The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-07
IMUROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO.
 412-D

IMUROvEMENT ORDINANCE NO. An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on 9th avenue, soutn, from the east property line of 27th street. south, to the west property line of 32nd street, south, and on 29th street, south, from the south property line of 9th avenue, south, to the north property | line of Eth avenue, south.
 BE IT ORDAINED by the Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, as fol- lOws:
 Section 1: That the granite curb at the southeast and southwest corners or 9th avenue, south, and 2Sth street, south. shall be reset to form 40 foot roadway along the center line Of Zoth street, south.
 That the east edge of 40 foot road way along the center line of 29th street, south, from the south line of 9th alley, south. to a point 20 feet south of the south line of 9th alley, south, shall De curbed with 6 by 20 inch granite curb.
 That the alley crossing on both sides of 29th street; south, at the 1ntersec- tion of 9th alley, south, shall be paved with portland cement concrete alley pay ing six inches thick.
 That the gutter adjoining the granite curb on both sides of 9th avenue, south, from the east property line of 2!th street. south, to the west property line of 32nd street, south, and the gutter ad- joining the granite curb on both sides of 29th street, south, from the south property line of 9th avenue. south, to the north property line of Eth avenue, south, shall be paved for width of one foot with portland cement concrete gutter paving six inches thick.
 That stone headers shall be set on concrete along the north and south property lines of 9th avenue, south, across the roadway of 18th street, south, and along the north property line of otn avenue. south, across the roadway Of 29th street, south, and 31st street,
 south, and along the north and south
 property lines of 9th avenue, south,
 across the roadway of Both street, south, and across the roadway of 9th avenue, south, along the west property line or 32nd street, south.
 That the roadway between the gutter lines on 9th avenue, south, from the east property line of 27th street, south,
 to the west property line of 32nd street,
 south. and the roadway between the gut
 ter lines on 29th street, south, from the
 south property line of 9th avenue,
 south. to the north property line Of
 7th avenue, south, and the roadway
 between the gutter lines, extending to
 the property lines of all intersectlng
 streets between said points, shall be
 paved with sheet asphalt paving hav' ing a one inch binder course and one and one-half inch wearing surface, on
 a five inch concrete foundation, oi
 bitulithic paving two inches thick on 2
 five inch concrete foundation, provided
 however, that the final selectDn or the
 pavement or the kind or character there
 of, shall be postponed until the DloS
 shall have been received.
 Provided further, that the area be
 tween the tracks and the rails of th'
 tracks and for IS inches outside or tn'
 outside rails of the tracks of the Bir mingham Electric Company on 9th ave
 me. south, from the east property lint of 27th street, south, to the west prop erty line of 32nd street, south, shall no be paved with sheet asphalt or bitullthl' paving as aforesaid, but shall be pave' with vitrified brick track paving on five inch concrete foundation ant grouted. .. That vitrified clay drainage pipes, Tn let's and manholes of brick, with cas iron covers, shall be constructed aloni
 said streets between said points. Section 2: That said improvement shall be made in accordance with tn established grades on file in the ottlc , of the City Engineer, for said portion | of said highways, and according to tul [ details, drawings, plans, specification l and surveys of said work and estimates which shall be prepared by the Git Engineer, as early as practicable, an
 placed by him on file in his office, i , the City Hall, not later than two week l prior to the date named ill Section 7 of this ordinance, where property owT s CTS who may be affected by said improve !. ments may see and examine the same. Section 8: That the cost of construct v ing said improvements shall be assesse
 against the property abutting on tn : portions of the highways so improved I provided: l. Gal That the cost of improvement Q at or upon street, avenue or alley lntel . sections shall be assessed against th o lots or parcels of land abutting on sal f highways so intersecting for one-ha n block in each direction. il (bJ That the cost of sidewalk in a provements on streets and avenue co i ners shall be assessed against the lOt = or parcels of land abutting on or nea q est to said improvements, and the co' h of sidewalk improvements at the inte : section of any alley with a street, av ' nue or other highway, shall be assesse in fair proportion against the respectiN n lots or parcels of land abutting on
 cornering on the alley at such lnterse II tion.
 e (cl That no assessment shall excet |, the cost of such improvements or tl I increased value of such property by re il son of the special benefits derived fro . such improvements. k (d) That the cost of improving D = tween the tracks and the rails of tl
 tracks and for IS inches on each side |. the tracks of any street, electric or ar if other railroad, including switches ar 2 turnouts, shall be paid by the owne of such railroad, and shall be assess' s against and form a lien upon said raj e road and the property connected ther .e with. and fair and just proportion IS the cost of drainage improvements sha Il be assessed against and form lien up' IS each street, electric or other railroa S. on the highways or rights Of WI Y trained by such drains or sewers, al d lothing herein contained shall be co 9. ,tructed to relieve any such railroad O ts obligations in the matter of stre L. improvements.
 h. Section 4 That the estimated cost