The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Improvement Ordinance
 No. IBID

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on Avenue V, Ens- ley, formerly Cherokee avenue, from the northeast property line | of Ensley avenue, to the south property line of 18th street, Ems ley.
 Be It Ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- 1 lows:
 Section l. That Avenue V, Ensley, l from the northeast property line of Ensley avenue, to the south prop
 erty line of Twenty ninth street, Ensley, and from the north property
 line of Twenty-ninth street. Ensley,
 to the south property line of Twenty eighth street, Ensley shall be graded.
 That roadway 30 feet wide along the center line of Avenue W, Ensley. from the northeast property line of Ensley avenue, to the south prop erty line of Twenty ninth street, En- sley, and from the north property l line of Twenty-ninth street, Ensley, to the south property line of Twenty eighth street. Ensley, shall be curl.- ed with portland cement concrete
 combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and and the gutter 8 feet wide That the north and south edges of S0-foot roadway along the cen- ter line of Thirtieth street, Ensley, shall be connected with the west
 curb line of Avenue V. Ensley, with 6x20-inch granite curb of 10-foot radius.
 That the sidewalks on both sides
 of Avenue V, Ensley, from the north east property line of Ensley avenue. | fn the 1f | ninth street, Ensley, and from the north property line of Twenty tn street, Ensley, to the south property line of Twenty eighth street, En- sley, shall be paved for a width of feet with portland cement con crete sidewalk paving, located ? feet from and parallel to the east and west property lines of Avenue V, En- sley, respectively.
 That the gutters adjoining the
 granite curb at the northwest and southwest corners of Thirtieth street, Ensley, and Avenue V, Ensley. shall be paved for width of three feet with vitrified brick gutter paving on a cinder foundation.
 That the entrance to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks are to be paved. shall be paved for width of four feet for the full width of the sidewalk with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving and the driveways into lots and tlle alleyways shall be paved with vitri-. fled brick paving on cinder founda-s tion 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 points. Sec. ?. That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the established grades cn file in the of- flee of the City Engineer for, said portions of said highways and ac- cording to full details. drawings. plans, specifications and surveys of said work and estimates, which shall
 be prepared by the City Engineer.s as early as practicable. and placed by him 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 in- provements may see and examine the same. x
 Sec. 5. That the cost of construct- Ing said improvements shall be as- | sessed against the property abuttfng on the portions of the highways so improved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of improvements | at or upon street. avenue or alley intersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so inter- secting, for one-half block in eae direction.
 fb) That the cost of sidewalk im- provements on Street and avcns,e corners shall be assessed against the
 lots abutting on or nearest to ssia l Improvements. and t4e cost of side walk improvements at the intersec-
 tion of any alley with street or