The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-20
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 127-D

from the east property line of 4th
 street, to the west property line
 of 18th street, and on- 9th street,
 from the south property line of
 18th avenue, to the north proper
 ty line of 18th court alley.
 Be IL Ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section 1. That Thirteenth avenue. from the east property line of Fourth street to the west property line or Twelfth street. and Sixth street, from the south property line of Thirteenth avenue, to the north property line or Twelfth Court alley shall be graded.
 That the north and south edges or a 24foot roadway along the center line of Thirteenth avenue, from the east property line of Fourth street, to the west curb line of Sixth street and a 3o-foot roadway along the cen- ter line of Thirteenth avenue, from the east curb line of Sixth street, to the west property line of Twelfth street, and a 24-foot roadway along the center line of Sixth street from the south property line of Thirteenth avenue. to the notth property line of Twelfth Court alley. shall be curbed with 6 by 1s-inch portland cement concrete curb.
 That, the north and south curb lines of Thirteenth avenue shall be con- nected with the east and west curb lines of Fifth street. and the east and west curb lines of Sixth street, with 6 by 2o-inch granite curb of 10-foot radius.
 That the west edge of .24-foot roadway along the center line of Sixth street, from the north property line of Thirteenth avenue, west of Sixth street. to the north property line of Thirteenth avenue, east of Sixth street, shall be curbed with 6 by 1S-inch portland cement concrcte curb.
 That the sidewalks on the north and south sides of Thirteenth ave- nue. from the east property line of Fourth street, to the west curb line of Sixth street, and the sidewalks on the east and west sides of Sixth street from the south curb line of Thirteenth avenue, to the north prop erty line of Twelfth Court alley. shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete side walk paving, located one foot from and parallel to the north and south property lines of Thirteenth avenue, and the east and west property lines of Sixth street, respectively.
 l That the sidewalks on the north . and south sides of Thirteenth avenue. from the east curb line of Sixth street, to the west property line of Twelfth street, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, To- cated two feet from and parallel to the north and south property lines of Thirteenth avenue, respectively.
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the side walks are to be paved, shall be paved the full width of the sidewalks for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving. and the driveways into lots and the alley ways shall be paved with portland cement concrete paving the full width of the sidewalk
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be constructed along said avenue between said points,
 That the roadway between the curb lines on Thirteenth avenue. from the east property line of Fourth street. to the west property line of Twelfth street, and extending between the curb lines to the north and south property lines of Thirteenth avenue, at all intersecting streets between said points, and thesroadway between the curb lines on Sixth street, from the south property line of Thirteenth | avenue, to the north property line of Twelfth Court alley, shall be paved \ with concrete paving six inches thick.
 Section 2. That said improvements 10 ha ad m Q Q xuf ha established grades on file in the of- flee 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 owncrs who may be affected by said inn provements may see and examine the same. es
 Section g. That the cost of con- structing said Improvements shall be assessed against the property abut- ting on the portions of the highways 30 improved provided:
 (A) That the cost of Improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley in- tersection 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 4 or parcels of land abutting on or < nearest to said Improvements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the intersection of any alley with street, avenue or other highway shall be assessed in fair proport tion against the respective lots or par cells of land. abutting or corner on the alley at such intersection.
 (c) That no assessment shall ex- ceed the cost of such Improvements s or the increased value of such prop- erty by reason of the special benefits derived from such Improvements
 Section {. That the estimated cos, of said Improvements is $l6.2o0. .00. and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the S0th day of August, 1921, in tho Council Chamber of the City Hall of Birmingham, at o'clock. p. m., ts hear any objections, remonstrancss or protests that may be made against said improvements, the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 Approved. August g, 1921
 s. N A. BARRETT.
 President of the Commission.
 A true copy.
 H. s. RYALL, City Clerk.
 Age-Heralds August 1920. 1921.
 Improvement Ordinance