The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-16
Improvement Ordinance
No. $3.50

An ordinance to provide for certain Inn
provements Thirty-tbird avenue.
north, from the east curb ltne of
! Fifteenth street. north. TO the enst
property line of Seventeenth street,
north.
Be it ordained by the commission OF
the city of Birmingham as follows:
Section l. That Thirty-third avenue
4 from the east property line OF Seven
| teenth street to the east property line of
Sixteenth street and from the west prop
erty line OF Sixteenth street to the east
curb line of Fifteenth street shall be
/ graded.
That a roadway 70 feet wide along the
center of Thirty-third avenue from the
west curb line of Seventeenth street TO
I the east property line of Sixteenth street,
and from the west property line OF Six
| teenth street 10 the east curb line of Fiji
| teenth street shall be curbed with Port
land cement concrete combined curb and
gutter, the curb and gutter to be six
| inches thick and the gutter two feet wide.
| That the curb lines on the north and
south sides respectively of a 40-foot road
| way along the center of Thirty-third ave-
nue. shall be connected with the curb line
along an 8-foot sidewalk on the east side
| Of Fifteenth street by 6-inch by 20-inch
circular stone curbing of 10-foot radius
and straight lines.
4 That the gutter adjoining the stons
| curbing around the turns at the northeast
and southeast corners of Fifteenth street
and Thirty third avenue shall be paved
with vitrified brick gutter paving on a
| gravel foundation.
| That a vitrified brick valley crossing
| 6 feet wide shall be constructed across
| the roadway of Thirty-third avenue along
| the west curb line of Seventeenth street.
That the curb lines on the north and
south sides of 40-foot roadway along
the center of Thirty-third avenue shall be
Connected with the curb lines on the west
| side of a 30-foot roadway along the CEN
ter of Seventeenth street by 6-inch by
! 20-inch circular stone curbing of l0-foot
radius and straight lines
/ That the sidewalks on both sides OF
/ Thirty-thrd avenue from the west curb
line of Seventeenth street to the east curb
line of Sixteenth street and from the
west curb line of Sixteenth street to the
east curb line of Fifteenth street, shall
be paved for a width of four tD feet with
| Portland cement concrete sidewalk paw
ing, located two feet from and parallel
to the north and south property lines
| respectively of Thirty-third avenue; pro-
vided that the portions of the sidewalk
now paved on the east and west sides Of
Sixteenth street shall not be repaved.
| That the sidewalk on the west side Oh
Seventeenth street from the north edge
of the paved portion of the sidewalk OH
! the south side of Thirty-thrd avenue to
the south curb line of Thirty-third ave-
nue., and from the north curb line OF Thir-
| ty-third avenue to the south edge OF the
raved portion of the sidewalk on the
north side Of Thirty third avenue shall be
paved for a width of four feet with Port
land cement concrete sidewalk paving, To-
Gated feet easterly from and parallel to
the west property limo of Seventeenth
street.
That the roadway between the gutter
lines on Thirty-third avenue from the
west edge of the vitrified brick valley
crossing on the west side of Seventeenth
street to the east curb line of Fifteenth
street, except the intersection of Thirty
third avenue and Sixteenth street, shall
be macadamized with ebert on Stag
foundation.
That storm sewer inlets' constructed of
brick masonry and cast iron shall be
constructed on the north and south curb
lines respectively of Thirty-third avenue
at a point about 200 feet east of Fifteenth
street, and on the north and south curb
lines of Thirty-third avenue at the east
property line of Fifteenth street.
That the entrances to lots along all OF
said streets, where the sidewalks are to
be paved, shall be paved the full width
of the sidewalk for width of four 90
feet, with hydraulic cement concrete, and
the driveways into lots and the alleyways
shall be paved with vitrified brick tho
full width of the sidewalk and gutter
Sec. 2. That said improvements shall he
. made in accordance with the established
grades on file in the office of the city
engineer for said portions of said high
ways, and according to full details, draw
lings, plans, specifications and surveys of
said work and estimates, which shall be
prepared by the city engineer, as early
as practicable, and placed by him on file
in his Office in the city hall, not later
than one week prior to the date named
in section 4 of this ordinance, where
. property owners who may be affected by
said improvements may see and examine
the same.
Sec. 8. That the cost of constructing
said improvements shall be assessed
against the property abutting on the por-
tons Of the highways so improved, pro-
vided:
(a) That the cost of all improvements
at or upon street, avenue alley inter-
, sections shall be assessed against theslots
or parcels of land AUDITING on said high
ways so intersecting for one-half block
, in each direction.
(b) That the cost of sidewalk improve
ments 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
intersection of any alley with street or
| avenue or other highway shall be as
, sessed in fair proportion against the re-
spective lots or parcels of land abutting
, or cornering on the alley at such inter-
section.
(c) That no assessment shall exceed the
cost of such improvement. or tho in
creased value of such property, by rea-
, son of the special benefits derived from
such improvements.
J Sec 4. That the estimated cost Of said
, improvement is $545o.0o, and that the COM
. mission will meet on the 2Sth day. of No
ivember, 1916, at the council chamber of
the city hall at o'clock. p. M. to hear
any ODieCti0pS remOQStrancoS, pro-
tests that may be made against said inn
| provements. the manner of making the
/ same, or the material to be used.
{ Approved November S. 1916.
GEORGE B. WARD.
ii President Board of Commissioners
II A true copy:
~ c. b. LLOYD, City Clerk.
No,.ar,har 1als