The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-31
Improvement Ordinance
 No. ED


 No. SD
 An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on Fourteenth ave- nue, south (formerly Caldwell ave- nue), from Twenty-fifth place (for- merly Milner street), to Twenty seventh place Oormerly Linden street), and on Twenty-fifth place (formerly Milner street), from Fourteenth avenue, south former- ly Caldwell avenue) to Highland avenue.
 Be it ordained by the commission of the city of Birmingham as follows:
 section 1. That the combined curb teenth avenue, south, formerly Cald- well avenue) at the southwest corner of said Fourteenth avenue, south. and the 20-foot alley lying east of the Bel la Vista survey, shall be connected with the west line of said 2o-foot alley with Portland cement concrete com bined curb and gutter and circular and straight concrete curb, the curb to be six inches wide and the gutter three feet wide and six inches thick.
 That the gutter on the south side of Fourteenth avenue, south, from the east line of the 20-foot alley along the east side of Bella Vista survey to the west line of said alley, shall be paved for width of three feet with vitrified brick paving on five-inch concrete foundation and grouted.
 That the alley crossing on the south side of Fourteenth avenue, south, at the 20-foot alley along the east side of Bella Vista survey, shall be paved the full width of the sidewalk on Four. teenth avenue, south with vitriffed brick paving on a six-inch cinder foun dation and one-inch sand cushion.
 That stone headers shall be set in concrete on the south property line of Fourteenth avenue, south, across the roadway of Twenty yfifth place (for- mer1y Miner street).
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on Fourteenth avenue, south. from the east gutter line of Twenty fifth place, south, to the west edge of the asphalt concrete pavement ap- proximately on the west curb line of Twenty place and between the gutter lines on Twenty fifth place. south, from the south property line of Fourteenth avenue, south, to the north curb line of the south roadway of Highland avenue, shall be paved with asphaltic concrete paving two inches thick on a five-inch concrete founda- :ion.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick with case  said streets between said points,
 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, specifi cations 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.
 ing said improvements shall be as- sessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways SC improved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of all improve ments at or upon street, avenue or al ley intersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so inter- sectfng for one-half block in each di recton.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk i'm movements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on or near est to said improvements; and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the intersection of any alley with street or avenue or other highway shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or. parcels of land abut- ting or cornering on the alley at such intersection. Co That no assessment shall ex eeed the cost of such improvements ol the increased value of such propert, by reason of the special benefits de rived from such improvements.
 Sec A. That the estimated cost oi said Improvements is $5100, and tha the commission of the city of Bir' iningham will meet on the 18th da, , of August 1919. at the council chamber of the city hall of, Birmingham at o'clock p. m, to hear any objections remonstrances or protests that may b' made against said improvements, th' manner of making the same or th' character of material to be used. A true copy.
 Approved July 30 1919.
 J. R. HORNADY, President Pro Tenn. of the Commission
 H. s. RYALI.
 City Clerk.
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