The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-06
CITY ORDINANCES Improvement Ordinance No.
 937-C

An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements Avenue w, Ems
 ley formerly Ray street., from the
 south property line of Twenty-niRth
 street, Ensley formerly Boulevard
 avenue), to the north curb line or
 Warrior road formerly Browns
 boulevard).
 Be it ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows:
 Section 1. That Avenue w, Ensley' from the north curb line of the Warrior rcSJs to the south property line of TWen- ty-ninth street, Ensey, shall be graded.
 That roadway 24 feet wide along the center of Avenue w, Ensley from the north curb line of the Warrior road to the south property line of Twenty-nlnth street, Ensley, shall be curbed with Fort land cement combined curb and gutter paving, the curb and gutter to be SIX inches thick and the gutter three rect wide, except across the roadway or ln- tersecting streets between said points.
 That the said 24-foot roadway along the center of Avenue w, Ensley, shall pc connected with the north and south sides of a 3O-foot roadway along the center or Thirtieth street. Ensley formerly flaw thorne avenue), and Thirty-first street Ensley (formerly Irene avenue) with b. inch by 20-inch circular granite curplng.
 That the gutter adjoining the sald CIT cular granite curbing for width of three
 
 gutter paving on a gravel foundation.
 That the east side of the said 24-foot roadway on Avenue w shall be con- nected with the south edge of an eight foot sidewalk along the north side of the Warrior road, and the west edge of the said 24-foot roadway on Avenue w, Ensley, shall be connected with the south west edge of a 10-foot sidewalk along the north side of the newly acquired un- named street connecting Warrior road at Avenue w, Ensley with Thifty-first street, Ensley, at Ensley avenue, by G. inch by 20-inch circular granite curbing.
 That the gutters adjoining the said cir cular granite curbing shall be paved for a width of three feet with vitrified brick gutter paving on a gravel foundation.
 That vitrified brick valley crossings shall be placed across the roadway of Thirtieth street. Ensley, at the east and west curb lines of Avenue w, Ensley.
 That storm sewer inlets shall be placed at the northeast and northwest corners of Thirtyfirst street, Ensley, and Ave nue w, @Ensley, and at the northeast corner of Avenue w, Ensley, and the Warrior road, and at the northwest cor ner of Avenue W, Ensley and the un- named street connecting the Warrior road at Avenue w, Ensley, with Ensley Avenue at Thirty-first street, Ensey
 That the sidewalks on both sides of Avenue W, Ensley, from the north curb line of the Warrior road and the north curb line of the above mentioned un- named street to the south property line of Twenty-ninth street, Ensley. shall be paved for width of four feet with Port land cement concrete sidewalk paving, located one foot from and parallel to the east and west property lines respec- lively of Avenue W, Ensley.
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks are to 11 of the sidewalk for a width of four (D feet, with hydraulic cement concrete, and the driveways into lots and the alleyways 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 of this ordinance, where property owners who may be af- fected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 se Sec. 3. That the cost Of constructing stlQ improvements shall be assessed against 4he 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 nnents 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 as- sessed in fair proportion against the re- spective lots or parcels of land abutting sor oornering on the alley at such inter- section
 (e) That no aseessment shall exceed the cost of such Improvement, or the in- creased value of such property, by rea- son of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Sec. A. That the estimated cost of said improvements Is $5S25, and that the com mission will meet on the 2d day of Jan uary 1917, at the council chamber of the city hall at 3 o'clock D. m. to hear any objections, remonstrances or protests that may be made against said improvements the manner of making the same, or the material to be used.
 Approved December 5, 1916.
 GEORGE B. WARD,
 President Board of Commissioners.
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