The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-04
Improvement Ordinance
 No. 176-D

An ordinance to provide for certain
 improvements on 4th street, for
 merly Johns street, from the
 south property line of 9th avenue,
 formerly Amy avenue, to the
 south property line of 9th court,
 formerly Lucy avenue.
 Be it ordained by the Commission of the City of Birmingham as fol- lows:
 Section 1. That Fourth street from the south property line of Ninth ave nue to the south property line of Ninth court, shall be graded.
 That a 40-foot roadway along the center line of Fourth street from the south property line of Ninth avenue to the south property line of Ninth court. shall be curbed 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 east and west curb lines of Fourth street shall be connected with the north and south curb lines of n 40-foot roadway along the cen ter line of Ninth avenue, and the east and west curb lines of Fourth street shall be connected with the south curb lAlS V d pV-lOON AO&0MdS aiOA6 NAN center line of Ninth court, with port land 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 west side of Fourth street, from the south property line of Ninth avenue to the south curb line of Ninth avenue, and from the north curb line of Ninth avenue to the south property line of Ninth court, and the sidewalks on the east side of Fourth street. from the south property line of Ninth ave nue to the south curb line of Ninth avenue, and from the north curb line of Ninth avenue to a point l5O feet south of the south property line or Ninth court, shall be paved for width of five feet with portland ce- ment concrete sidewalk paving, To- cate6 three feet from and parallel to the east and west property lines of Fourth street, respectively.
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on Fourth street, from the south property line of Ninth avenue to the south property line of Ninth court, and the roadway between the gutter lines extending to the east and west property lines of Fourth street, in the intersection of Ninth avenue. shall be maeadamized with chert on slag foundation.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick, with cast iron covers. shall be constructed along said street between said points
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets. where the sidewalks are to be paved, shall be paved for the full width of the sidewalks for a width of four feet with portland ce- ment concrete sidewalk paving, and the driveways into lots and the alley ways shall be paved with vitrified brick paving on a oinder foundation for the full width of the sidewalks and gutter.
 Section 3. 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 4 of this OTQlnAnCes WheT6 pIOpCIly OHhpAo o who may be affected by said i'm provements 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 highways so improved. provided:
 (a) That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue and alley Intersections 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 i'm provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots abuttlng on or nearest to said i'm 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 fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting or cornering on the alley at such inter section.
 (c) That no assessment shall ex- ceed the cost of such Improvements or the increased value of such prop erty by reason of the special benefits derived from such Improvements.
 Section 4. That the estimated cost of said Improvements Is s3,750.00, and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 14th day of February, 1922, In the Coun- cil Chamber of the City Hall of Bir- mingham, at 10 o'clock. a. m., to hear any objections, remonstrances or pro tests that may be filed against said improvements. the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 Approved January 24, 1922.
 President of the Commission.
 true copy:
 l.. E. CRAY, City Clerk.
 D. E. McLENDON,