The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-18
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE
 NO. 373-D

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on, 9th avenue, from the east curb line of 80th street, to the eastern city limits of the City of Birmingham.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section l. That the sidewalks on both sides of 9th avenue, from the east curb line of 84th street, to the eastern city limits of the City of Bir- mingham, shall be graded.
 That the sidewalks on the south side of 9th avenue, from the east curb line of 80th street, to the west curb line of 84th street, and the side walks on both sides of 9th avenue, from the east curb line of S4th street to the eastern city limits of the City of Birmingham, and the sidewalks on the north side of 9th avenue, from the east curb line of 80th street to the east property line of 80th street, and from the west property line of 81st street to west curb line of 81st street, and from the east curb line of 81st street to the last property line of 81st street and from the west property line of 82nd street to the west curb line of Sand street; and from the east curb line of 82nd street to the east property line of 82nd street, and from the west property line of 83rd street to the west curb line of S3rd street, and from the east curb line of 83rd street, to the east property line of 83rd street, and from the west property line of 84th street, to the west curb line of S4th street, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, located 3 feet from and paral- Tel with the north and south property lines of 9th avenue, respectively.
 That the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks are to be paved, shall be paved 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 portland ce- ment concrete alley paving for 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 office of the City Engineer, for said portions of said highways, and according to full details, drawings, plans, specifications and surveys of said work and esti- mates, which shall be prepared by the City Engineer, as early as practicable, and placed by him on file in his of flee, in the City Hall, not later than two weeks prior to the date named in Section 4 of this ordinance, where property owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and examine the same.
 Section 3.-That the cost of con- structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways so improved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley in- tersections shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abuttihg on said highway so intersecting for one-half block in each direction.
 (b0 That the cost of sidewalk im- provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on or near est to said improvements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the intersection of any alley with street, avenue oS other highway, shall be as- sessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abut- ting on or cornering on the alley at such intersection.
 (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 $5,15000, and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 29th. day July, 1924, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall Of Birmingham, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to hear any objections, remonstrances or protests that may be made against said improvements, the manner of making the same or the character of materials to be used.
 Approved July 8, 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission.
 A true copy.
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk. Age-Herald, July II and IS, 1924.