The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on Avenue V, Ensley from the south property line of Eight eenth-street, Ensley, to the north prop erty line of Twentieth street, Ensley BE IT ORDAINED, by the commis- sion of the city of Birmingham, as fol lows:
 Section 1. That Avenue v, Ensley from the south property line of 18th street, Ensley, to the north property line of 20th street, Ensley, shall be graded. 1
 That the east and west edges of a 30-foot roadway along the center line of Avenue V, Ensley, from the south property line of Eighteenth street Ensley,; to the north property line oi Twentieth street, Ensley, shall be curbed with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curl and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter three feet wide.
 That the sidewalks on both sides oi avenue V, Ensley, from the south curl line of 18th street, Ensley, to the north property line of 20th street, Ensley shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving located two feet from and parallel with east and west property lines of avenue V, Ensley, respectively
 That the roadway between the gut ter lines on avenue V, Ensley, from the south property line of 18th street, Ems ley, to the north property line of 20tf street, Ensley, shall be macadamizet with chert on slag foundation.
 That the entrances to lots along al of said streets, where the sidewalks are to be paved, shall be paved for z width of four feet with portland cement concrete sidewalk paving, anC the driveways into lots and the alley ways shall be paved with portland cement concrete alley. paving for the full width of the sidewalk and gutter
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes inlets and manlloles of brick, with east iron covers, shall be constructed along said street between said points. Section 2: That said improvement shall be made in accordance with tht established grades, on file in the office of the City Engineer, for said DOT tions of said highways, and according to full detuils, drawings, plans, speei fications and surveys of said work anC estimates, which shall be prepared by the City Engineer, as early as prac ticable, and placed by him on file in his office, in the City Hall, not later than two weeks prior to the date named ir Section of this ordinance, where property owners who may be affected by said improvements may see anC examine the same.
 Section 8 That the cost of con structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abuttins on the portions of the highways so i'm. proved, 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 i'm 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 a street avenue or other highway, shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abut- ting on or coTnering on the alley al such intersection. I
 Gel 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 $5,360.00 and that the Commission of the City of Bir' mingham will meet on the End day oi September, 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 improve ments, the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used
 Approved August 12, 1924,
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk.
 Age Herald, August 16 and 2S, 1924.