The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-19
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 132-D

No. l3Z-D
 An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements on 18th avenue, from the west property line of
 12th street, to the east curb line 1 of 18th street, and on 18th street. | from the north curb line of 18th
 court to the south curb line of
 14th avenue.
 Be 1t ordained by the Commission Of the City of Birmingham, as fol. lows.
 Section 1. That the curbs on hoth sides of Thirteenth avenue. from th, east curb line of Twelfth street. to the west curb line of Sixteenth street and the curbs on both sides of Thir. teenth street, from the north curb line of Twelfth Court to the south | property line of Fourteenth avenue shall be reset to form driveways .C feet wide along the center of Thir- teenth avenue and Thirteenth street respectively.
 roadway along the center line of Twelfth street. shall be connected with the north curb line of Thir- teenth avenue with 6x20 inch granite curb of 10 foot radius and straight eurbing, 6x2o inches.
 That the north curb line of Thir- teenth avenue and the west curb line of sixteenth street, the south curb line of Thirteenth avenue and the east and west curb lines of Fifteenth street, respectively. the south edge of & 30 foot roadway along the center line of Fourteenth avenue and the east and west curb lines of Thir- teenth street, respectively, shall De connected with 6K20 inch granite curb of 10 foot radius.
 That the Gutters adjoining the granite curb on both sides of Thir- teenth street, from the north curb line of Twelfth Court, to the south curb line of Fourteenth avenue, and the sutters adjoining the granite curb on both sides of Thirteenth ave. nue, from the west line of Twelfth street. to the west curb line of Six teenth street. shall be paved for a width of two feet with portland cement concrete gutter paving six inches thick.
 That stone headers shall be set | across the roadway of Sixteenth street along a line drawn at right angles to the center line of Six teenth street. from the northwest corner of Sixteenth street and Thfr- teenth avenue, across the roadway of Fifteenth street along the south prop erty line of Thirteenth avenue, and across the roadway. of Twelfth street along the north property line of ThirteeLth avenue, across the road way of Thirteenth street, along the south gutter line of Fourteenth ave- hue.
 That vitrified clay drainage pines iniets and 'manholes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be constructed hAf ] points
 That valley crossing four feet wide shall be constructed along the south curb line of Thirteenth ave nue across s~the roadway of ThiY- teenth street
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on Thirteenth street, from the north property line of Twelfth Court to the south gutter line of fourteenth avenue, and the roadway between the gutter lines on Thir- teenth avenue. from the west prop erty line of Twelfth street, to the west curb line of Thirteenth street, and from the east curb line of Thir- teenth street, to the east curb Iine of Sixteenth street. and extending be- tween the gutter lines on Sixteenth street from line drawn at right an gles~to the center line of Sixteenth street, from the northwest corner of Sixteenth street and Thirteenth ave- nue, to line drawn from the north east corner of Thirteenth avenue and Sixteenth street, to the southwest corner of Thirteenth avenue and Six teenth street, and extending between the gutter lines in the intersection of Fifteenth street to the south prop erty line of Thirteenth avenue, and extending between the gutter lines in the intersection of Twelfth street, 10 the north and south property lines of Thirteenth avenue, respectively, shall be paved with asphaltic concrete paw ing two inches thick on a five inch concrete foundation.
 Section 2. That said Improvements shall be made in accordance with the established grades on file in the of- flee of the City Engineer for sa i'd portions of said highways, and &C., cording to full, details, drawings plans, specifications and surveys If 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 ,m- provements may see and examine the same.
 Section 8. That the cost of con- structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abut- ting on the portions of the highways 50 improved. provided: /
 (a) That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley in- tersections shall be assessed agalnst the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so intefsecting 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 said Improvements, and the cost of side. walk improvements at the intersec. ton of any alley with a street CT Avenue or other highways shall bs assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting or cornering on the alley at ouch intersection.
 Co That no assessment shall ex- ceed the cost of such Improvements 5 or the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Section {. That the estimated cost