HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 491, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONCR'E'T SIDE'7A1KS,
CURBS AND GUTTERS, AND ALL NECESSARY P4gNHOLES, INTAKE S. SEVjBRS AND CATCH
BASINS, ON BOTH SIDES OF SIXTEENTH STREET FRO`1 THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF
BROADWAY TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE OF JEFFERSON STREET, IN THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, i2I`1TUCKY, AND PROVIDING THAT SAI E T.LAY BE PAID FOR UPOPF THE TEN
y' Y-6AR PAYs1ENT PLAN.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Paducah, Kentucky:
Section 1. That the sidewalks, curbs and gutters, together with
the necessary manholes, intakes, catch basins and sewers on both sides of
Sixteenth street from the north prope-ety line of Broadway to the soc-th
prope-rt- line of Jefferson street, in the city of Paducah, Kentucky, be,
and the same are hereby ordered to be constructed; that said sidewalks
and gutters shall be constructed of concrete material and the curbing shall
be of concrete, suitable in all respects for such construction, and all to
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be done in strict accordance with the plans, grades, specifications, widths
and profiles prepared in the office of the Commissioner of Public Works, and
all of which are adopted as a part of this Ordinance as fully as if em-
braced herein or attached hereto and made a part hereof, and are marked "A"
for more specific identification.
Section 2. That said work shall be constructed under the direction
and supervision of the Commissioner of Public Works, and shall be commenced
at a time designated by contract for the performance of said work, and com-
pleted on or before seven months after the passage and recording of this
Ordinance.
Section 3. That the cost of,such construction of said sidewalks,
curbs and gutters, and the necessary manholes, intakes, catch basins and
sewers, shall be paid for wholly by the property owners abutting or fronting
thereon, on both sides thereof, to be apportioned to and assessed against
the property and property owners abutting thereon, on both sides thereof,
according to the number of front feet abutting thereon, except the corner
lots abutting upon said improvement shall pay for the e.ntire cost Of all of
the intersections, in addition to the abutting property immediately in front
thereof.
Section 4. The contractor awarded the contract for the work herein
provided for shall be paid only from the funds arising from the special tax
bills and assessments against the property abutting the improvement herein
provided for, and in no other way, except that the said contractor may be
paid out of such bonds as may be issued, in accordance with the law of the
City of Paducah and charter of cities of the second class of the State of
Kentucky, and for the payment of which said tax bills and assessments may be
pledged by the said City of Paducah; and in no event shall the said City of
Paducah be liable to the contractor for the construction of any of the work
herein provided for, except the said City of Paducah shall be liable to the
said contractor for the excess of fifty (501�5) per cent of the value of any
property assessed for the construction of the work herein provided for.
Section 5. The contractor awarded the contract herein provided for
shall be paid monthly by Improvement Warrants, issued by the City of Paducah
upon estimates furnished by the Commissioner of Public Works, to the extent
of sixty-five (650) per cent of the value of the work done or materials
furnished by the contractor during the progress .of the work, and said
improvement warrants shall bear six (60) per cent interest from date of
issual and shall be issued by the Commissioner of Public Finance upon order
of the Board of Commissioners. Said improvement warrants shall be negotiable,
and shall constitute a lien upon. the local taxes to be hereafter levied for
such improvement, and shall be payable at the office of the Commissioner of
Public 'Finance, without notice to the holder thereof, upon completion and
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acceptance'of the work.herein provided for, out of the first collection
of such local taxes, or out of the proceeds of the sale of any improve-
ment bonds issued in anticipation of such local takes. The interest on
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such improvement warrants shall be estimated and assessed as a part of
the cost of the improvement herein provided for.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force
ten (10) days after same is adopted and recorded; provided petition,
according to law, for a referendum vote hereon, has not been filed within
said ten days.
Adopted by Board of Commissioners November 3, 1919.
Recorded by Henry Bailey, City Clerk, Nov. 4, 1919.
Published in official newspaper, November 6" 1919.
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