The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-21

street. south, to the east property
line of Twenty-sixth street. south.
Be it ordained by the commission of
| the city of Birmingham as follows:
| Section l. . That Clairmont avenue
! from the east property line of Twenty
seventh greet, south, to the east prop
erty line of Twenty-sixth street, south,
shall be graded.
That a roadway 80 feet wide along
| the center of Clairmont avenue from
| the west curb line of Twenty-seventh
| street, south. to the east property line
| of Twenty street south, shall be
curbed with Portland cement concrete,
combined with curb and gutter paving,
| the curb and gutter to be six inches
thick and the gutter two CD feet wide.
| That the curb line on the north side
| of a 80 foot roadway on Clairmont ave-
nue. shall be connected with the curb
| line on the west side of Twenty
enth street, south, by 6-inch by 20-inch
| circular stone curbing of 10-foot radius
and straight lines
That the gutter around the curb
turns at the northwest and southwest
| corners of Clairmont avenue and Tween
| ty-Seventh street, south, shall be paved
| with vitrified brick paving on a gravel
foUnda ton.
That a vitrified brick valley erossing
| 6 feet wide shall be constructed across
| the alley first west of Twenty seventh
| street, on the south curb line of Clair
mont avenue.
That the roadway between the gutter
lines on Clairmont avenue from the
| east property line of Twenty sixth
street to the east property line of
Tw enty seventh street, and between the
gutter lines to the north and south
property lines respectively of Clair
| mont avenue in the intersection or
Twenty seventh street and Clairmont
avenue, shall be paved with asphaltic
concrete paving, having hydraulic
cement concrete foundation five 60
, inches thick and a wearing surface 2
inches thick.
That stone headers on concrete shall
be set across the roadway of Twenty
seventh street, south, on the north and
south property lines respectively of
Clairmont avenue.
Sec. 2. That said improvements shall
be made il 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 surveys of said work and estimates,
which shall be prepared by the city en-
sineer. 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 OF
this ordinance, where property owners
who may be affected by said improve
ments may see and examine the same.
Sec. :. That the cost of constructing
said improvements shall be assessed
against the property abutting on the
portions of the highways SO improved,
provided:
(a) That the cost of all Improvements
at or upon street, avenue or alley in
tersections shall be assessed against
the lots or parcels of land abutting on
said highways so intersecting for one
half block in each direction.
(bl That the cost of sidewalk i'm
provements on street and avenue cor
ners shall be assessed against the lots
abuttirig on or nearest to said improve
ments: and the cost of sidewalk inn
provements at the intersection OF any
alley with street or avenue or other
highway shall be assessed in fair pro-
portion against the respective lots or
parcels OF land abutting or cornering
on the alley at such intersection.
(c) That no assessment shall eX-
coed the cost of such improvement, or
the increased value of such property,
by reason of the special benefits de-
rived from such improvements.
Sec. 4. That the estimated cost of
said improvements is $3.50, and that
the commission will meet on the 18th
day OF OctOper, 1917, a. ING oouiiSii
chamber OF the city hall at o'clock,
p. M, TO hear any objections, remon-
strances, or protests that may be made
against said improvements, the manner
of making the same, or the material
to be used.
Approved September 20, 1916.
GEORGE B. WARD,
President Board of Commissioners
A true copy:
C. r. LLOYD. City Clerk.
Age-Herald September 21-2S, 1910