The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-25
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 38-D

An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements on First avenue,
 southwest, formerly Lee avenue, from the northeast line of Seven teenth, street, southwest, formerly Waco avenue, formerly First ave- nue.
 Be it ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham as follows Section l. That First avenue, southwest
 from the northeast line of Seventeenth street, s. w., to the south curb line of Waco avenue, shall be graded. That a 30-foot roadway along the cen- ter line of First avenue, s. w.. from the northeast line of Seventeenth street, $. w., to the south property line of Waco
 avenue. shall be curbed with portland ce-
 ment concrete combined curb and gutter,
 the curb and gutter to be six inches
 thick and the gutter three (3) feet wicc. l. That the south curb line of Waco ave- nue Shall be connected with the southeast and northwest curb lines of First avenue, s. w., with 6-inch by 20-inch circular
 granite curbing of 10 foot radius. That the gutter adjoining the granite curb at the southeast and southwest cor
 ners of First avenue. 8. W., and Waco
 avenue, shall be paved for a width of three (3) feet with vitrihed brick gut 1 ter paving on a cinder foundation. 1 That valley crossing six (6) feet wide
 shall be constructed across the roadway
 of First avenue, S. w., along the south
 curb line of Waco avenue, with vitrihed
 brick valley paving on cinder founda- ton.
 | That the sidewalks on the northwest ! and southeast sides of First avenue, s. w., from the northeast property line of Seventeenth street, s. w., to the south
 curb line of Waco avenue, shall be paved for width of four (4) feet with portland
 cem snt concrete sidewalk paving. located two feet from and parallel to the north-
 west and southeast property lines of First
 avenue. s. w.. respectively.
 That the roadway between the gutter lines on First avenue, s. w., from the northeast property line of Seventeenth street, s. w., to the south curb line of
 Waco 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 sidewalks for width of four (4 feet with portland cement concrete sioe- walk paving, and the driveways Into lots and the alleyways shall be paved with vitrified brick on a cinder foundation the full width of the sidewalk and gutter.
 Sec. That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the estab- lished grades on Ale In the office Of the City Engineer for said portions of said hlghways, and according to full details, drawings, plans, specifications and sur yeys 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 af- fected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 Sec. 3. That the cost of constructing said improvements shall be assessed against tho property Abutting on the DOT tons of the highways 70 improved. pros vided:
 (a) That the cost of Improvements at or upon street. avenue and alley Inter sections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said high ways so intersecting for one-half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk improve ments on street and avenue corners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to said improvements; and the cost of sidewalk Improvements at the in tersection of any alley with a street or avenue or other highway shah be as- sessed in fair proportion against the re- srective lots or parcels of land abutting