The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-12-19
STREET PAVING
ORDINANCE

sary to improve CERTAIN: streets ant
public ways in said City, do ordain a!
follows:
Section l. That the following streets
and public ways, and parts thereof o
the City Of Louisa, Kentucky, be i'm
proved by original construction b,
paving and curbing the same, togethei
with the incidental guttering, drain
age and sewerage connected with sucf
paving, with either Vitriied Brick
Concrete. Kentucky Asphalt or BIZ
luminous Macadam. as the City Coun-
Gil may hereafter determine, from the
inner curb line to the inner curb line
Of said streets and public ways, in ac-
cordance with the standard plans and
specifications of the City of Louisa,
Kentucky, hereafter to be adopted by
the City Council, and upon the grade
and of the width hereafter to be es-
tablished by the City Council
Said streets and public ways, and
parts thereof. so to be improved, are
as follows:
WATER STREET from Pike Street
to Franklin Street; MAIN CROSS
STREET from Pike Street to Kentucky
Normal College; JEFFERSON
STREET from Pike Street to Pow
haitian Street; LADY WASHINGTON
STREET from Pike Street TO Powhat-
tan street; PERRY STREET from
Water Street to Lady Washington
Street; MAIN STREET from Water
Street to Lady Washington Street;
MADISON STREET from Water
Street to West corner of G. w. Akin
sons property; FRANKLIN STREET
from Water Street to Boon Street;
LOCK AVENUE from the South side
of Branham property to Perry Street;
PIKE STREET from Lock Avenue to
Main Cross Street; POWHATTAN
STREET from Pocahontas Street to
Lady Washington Street
Section 2. That the same be paved
and curbed in accordance with the
specifications and plans therefor. here
after to be adopted by resolutions or
ordinance of the City Council, which
specifications and plans may, however,
at the pleasure of the City Council be
changed from time to time by resolu-
ton or ordinance,
Section 3. The cost of said original
construction and improvement, by paw
ing and curbing and incidental gutter
ing, drainage and sewerage connected
with such paving. except as hereinafter
provided, shall be at the exclusive cost
of the owners of the lots and parts of
lots, or lands, fronting or abutting or
bordering upon the streets and public
ways, or parts thereof, to be so i'm
proved by original construction as
above, and shall be lien upon the
property fronting or abutting or bor-
dering upon the streets or public ways,
or parts thereof, so improved from the
date of the passage of this ordinance,
and shall remain "A lien until fully
paid off. including interest and cost,
having precedence over all other liens;
and said liens shall not be defeated or
postponed by any judicial sale or by
any mistake in the description of the
property or in the name or names of
the owners thereof, The cost of paw
ing the intersections of the above
named streets and public ways, OF
parts thereof, together with the City's
part of the cost of paving those streets
upon which City property fronts, abuts,
or borders, shall be borne by the City
of Louisa, and paid upon order of the
City Council, and out of the general
fund and money available from the sale
of ten thousand dollars worth of City
of Louisa bonds authorized by favor
able vote of the voters of Louisa at
regular election held on November 9th,
1917.
Section A. The said Improvement
shall be done by contract to be award
ed upon competitive bidding TO the
lowest and best bidder after advertise
ment for two consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation pub
iished in Louisa Each bidder shall
accompany his bid by a certified check
in the sum of Eve thousand dollars
($5,00O) payable to the order of the
City Treasurer to insure compliance
with his bid, which amount shall be
forfeited to the City in the event the
accepted bidder fails to comply with
his bid The checks of rejected bid
ders will be returned. The contractor
shall give bond with good surety to be
approved by the City Council for the
full and faithful performance of the
work in accordance with his contract
and guarantee of the work for per-
iod OF live Cd years after completion.
which guarantee shall protect the City
for said period against any defects or
imperfections in said Improvement
caused by defective workmanship or
material; and to save the City of Louisa
harmless from all cost, damage and
expense by reason of any and all acci-
dents that may happen in the prosecu-
ton of the work attributable thereto
and that the contractor shall complete
the work within the time specified in
his proposal and contract The GER
titled check of the successful bidder
will be returned to him upon accep-
lance of his bid and formal execution
of contract. The City reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Section 5. When said Improvement
shall have been completed in accor-
dance with the contract therefor the
City Engineer shall make a full and
correct estimate of the total cost
thereof. showing the total number of
fronting or abutting or bordering feet
of property, the cost per fronting or
abutting or bordering foot, the names
of fronting or abutting or bordering
property owners. the number of front
ing or abutting or bordering feet of
property owned by each person and the
proportionate part of the cost OF the
Improvement to be assessed against