The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-17
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 18O-D

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on 27th street, Ems ley, from the east property line of
 Avenue Q, Ensley, formerly 17th
 avenue, to the east property line
 ot Court 0, Ensley, formerly 18th court.
 Be 1t ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lows:
 Section l: That the broken and wornout portions of the concrete gutter on both side sof Twenty y-sev- enth street, Ensley from the east property line of Avenue Q, Ensley, to the east property line of Court o, Ensley, shall be reconstructed with Portland cement concrete gutter pav- ing.
 That the west edge of a 30-foot roadway along. the center line of Ave- nue c, Ensley, from the south prop erty line of Twenty street, Ensley, in Scotts Addition, to the south property line of Twenty enth street, Ensley, in the Ensley Highlands Addition. shall be paved with Portland cement concrete com bined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter 2.5 feet wide.
 Hat SLOnt lGdutIS 6ndAA pC GOn- structed across the roadway of Ave- nue Q, Ensley. along the north prop erty line of Twenty seventh street, Ensley, and across the roadway of Avenue Q, Ensley, along the south property line of Twenty street, Ensley, in the Ensley High lands Addition, if produced west ward. and across the roadway of Ave- nue P, Ensley, along the north and south property lines of Twenty-sev- enth street, Ensley, and across the roadway of Twenty seventh street, Ensley, along the northeast property line of Court O. Ensley.
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on Twenty seventh street, Ensley. from the east property line of Avenue Q, Ensley, to the northeast property line of Court O. Ensley, and the roadway between the gutter lines on Avenue P, Ensley, extending to the north and south property lines of Twenty seventh street, Ensley, re- spectively, and the roadway between the gutter lines on Avenue Q. Ems ley, from the north property line ot Twenty seventh street, Ensley, to the south property line of Twenty -sev- enth street. Ensley. in the Ensley Highlands Addition, if produced west ward, shall be paved with asphaltic concrete paving two inches thick on a fiye-inch concrete foundation.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be constructed along said street between said points.
 Section 2: That said improvements 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, speclfi- cations and surveys of said work and estimates, which shall be prepared by the City Engineer, as early as prac- tfcable. and placed by him on file Tn 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 improvements 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 hlghWaAs so improved, provided;
 cal That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley in tersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abuttinS on said highways so intersecting Tor one-half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk inn movements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to said nm provements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the intersection ol anv alley with a street or avenue or other highway shad be assessed III fair proportion against the respec- tive lots or parcels of land abuttlns or cornering on the alley at such intersection.
 (c) That no assessment shall eA ceed the cost of such Improvements or the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special penelifS derived from such Improvements.
 Section f: That the estimated coss of said improvements is S4,ofo.ov, anu that the Commission of the Clty oi Birmingham will meet on the 'tn uas of March. 1929. in the Council Cnam- Der of the City Hall Of Birmlns nan il at 16.0O o'clock a. m, to hear any op iections. remonstrances or protests tbat may be made against said I'm movements. the manner of maklns .he same or the character of material to be used .ooo
 Annroved February 14, l922.
 D. E. MLENDON, President of the Commission.