The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-23
IMPROVEMENT. ORDINANCE
 NO. SSf.D

IMPROVEMENT. ORDINANCE
 NO. SS1.D
 On ordinance to provide for certain Improvements on 7th Avenue, from the east property line of 14th Street, to the west property line of 18th Street.
 BE IT ORDAINED. by the Com mission of the City Uf Birmingham, as follows:
 Section That the granite curb on both sides of 7th Avenue, from the east property line of 14th Street, to the west property line of 18th Street, and from the east property line of 18th Street, to the west property line of 18th Street. and from the east prop erty line of 16th Street to the west property line of 17th Street and from the east property line of 17th Street to the west property line of 18th Street, and from the east property line of 18th Street to the west prop erty line of 10th Street, shall be reset to form a 50-foot roadway along the center line of Eth Avenue
 That the gutter adjoining the granite curb on both sides of 7th Avenue, from the east property line of 14th Street to the west property line of 18th Street, and from the east property line of 10th Street to the west property line of 16th Street and from the east prop erty line of 18th Street to the west property line of 17th Street and from the east property line of 17th Street to the west property line of 18th Street and from the east property line of 18th Street to the west property line of 18th Street shall be paved for width of one foot with Portland cement concrete gutter paving six inches thick.
 That the entrances to lots. drive ways and alley crossings on 7th Ave nue, shall be extended of even width and alignment and paved with similar material to that of the old portion thereof to connect with the curb in it's new position. &
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines oil 7th Avenue, from the east property line of 14th Street to the west property line of 15th Street, and from the east property line of 10th Street to the west property line of 1fth Street and from the east proper ty line of 18th Street to the west prop erty line of 17th Street and from the east property line of 17th Street to the west property line of 18th Street and from the east property line of 18th Street to the west property line of 18th Street shall be paved with sheet as- phalt paving having 8 one inch binder course and one and one-half inch wear ing surface, on five inch concrete foundation, or bitulithic paving two inches thick on five inch concrete foundation, provided, however, that the final selection of the pavement or the kind or character thereof shall be post poned until the bids shall have been received.
 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 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 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 prop erty owners who may be affected by said improvements may see and ex- anime 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 im- proved, provided:
 (a) That the cost of improvements at or upon street, avenue or alley iIi- terseetions shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways 50 intersecting for one half block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk i'm provemeuts 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 inter section of any alley with street, ave- nue or other highway, shall be assessed lin fair proportion against the respect i've lots or parcels of land abutting on or cornering on the alley at such inter- section.
 (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 is $32, ,00o.O0, and that the Commission of the City of Birmingham will meet on the 3rd day of June 1924, in the Council Chamber of the City Hall of Birming- ham, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to hear any objections, remonstrances or protests that may be made against said improve ments, the manner of making the same or the character of materials to be used.
 Approved, May 13, 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission A true copy,
 n nRAX