The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-22
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE
 NO, 425-D

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on 17th Street, Ensley from the east curb line of Avenue z, Ensley, to the east line of Shady Side Park Addition, and on Avenue H, Ems lev. from the southwest property line of 29th Street, Ensley, to the north east property line of 30th Street, Ensley.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section 1. That the sidewalk on the south side of 17th Street, Ensley, from the east curb line of Avenue z, Ensley, to the east line of Shady Side Park Addition, shall be graded.
 That the north and south edges of a 36 foot roadway along the center line of 17th street, Ensley, from the east curb line of Avenue z, Ensley, to the east line of Shady Side Park Addi- ton, and the east and west edges of a 30 foot roadway along the center line of Avenue H, Ensley, from the southwest property line of 29th Street, Ensley, to the northeast property line of 3Oth Street, Ensley, shall be curbed with portland cement concrete com bined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter two feet wide.
 That the north and south curb lines of 17th Street, Ensley, shall be con nected with the east curb line of 36- foot roadway along the center line of Avenue z, Ensley, with portland ce- ment concrete combined curb and gut ter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter two feet wide.
 That the sidewalks on both sides ot 17th Street, Ensley, from the east curb line of Avenue z, Ensley, to the east line of Shady Side Park Addition, and the sidewalks on both sides of Ave nue II, Ensley, from the southwest property line of 29th Street, Ensley, to the northeast property of 3Oth Street. Ensley, shall be paved for a width of four feet with portland ce- ment concrete sidewalk paving, located two feet from and parallel with the property line of said streets and ave nues, respectively.
 That, the entrances to lots along all of said streets, where the sidewalks are to be paved, shall be paved for width of four feet with portland ce- ment concrete sidewalk paving, and the driveways into lots and the alleyways shall be paved with portland cement concrete alley paving for the full width of the sidewalks and gutter.
 That vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and manhoes of brick, with cast iron covers, shall be constructed along said streets between said points.
 Section 2:-That said improvements rInD ha established grades on file i'll 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 4 of this ordinance, where property own CTS who may be affected by said im- provements may see and examine the same.
 Section 3:-That the cost of con structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abuttins on the portions of the highways so im- 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 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 inter- section of any alley with a street, ave nue or other highway, shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respec- tive lots or parcels of land abutting on or cornering on the alley at such inter- section.
 (c) That no assessment shall ex- ceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits de rived from such improvements.
 Section 4 That the estimated cost of said improvements is S4,095,O0. and that the Commission of the City of Bir- mingham will meet on the 2nd day of December, 1924, in the Council Cham Der of the City Hall of Birmingham, at ten o'clock, a. m., to hear any ob-