The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-17
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 146-D


 An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on Avenue J, Ems
 ley, from the south property line
 of 14th street, Ensley, to the north property line of 17th street,
 Ensley, and on Avenue K, Ensley,
 from the south property line of
 14th street, Ensley, to the north
 property line of 18th street, Ems ley.
 Be It Ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section 1, That Avenue J, Ensley, from the south property line of Four teenth street. Ensley to the north property line of seventeenth street, Ensley and Avenue K, Ensley, from the south property line of Fourteenth street, Ensley, to the north property line of Fifteenth street, Ensley, shall be grade.
 That 6-foot roadway along the center line of Avenue J, Ensley. from the south property line of Four teenth street, Ensley, to the north | property line of Seventeenth street. Ensley. and a 36-foot roadway along the center line of Avenue K, Ems ley. from the south property line of i Fourteenth street. Ensley, to the north property line of Fifteenth | street, Ensley, shall be curbed with | portland cement concrete curb and. gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter feet | wide.
 1 That the north and south edges | of 30foot roadway along the cen ter line of Fifteenth street, Ensiey, and the north and south edges of 80-foot roadway along the center line of Sixteenth street. Ensley, re- spectively, shall be connected with the | east and west curb lines of Avenue J, Bnsley, with by 20 inch granite curb of 40-foot radius. and straight portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter. the curb and gutter to be inches thick and the gutter feet wide.
 That the gutters adjoining the granite curb at the northeast, south | east, northwest and southwest cor ners of Fifteenth street, Ensley, and Avenue J, Ensley the northeast northwest, southeast and southwest corners of Sixteenth street and Aven- ue ]. Ensley, shall be paved for width of feet with vitrified brick gutter paving on a cinder founda- ton.
 That the sidewalks on the east side | property line of Seventeenth street. Ensley, to the south property line of Fourteenth street Ensley. and the sidewalks on the west side of Aven- ue J. Ensley. from the north curb line of Fifteenth street, Ensley. to the south property line of Fourteenth street. Ensley, and the sidewalks on both sides of Avenue K, Ensley from the north curb line of Eighteenth | tn I. line of Fourteenth street. Ensley. shall be paved for width of four feet with portland cement concrete | sidewalk paving. located two feet from the parallel to the east and west property lines of Avenue J, and Avenue K, Ensley, respectively.
 That the present concrete side walks on the west side of Avenue J, Ensley, in tho intersection of Six teenth street. Ensley, and Fifteenth street, Ensley, shall be extended of even width and alignment and paved | with portland cement concrete side | walk paving to conenct with the north and south curb lines of Eff teenth street. Ensley and Sixteenth street. Ensley. respectively.
 That tho entrances to lots along all of said streets. where the side walks are to be paved. shall be paved for a width of four feet for the full width of tho sidewalks with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving. and the driveways into lots and the alleyways shall be paved with vitri- fled brick paving on cinder foun- dation.
 That vItrified clay drainage pipes. inlets and manholes of brick with cast iron covers, shall be constructed along said streets between said points.
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on Avenue J. Ensley. from the north property line of Seven- teenth street, Ensley. to the south property line of Fourteenth street, and extending between the gutter lines in the intersection of Sixteenth street, Ensley and Fifteenth street, Ensley, respectively. to the east and west property lines of Avenue J, Ems ley, respectively and the roadway be- tween the gutter lines on Avenue K. Ensley, from the north property line of Fifteenth street, Ensiey. to the south property line of Fourteenth street, Ensley. shall be macadamized with chert on a slag foundation. Section 2: That said improve ments 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 according 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 own CTS who may be effected by said im- provements may see and examine the same.
 Section 3: That the cost of con- structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutt- ing 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 intersecting for one-half block in each direction,
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk im- provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to sa~ Improvements. and the cost of side- walk improvements at the intersec- ton of any alley with street or. avenue or other highway. shall be assessed in fair proportion against tho respective lots or parcels of land abuttng on or cornering on the alley at such intersection.
 (c) That no assessment shall ex- ceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special bene- fits derived from such Improvements Section 4: That the estimated cost of said improvements is $s,o00.00, and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 4th day of October. 1921, in the Council 1 al,ou Al