The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-05-26
Street Improvement Ordinance No. 8


An Ordinance to provide for the i'm,
proyement of Main street, ir
the town of Union City, Tennes-
see, from the east line of First
street to the east line of Try
street in 5aid town, all oil
said street to be improved
by repairing, curbing, gut
tering, draining and paving with
asphaltic concrete, with sheet as
phalt, bitulithic, or rock asphalt
on concrete base; or on gravel OF
stone Macadam base, or on Tel
ford base; or by paving with con-
crete; and doing all necessary
work incident to said street i'm
provement pursuant to Chapter
IS of the Acts of the First Extra
Session of the Legislature of the
State of Tennessee for the year
1913; to provide for the mainte-
nance of same pursuant to
Chapter 121 of the Acts Of the
legislature Of the State of Ten
nessee for the year 1919; and to
provide for the payment of the ex-
penses thereof and the collection
Of same so provided by Chapter 18
of the Acts of the first extra ses-
sion of the legislature of the State
of Tennessee for the year 1913, as
amended by the Acts of the Legis-
lature for the State of Tennessee
for the year 1921.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
Union City, Tennessee, that Main
Street in said town of Union City,
from the east line of First street in
said town of Union City, to the East
line of Try street in said town
of Union City, be improved by repair
ing, curbing, guttering, draining and
paving all of said section of said
street, with asphaltic concrete, sheet
asphalt, bitulithic, or rock asphalt
on concrete base, or on gravel or
stone Macadam base, or on Telford
base; or by paving with concrete;
and doing all necessary work Incl
dent thereto land said section of said
street is hereby made an improve
ment district for this purpose.
The said Board of Mayor and AL
dermen reserve the right as provided
by said statute to do all or any part
of the said improvements by labor
hired by the said town of Union City,
Tennessee, and with material pur-
chased as other municipal purchases
are made, or to have said improve
done by contract as provided
in said statute.
This improvement shall include all
the work done on all street and
alley intersections between the ter
minals of said improvement, nd said
work shall be included in and paid
for as part of the said improvement.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, That the improvement designated
in Section One of this ordinance shall
be constructed under and by virtue
of tho power and authority given said
Board of Mayor and Aldermen by
said Chapter 1S Of the Acts OF the
first extra session of the Legisla-
ture of the State of Tennessee for
the year 1913.
SECTION 8. Be it further ordain-
ed, That the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen may require from the con-
tractor constructing the said work a
sufficient and satisfactory guarantee
to maintain and heep in repair the
work done by him ON the said street
for a period not exceeding three
years from the date of completion, as
provided in Chapter 121 of the Acts
If the Legislature of the State of
Tennessee for the year 1919.
SECTION 4. Be it further or
1ained, That the cost of the said i'm
shall be borne as follows:
Two-thirds of the cost of the said
exclusive of intersec-
lions shall be borne by the property
AUDITING on the street improved;
and two birds of the cost of the i'm
at each intersection shall
be borne by the property abutting on
the street improved and by the prop
srty AUDITING on the intersecting
street, for one-half block in every
direction, all in direct proportion to
the frontage of the said AUDITING
and the property abut-
ting on the said street and on the
streets within the limits
named is hereby bound for two
thirds of the cost of said improve
ment; and a lien is hereby retained
and declared to be in effect from and
after the date of confirmation of this
ordinance, upon the same to secure
payment of it's pro rata share of the
proper cost of said improvement, in
GLIDING all costs of engineering,
advertising, clerical serv-
ices, court costs, property dam
ages, pavements, cUrbs, cutters,
changes in sewers and water pipes
and drains, or new ones, and all
items authorized to be embraced in
the cost of constructing said i'm
as defined in Chapter Is
Of the Acts of Tennessee at the First
Extra Session of the Legislature for
the year 1918, and the cost of the
said maintenance and repair guGran-
tee on the said street shall be borne
in like manner and proportion as the
cost of Improvement