The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01

improvements on Nineteenth
Street, Ensley, From the East
Property Line of Ensley Avenue to
the West Property Line of Avenue
S Formerly Pratt Boulevard).
Be il ordained by the Commission Oh
the City of Birmingham as follows:
Section l. That Nineteenth street.
Ensley. from the east property line OF
Ensley avenue to the west property
line of Avenue formerly Pratt
boulevard) shall be graded.
That a 30 foot roadway along the
center line of Nineteenth street, Ems
lev, from the east property line of Ems
ley avenue to the west line of Avenue
S, Ensley. shall be curbed with Port
land cement combined curb and gutter,
the gutter to be three 80 feet VIDE
and the curb six 60 inches thick.
That the sidewalks on both sides OF
Nineteenth street, Ens;ey, from the
east property line of Ensley avenue 10
the west line of Avenue S, Ensley, and
on the north side of Nineteenth street.
Ensley. from the east curb line of Ens-
lev avenue to the east property line
of Ensley avenue, shall be paved with
Portland cement sidewalk paving Tor
a width of four "a feet located two
% feet from and parallel to the north
and south property lines, respectively
That the roadway between the gut
ter lines on Nineteenth street. Ensley,
from the east property line of Ensley
avenue to the west property line OF
Avenue S. Ensley, shall be macadam-
lied with ebert on a Stag foundation.
That the entrances to lots along all
of said streets, where the sidewalks
are to be paved shall be paved the fun
width of the sidewalk for a width OF
four (4 feet with hydraulic cement
concrete and the driveways into lots
and the alleywayS SHAH be paved with
vitrified brick paving on clnder
foundation the full width of the sIde-
walk and gutter. That vltrltled cray
drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of
brick with cast iron covers shall be
constructed along said street between
said points
Sec. 2 That said improvements shall
be made in accordance with the estaD-
lished grades on file in the office of
the city engineer for said portions OF
said highways, and according to nun
details, drawings, plans, specifications
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 a
of this ordinance, where property own
ers who may be affected by said i'm
provements may see and examine the
same.
Sec 8 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 Improvement at
or upon street, avenue or alley inter
sections shall be assessed against tie
lots or parcels of land abutting on said
highways so intersecting for one-halI
block in each direction.
tb) That the cost of sidewalk i'm
provements on street and avenue cor
ners shall be assessed against the lots
AUDITING on or nearest to said improve
ments; and the cost of sidewalk i'm
provements at the intersection Of anJ
alley with street or avenue or Other
highway shall be assessed in fair pro
portion against the respective lots o.
parcels of land abutting or cornerine
on the alley at such intersection.
(c} That no assessment shall exceed
the cost of such improvements, or tn
increased value of such property b!
reason of the special benefits derives
from such improvements.
Sec 4. That the estimated cost o
said improvements is s5,7O0.o0 and tina
the commission will meet on the 16tl
da4 of September 1919, at the council
cham Der of the city hall at O'Clock
D. M. to hear any objections remon
strances or protests that may be mad
against said improvements, the man
--%aar -of making the same or the ma
terial to be used.
Approved August q, 1919.
j. r. HORNADY,
President Pro Tenn of the Commission
true COPY. H. s. RYALL.
City Clerk.
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