The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-29
CITY ORDINANCES Improvement Ordinance No.
 915C

An ordinance to provide for certain l improvements Twelfth avenue.
 south. from the west property line of | Twentieth street. south, to the east ! curb line of Nineteenth street, south. | Be it ordained by the city commission | of the city of Birmingham as follows; 1 Section 1. That the curbs on both sides of Twelfth avenue, south, from the west
 property line of Twentieth street, south, | to the east curb line of Nineteenth
 street, south, shall re reset to form a 30- 1 foot roadway along the center of Twelfth | avenue, south, between the above named | points,
 | That the stone gutters on both sides of Twelfth avenue, south, from the west property line of Twentieth street, south, | to the east curb line of Nineteenth street. south, shall be relaid on con- crete.
 That the roadway between the gutter | lines on Twelfth avenue, south, from 1 the west property line of Twentieth | street, south, to the east curb line of Nine | teenth street. south, shall be paved with | sheet asphalt paving. having hydraulic cement concrete base five inches thick, 1 a binder course one irch thick and a wearing surface one and one-half inches | thick
 That the stone headers on concrete shall be set across the roadway of Twelfth avenue, south on the east curb | line of Nineteenth street. south. That the brick paving in the alley in- tersections of Nineteenth alley, south. on both sides of Twelfth avenue, south shall be relaid from the outer edge of the gutter line to the south and north sides respectively of the paved portions of the sidewalks on the north and south sides of Twelfth avenue, south, and the brick paving in the driveway, first east of Nineteenth street at the north side of Twelfth avenue, south shall be relaid from the gutter line to the south line of | the paved portion of the sidewalk. The aforesaid alley and driveway paving to be extended to the new gutter line with vitrified brick
 1 Sec. That said improvements shall be 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 ings, 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 of this ordinance where property owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 Sec. 3. That the cost of constructing Salu improvements snail 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 or alley inter- sections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said high ways so intersecting for one-half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk improve mi e nv, frnn 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 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 the in creased value of such property, by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Sec. A. That the estimated cost of said Improvements is $2100, and that the city commission will meet on July IS. 1916. at the council chamber of the city hall at o'clock p. m to hear any objections. re- monstrances or protests that may he
 made against said improvements. the manner of making the same, or the ma terial to be used
 Approved June 21. 1916 GEORGE E. WARD President Board of Commissioners. A true copy:
 c. B. LLOYD, City Clerk. Age-Herald, June 22-29 1918