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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0040_1921AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF AN ORDINANCE PASSED DECEMBER lot, 1905, ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE "TV PROVIDE; FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, GRADING,CURB- ING AND REPAIRING OF SIDEWALKS, AND TO PROTIDE A MEANS OF FIXING AND -DETERMINING THE ASSESWENT AND PROPORTION ANDAMOUNT OF COSTS TO BE PAID BY THE ABUTTUNG PROPERTY OWNERS FOR SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED, GRADED, CURBED, OR REPAIRED AND TO FIX A LIEN ON SAID PROPERTY AND A CHARGE AGAINST THE OWNER OF SUCH PROPERTY FOR THE COST OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION, GRADING, CURBING AND REPAIRING AND THE COST OF COLLECTING THE SAME, AND TO PR©VIDE WAYS, MANNER AND LEANS OF COLLECTING SUCH AMOUNTS FROM SUCH ABUTTUNG PROPERTY OWNERS% SO THAT THE SAID SECTION 29 OF THE SAID ORDINANCE SHALL HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS: Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of george- town, Texas, as follows: SECTION 2. All sidewalks and curbs shall be constructed so as to conform to the grade established by the Street Commiss- ioner, and that the said grade shall be ascertained and furnished by the said Street Commissioner before the said sidewalk or curb is constructed. That all of°such sidewalks and curbs shall be constructed by excavating or filling, as may be necessary to. five inches below the established grade, for the mase or foun- dation; and that the said foundation shall then be well tamped and packed. That all sidewalks and curbs be made of Portland cement, sand and crushed stone or gravel, in the follow n���,g;�,,..__man- ner: to -wit: Sidewalks shall be four and one half (4D�'�Ftde and five inches thick; the first four (4) Inches -to be of one part cement, three parts clean sharp grit sand, and four parts clean gravel or crushed stone, mixed, laid and tamped or packed in the usual and proper manner, --before cement begins to set; and after cement has set for the usual and proper= time, a coating of one Inch of cement and clean sharp grit sand in equal proportions, mixed in the usual and proper manner, placed thereon and then worked to a smooth surface. The wall of -the curb shall be six inches thick, the first five inches constructedin the same man ner as the first four inches of sidewalk, and the outer inch, constructed in the same manner as the top inch of sidewalk; and the wall of the curb shall be of a hdight sufficient to be parallel with end one inch below at its top line with the top of the sidewalk. The drain or ditch portion of the curb shall be two (2) feet wide and five (5) inches thick and shall be con- structed in the same manner as provided herein for sidewalks. That all sidewalks, and all curbs shall be laid and constructed upon the lines and grades designated by the street commissioner; and it shall be unlawful for any person to lay or construct( any sidewalk or any curbs on or along any street in this City on any other lines or any other grades than those furnished by the Street Commissioner or to bonstruct any side- walk or curbs on or along any street in a manner other than the manner prescribed herein; and that any side walk or curb, constructed on or along any street of this City at any place or in any manner other than provided herein, shall, upon the order of the Street Commissioner, be removed by and at the cost and