The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-17
Improvement Ordinance
 No 125-D

An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements on Fulton avenue,
 from the west curb line of 9th
 street, southwest, formerly Col
 leRe street, to the east property
 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 I. That Fulton avenue, from tho west property line of 9th
 street, southwest, to the east proper .ty line of 7th street, southwest, ana Bth 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 a 26-foot roadway along tho center 1ine of Fulton avenue, from the west lproperty line of 9th street, soutn- | iEEest, to the west property line or 18th place, southwest. if extended lnorthward. and the east and wes. sides of a 30-foot roadway along the center line ef 9th place, southwest from the south property line O. Full ton avenue. to the north property line of St. Charles avenue, shall be scurbed with portland cement con. crete combined curb and gutter, the |,sicurb and gutter to be inches thick khand the gutter three feet wide. ' That the north and south curo |nsltnes of Fulton avenue shall be con z nectod with the west curb line or oth
 street, southwest. with by .o-lncn Etcircular granite curb Of lo-foot
 radius, and portland cement concrete
 combined curb and gutter, the cure
 and gutter to be six inches tnick anu 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 3i ed with the east and west curb line of 9th place. southwest, with by sao-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 eth street, southwest, and tho .pntters adioining the granite curb
 the southeast and southwest cor
 ners of Fulton avenue and 9th place,
 southwest. and the gutters adjoining
 tho granite curb al the northeast
 and northwest corners of St. Charles
 avenue and 9th place. southwest ;. shaH be paved for width of three tect with vitrifed brick gutter paw f 4ne on a cinder foundation.
 That a valley. crossing six feet wide shall be constructed along the south curl, line of Fulton avenue, across Ahe roadway of 9th place, southwest
 with vitrified brick paving on ctn-
 del foundation./
 : Yaat the sidewalks on the north
 and south sides of Fulton, avenue
 from tne west curb line of 9th street, southwest. to the east property line
 pf 7th street, southwest, shall Dc
 paved for width of four rect witn
 portland cement concrete sidewaih
 taving. located feet from ana par
 5llel to the north and south proper
 tv lines of Fulton avenue. respect 1, ely. .
 |, That the sidewalks on both sioes
 of 9th place. southwest, from the
 eouth curb line of Fulton avenue. to noint two feet south of the north :. hronertv line of St Charles avenue ! shall be paved for a width or TOUT
 feet with portland cement concrc.s sidewalk paving, located two Iees from and parallel to the east anu : west property lines Of otn piee' sR southwest, respectively
 Fs, That the roadway between the ' srtter lines on Fulton avenue, from ss the west property line of 9th street, R southwest. to the west property line Of 9th place, southwest. if produced, Esnd the roadway between the gutter hines on 9th place. southwest, from the south curb line of Fulton ave ,rue. to the north property line of St. I ,t1harles avenue. shall be macadam- sized with chert on a slag foundation. t- That vitrified clay drainage pipes. sinlets and manholes of brick, with .cast iron covers. shall be construct led along said avenues between said spoints.
 That the entrances to lots along sall of said streets where the side swalks are to be paved, shall be ! .paved the full width of the sidewalks <.tor a width of four feet with port 1is nd cement concrete sidewalk paw ling, and the driveways into lots and sthe alleyways shall be paved with .yitrified brick paving on cinder .fcundation for the full width of the
 sidewalks and gutter.
 Section 2. That said improve .ments shall be made in accordance with the established grades on file Sfr the office of the city engineer, for
 said portions of said highways, and according to full details, drawings, :pians, specifications and surveys of said work and estimates, which shall be prepared by the City Engineer, as searly as practicable, and placed by Shim on file in his office in the City : Hall, not later than two weeks prior tn ha daf In Of sthis ordinance, where property own : -ers who may be affected by said inn .provements may see and examine the ; hsame.
 % Section 8. That the cost of con- { .sti ucting said Improvements shall be sassessed against the property abut- x ting on the portions of the highways aEso improved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of improves ments at or upon street. avenue and -s alley intersections shall be assessed |tagainst the lots or parcels of land sshutting on said highways so inter- A setting for one-half block in each
 direction. (b) That the cost of sidewalk inn 1provements on street and avenue cor ncrs shall be assessed against the l. lots abutting on or nearest to said Improvements, and the cost of side walk Improvements at the intersec- 1t.on of any alley with a street or
 avenue or other highway shall be assessed in fair proportion against < the respective lots or parcels of land sabutting or cornering on the alley Eat 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-