The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-30
Improvement Ordinance
 No, 10000

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on Forty seventh place formerly Forty-seventh street from Georgia road, formerly Woodlawn road, to the north line of J. B. Gib- sons addition to Woodlawn.
 Be it ordained by the commission of the City of Birmingham as follows:
 Section 1. That Forty seventh place formerly Forty-seventh street, from the north line of the Georgia road formerly Woodlawn road, to the north line of J. B. Gibsons addition to Woodlawn, shall be graded.
 That a roadway 27 feet wide along the center line of Forty-sevepth place (formerly Forty y-seventh street from point opposite and at right angles to the east line of Forty seventh place at the point of intersection of said east line of Forty-seventh place and the north line of Georgia road to the north lines of lots 1 and 29 of J. $. Gibsons addition to Woodlawn, shall be curbed with Portland cement com 1 bned curb and gutter the curb to be six inches by 14 inches and the gut | ter 36 inches wide and six inches thick Provided, however that the curb and gutter shall not be constructed abut- l ting the sidewalk in front of lots 13, IA, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 24 25, 26, 27, 1 2S, 45, 46, 47 and thesnorth 46.7 feet | of lot AS, all in J. B. Gibson's addition to Woodlawn, shall not be paved, said | sidewalks in front of said lots haVlnS | been heretofore construeted. That the roadway between the gut l ter lines on Forty seventh place for- merly Forty seventh streeO from the north line of the Georgia road for- merly Woodlawn road) to the north line of J. E. Gibson's addition to Wood lawn. shall be macadamized with chert on a slag foundation.
 That the entrances to lots along said street, where the sidewalks are to be paved, shall be paved the full width of the sidewalk for width Of four (4) feet with Portland cement concrete sidewalk paving and the driveways into lots and alleyways shall be paved with vitrified brick fo; the full width of the sidewalk and gutter.
 Sec. g. 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 surveys of said work and esti- mates, which shall be prepared by the city engineer as early as practicable and placed by him on file in his of flee in the city hall of Birmingham
  date named in Section 4 of this ordi
 rance, where property owners who
 may be affected by said Improvements
 may see and examine the same. Sec B. 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 improve ctr ar A ley intersections shall be assessed against thef lots or parcels of lant abutting on said highways so inter : secting for one-half block in each di'
 rection.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk i'm provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lott . abutting on or nearest to said i'm
 provements; and the cost of sidewall
 Improvements at the intersection O
 any alley with a street or avenue ol
 other highway shall be assessed 1T , fair proportion against the respectiv' lots or parcels of land abutting O
 cornering on the alley at such inter
 section.
 i, Co That no assessment shall excee. 5 the cost of such improvement ,or tn 9 increased value of such property b! ', reason of the special benefits derived : from such improvements.
 Sec. 4. That the estimated cost o . said Improvements is $2S00, and tha ] the commission will meet on the 17tl ' day of June, 1919, at the council cham l Der of the city hall of Birmingham a 2 o'clock, D. m., to hear any objections
 remonstrances or protests that may b t made against said improvements, tn s manner of making the same or tn Q character ot material to be used.
 A true copy. Approved May 2S, 1S1.
 N A. BARRETT,
 President of the Commission. H. S. Ryall, City Clerk
 Age-Herald, May S0-June 6, 1919.