annual installments
payable on first days of January and
July Of each year, beginning Jan
uary /, 1916; all said installments
and deferred payments to bear in
terest from the date of the compile
ton of the improvement until paid;
and said debt and interest shall be
a lien on the said property along
and adjoining which said sidewalk
is constructed in favor of the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen until the
same is paid, enforceable as provided
in the amended charter of Union
City; PROVIDED, however, that any
person or persons so indebted to the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen may,
at their option, pay the entire
amount of their Indebtedness at the
date of the completion of said side
walks or at any installment period
thereafter.
Sec 5. Be it further ordained,
That this ordinance take effect from
and after its passage.
This August 3, 1915.
T. r. REYNOLDS, Mayor.
j. w. WOOSLEY, Recorder.