The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-14
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 939-C

An ordnance to provide for certain ina- Provement on Sixty-eighth street. north, from First avenue to Third avenue (formerIy Second avenue). and on Eleventh avenue, north, from Thirty-frst street to Thirty-hrst all ley.
 Be it ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows: Section 1. That a sidewalk 15 feet wide on the east side of Sixty-eghth street, north, from the north property line of First avenue to the south property line of Third avenue shall be graded. f That sidewalk 15 feet wide on the east side of Sixty-eighth street, north, from the north property line of First avenue to the south property line of Third avenue, shall be curbed with Port
 land cement concrete combined curb and
 gutter paving, the curb and gutter to
 be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the sidewalk on the east side Of
 Sixty-eighth street. north, from the north
 edge of the paved portion of the side
 walk on the north side of First avenue to the south property line of Third ave-
 nue, shall be paved for a width of four
 (4) feet with Portland cement concrete
 sidewalk paving located three feet from
 and parallel to the east property line
 of Sxty-eighth street. north.
 IQdL the SlQeWalk OH LuS SOutn Sl0S
 of Eleventh avenue, north, from the east
 curb line of Thrty-first street to the
 west property line of Thirty-first alley
 shall be paved for a. width of six ()
 feet with Portland cement concrete side
 walk paving, located two (2) feet from
 and parallel to the south property line
 of said Eleventh avenue. north.
 That the entrances to-lots along all of
 said streets. where the sidewalks are
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 width of the sidewalk for width of four
 () feet. with hydraulic cement concrete,
 and the driveways into lots and the all
 leyways shall be paved with vitrified
 brick the full width of the sidewalk and gutter.
 Sec. ?. That said improvements shall
 be made in accordance with the estab-
 lished grades on file in the office of the city engineer for said portions of said highways, and according to full details. drawings. plans. specifications and sur veys 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 1 of this ordi- nance. where property owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 d. said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting. on the por- tions of the highways so improved, pro- 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 highways 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 a street or avenue or other highway shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting or cornering on the alley at such intersection.
 (d) That no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvement. or the in-
 creased value of such property by rea-