The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-04
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 175-D

improvements on First avenue,
 south, formerly Hillman avenue,
 from the east property line of
 7Zd street to the west property
 line of 74th street, and on 73d
 street, from the south property
 line of Division avenue, formerly
 Sioss avenue, to the north prop
 erty line of 2d avenue, south, for
 merly Underwood avenue.
 Be It Ordained by the .Commis- sion of the City Of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section l. That First avenue, south. from the east property line of Seven ty-second street, to the west property line of Seventy fourth street, and Seventy-third street, from the south property line of Division avenue, to the north property line of Second avenue. south, shall be graded.
 That the north and south sides of 30-foot roadway along the center line of First avenue, south, from the east property line of Seventy-second street, to the west property line of Seventyfourth street, and the east and west sides of S0-foot roadway on Seventy third street, from the south property line of Division ave- nue, to the north property lineto of Second avenue, south. shall be curbed with portland cement concrete com bined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the east and west curb lines of Seventy third street shall be con- nected with the north and south curb lines of First avenue, south, with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the sidewalks on the north and south sides of First avenue, south, from the east property line of Seven ty-second street. to the west property line of Seventy-fourth street, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving. located three feet from and parallel to the north and south prop erty lines of First avenue. south, re- spectively; provided. however, that the sidewalks on the north side of First avenue, south. from the west property line of Seventy fourth street. to a point 50 feet west or the west prop erty line of Seventy-fourth street. shall not be repaved.
 That the sidewalks on the west side of Seventy-third street. from the north property line of Second avenue, south, to the south line of Division avenue alley, and the sidewalks on the east side of Seventy-third street, from the north property line of Second avenue, south. to the south curb line of Division avenue. shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, located three feet from and parallel to the east and west property lines of Seventy-third street, re- spectively.
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on First avenue, south, from the east property line of Seventy second street to the west property line of Seventy y-fourth street, and the roadway between the gutter lines on Seventy third street, from the south property line of Division avenue to the north property line of Second avenue. south, shall be macadamized with chert on a slag foundation.
 That culverts. vitrified clay drain age pipes, inlets and manholes of brick, with cast iron coNers, shall be constructed along said street between said points.
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks are lO bC paNcof ohoAi pC PdNSu tiAc full width of the sidewalk 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 vitrified brick paving on a cinder foundation the full width of the sidewalks and gutter.
 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 said portions of said highways, and ac- 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 own CTS who may be affected by said inn provements may see and examine the same.
 Section 3. That the cost of con- structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abut- ting on the portions of the highways so improved. provided:
 | (a) That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue and alley intersections shall be assessed against tho lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways so intersecting for one-half block in each direction. (b) That the cost of sidewalk inn provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest to said im- provements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the intersection Of any alley with a street or avenue or other highway shall be assessed in | lair proportion against the respective i lots or parcels of land abutting or cornering on the alley at such inter section.
 Co That no assessment shall ex- Aceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such prop