The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-24
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 1S5-D

line of 7th street, southwest, for
 merly Owenton road, and on 9th
 place, southwest, formerly Jeff
 ferson street, from the south
 property line of Fulton avenue, to
 the north curb line of St. Charles
 avenue.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section l. That Fulton avenue, from the west property line of 9th street, southwest, to the east proper ty line of 7th street, southwest, and 9th place, southwest, from the south property line of Fulton avenue, to the north property line of St Charles avenue, shall be graded.
 That the north and south sides of 26-foot roadway along the center line of Fulton avenue, from the west property line of 9th street. south vest. to the west property line of 6th place, southwest, if extended northward, and the east and west sides of 30-foot roadway along the center line of 9th place, southwest from the south property line o' Full ton avenue, to the north property line of St. Charles avenue, shall be curbed with portland cement cons crete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be 6 inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the north and south curb lines of Fulton avenue shall be con nected with the west curb line of 9th street, southwest, with by 0-inch circular granite curb of 10-foot radius, and portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the south curb line of Fulton avenue and the north curb line of St. Charles avenue, shall be connect ed with the east and west curb line of 9th place, southwest, with by 20-inch circular granite curb of ten- foot radius, and portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the gutters adjoining, the granite curb at the northwest and southwest corners of Fulton avenue and 9th street, southwest, and the gutters adjoining the. granite curb at the southeast and southwest cor ners of Fulton avenue and 9th place, southwest, and the gutters adjoining tue CuID LAiC siOi AhSdcb and northwest corners of St. Charles avenue and 9th place. southwest shall be paved for a width of three feet with vitrified brick gutter paw ing on a cinder foundation.
 That a valley crossing six feet wide shall be constructed along the south curb line of Fulton avenue, across the roadway of 9th place, southwest with vitrified brick paving on cin- der foundation.
 That the sidewalks on the north and south sides of Fulton avenue, from the west curb line of 9th street, southwest, to the east property line of 7th street. southwest, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, located feet from and par allel to the north and south proper ty lines of Fulton avenue, respect fvely.
 That the sidewalks on both. sides of 9th place. southwest, from the south curb line of Fulton avenue, to Q point two feet south of the north property line of St. Charles avenue, shall be paved for width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, located two feet
  west property lines of 9th place, southwest, respectively.
 That the roadway between the gutter lines on Fulton avenue, from the west property line of 9th street, southwest, to the west property line of 9th place, southwest, if produced, and the roadway between the gutter lines on 9th place, southwest. from the south curb line of Fulton ave nue, to the north property line of St. Charles avenue, shall be macadam- sized with chert on a slag foundation
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes inlets and manholes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be construct ed along said avenues between said points.
 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 width of four feet with port land cement concrete sidewalI. paw ing, and the driveways into lots and the alleyways shall be paved with vitrified brick paving on cinder foundation for the full width of the sidewalks and gutter. .s
 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 4 of this ordinance, where property own CTS who may be affected by said im- provements may see and examine the same.
 Section 3. That the cost Of con stI ucting said improvements shall be assessed against the property abut- ting on the portions of the highways so improved, provided:
 ta) That the cost of improve ments at or upon street. avenue and alley intersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land sbutting on said highways so inter secting for one-half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk im- provements on street and avenue cor Ecrs shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to said improvements, and the cost of side velk improvements at the intersec- ton 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 or cornering on the alley at such intersection
 co 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 S6,4OO.0g and that the Commission of the City 1a..- on, fha 4 z