The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-03
Improvement Ordinance
 No. PAD
An ordinance to provide for cer- tain improvements on Forty-third Street from Eighth Avenue to Tenth Avenue

tain improvements on Forty-third
 Street from Eighth Avenue to
 Tenth Avenue.
 Be it ordained o.s the Commission of the City of Birmingham. as follows;
 Scion That 43rd Street from t-le north property line of 9th Avenue to the south property line of 10th Ave nue shall be graded.
 That 30 foot roadway along the. center line of 43rd Street from thV. north line of Sth avenue to the soutA property line of 10th avenue except across the roadway of 9th avenue shall be curbed with portland cement concrete. combined curb and gutter. the cur,o and gutter to be six inches thick aHid the gutter three feet wide
 That the east and west curb lines of 43rd street shall be connected with the north and south curb lines of za4 foot roadway on 9th avenue with 6, inch by 20 inch circular granite cufb- ing of 10 foot radius.
 That the gutters adjoining the gran I ite curbing at the northeast, northwest southeast and southwest corners of 9th avenue and 43rd street shall be paved for width of three feet with yitri- fled brick gutter paving on 2 cinder foun5s, ,tics
 That the sidewalks on both sides of 4Srd street from the north prop erty line of 8th avenue to the south property line of 10th avenue, shall be paved for a width of four (4) feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, located one foot from and par allel to the east and west property lines of 43rd street. respectively.
 That the roadway between the gut ter line on 43rd street from the north property line of Sth avenue to the south property line of 10th avenue and extending to the east and west property lines at the intersection of 9th avenue shall be macadamized.
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets where the sidewalks are to be paved shall be paved the full width of the sidewalk for width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving; and the driveways into lots and alleyways shall be paved with vitrified brick on cinder foun- dation the full width of the sidewalk and gutter.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick with cast iron covers shall be constructed along said street between said pofntz
 Section 2:-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 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 office in the City Hall not later than one week prior to the date named in sec tion of this ordinance where prop erty owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and e4Am- ein the same.
 Section 3:-That the cost of con structing said Improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways so improved; provided:
 (a) That the cost of Improvements rat or upon street, avenue, alley or other highway intersections shall he, 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 im- provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to said inn provements; and the cost of sidewalk improvemen at tue intersection of any alley with a street avenue or oth- CT highway shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting on or cor nering on the alley at such intersec- tion.
 Co That no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvements, or the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from srch improvements.
 Section. 4:-That the estimated cost of said Improvements is s13.5o0 %. and that the Commission of the City of Birmineham will meet on the 23rd oe n% osI Chamber/ of the City Hall at three 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 character of material to be used
 Aproved December ?. 1ata i
 N. A. BARRETT,
 President of the Commission xj
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 Fl. S.-RYAIlI. City Clerk 2l
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