The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-17
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 142-D
An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements on 42nd street,
 formerly 4sth street, from the north property line of Sth ave- nue, formerly Marietta avenue, to the south property line of 10th

avenue.
 Be it ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section 1. That Forty-second street, from the north property iine of Eighth avenue to the south prop erty line of Tenth avenue. shall be graded.
 That 30-foot roadway along the center line of Fortysecond street, from the north property line of Eighth avenue, to the south prop erty line of Tenth avenue, shall be curbed with portland cement ccn- crete combined curb and gutter. the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the sidewalk on both sides of Forty-second street, from the north property line of Eighth avenue, to the south property line of Tenth avenue, shall be paved for width of four feet with portland cement ton- crete sidewalk paving located two feet from and parallel to the east and west property lines of Forty second street, respectively. That the entrances to lots along all of said streets where the ride walks arc to be paved, shall be paved for width of four feet with
 portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, and the driveways into iots and the alleyways shall be paved for the full width of the sidewalk and gutter with vitrified brick on in- der foundation.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inletsa and manholes of brick with cast iron covers, shall be constructed
 along said avenue between said points.
 That the roadway between the gutter lines on Forty-second street, from the north property line of Eighth avenue. to the south proper ty line of Tenth avenue, shall be macadamized with chert on a slag foundation.
 Section g. 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 &C., cording to full 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 two weeks 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. Section 3. That the cost of con- structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property aDut- ting on the portions of the highways so improved, provided: (a) That the cost of improvem .nts at or upon street. avenue or alley tnr f4v vh T against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so inter- secting for one-half block in each direction.
 | (b) That the cost of sidewalk inn provements on street and avenue corners shall be assessed against the
 lots abutting on or nearest to 3aid improvements. and the cost of side walk improvements at the intersec- tion of any alley with street or avenue or other highway shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting on or cornering on the al- ley at such intersection. Co That no assessment shall ex- ceed the cost of such improvem onts or the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special benefits derived from the aforesaid improve | ments.
 | Section 4. That the estimated cost | of said improvements Is $3,700. 00
 and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 4th day of October. 1921. in the 1 Council Chamber of the City Hall oi ! Birmingham at o'clock, D. m., tc
 hear any objections. remonstrances
 or protests that may be mAAe against
 said improvements, the manner ci
 p,@xing the same or the character ol
 material to be used.
 ] Approved September 13, 1921, N A. BARRETT, | President of tho Commission. | A true copy,
 H. S. RYALL. City Clerk. Age-Herald, September 17-24. 1921