The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-07
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 3S9-D

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on 9th Avenue, south, from the east property line of 20th Street, south, to the west property line of Fist Street, south.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Commits sion of the City of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section 1. That the gutter adjoin- ing the granite curb on both sides of 9th Avenue, south, from the east prop erty line of 20th Street, south, to the west property line of Fist Street, south, shall be paved for a width of two feet with portland cement con- crete gutter paving six inches thick.
 That stone headers shall be set on concrete across the roadway of 9th Avenue, south, along the west proper ty line of Fist Street, south.
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on 9th Avenue, south, from the east property line of 20th Street, south, to the west property line of 21st Street, south, shall be paved with asphaltic concrete paving two inches thick on a five inch concrete founda- tion.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manholes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be constructed along said street between said points.
 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 highway, and accord ing 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 ordi- nance, 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 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 or parcels of land abutting on or near est to said improvements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the in- tersection of any alley with a street, avenue or other highway shall be as- sessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting on or cornering on the alley at such intersection.
 (c) That no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Section 4 That the estimated cost of said improvements in $3,930.00, and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 26th day of August, 1924. in the Council Cham. Der of. the City Hall of Birmingham at ten o'clock, A. M, to hear any ob. jections, remonstrances or protests that may be made against said i'm. provements, the manner of making the same or the character of material to l be used. 1 Approved Aug, 5, 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission
 A true copy.
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk.
 Age-Herald, Aug. and 1A, 1924.