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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 728, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDI11Ai10E PROVIDING I'0:' THE 0014STRUCTIOTI AVID RECOTI- STRUCTIOII OF THE DRIVE;PAY Oil JEFFRSON STREET, FROM THE !.',-EST PROPERTY I 7.-I1:E OF SEVENTEENTH STREET, OR ID t FOUNTAIN AVENUE, TO THE WEST LIISL OF I TWENTY-FIFTH STREET, BEING APPROXIMATELY 3110 LINEAR FEET IN TIE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AT THE COST OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OTNE_RS, AND PRO- VIDING THAT SAKE MAY BE CONSTRUCTED UPON THE TEN YEAR PAYT:yNT PILON. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CaMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF I �PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: I SECTION 1. That the driveway on Jefferson Street, from the West property line of Seventeenth Street, or Fountain Avenue, to the .'Jest property line of Twenty-fifth Street, being approximately 3110 Linear feet, in the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be, and the same is hereby ordered to be construct No. _ _ Y ,� Ordinance No. ed; that said street shall be constructed and reconstructed with concrete, tarvia, Bitulithie, Kentucky Rock Asphalt, Sheet Asphalt, or any other improved paving material, as may be determined by the Board of Commission- ers as the best and most economical material for the construction thereof, upon bids made therefor, and all to be done in strict accordance with plans, grades, specifications, widths and profiles on file in the office of the Commissioner of Public Affairs, prepared by him for such purpose, and all of which are adopted as a part of this ordinance as fully as if embraced herein, or attached hereto and made a part hereof, and marked "A"' for more specific identifications. SECTION 2. That said work shall be constructed under the direction and su- ipervision of the Commissioner of Public Affairs, and shall be commenced at the time designated by contract for the performance of said, work, and completed on or before SEVEN months after the passage of this ordinance SECTION 3. The cost of such construction of said Street 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 pro- perty owners abutting thereon, on both sides thereof, accordinP to the number of front or abutting feet thereon, except that the City of Paducah shall pay such portion of such construction as required by law; and except that the Paducah Railway Company, which owns a strip of ground through the center of said street twenty (20) feet *aide, and which abutts on the drive- way on both sides thereof from Nineteenth Street, if extended or construct- ed, to Twenty-fifth Street, between the street intersections on said street, shall pay for one-half of the construction of the driveways on each side of said twenty (20) fact strip between Nineteenth Street, if extended or constructed, to Twenty-fifth.Street; and excepting that at all said street intersections, said Paducah Railway Company shall pay all of the cost of said construction and reconstruction of said street under and between its tracks and for a space of eighteen (18) inches on each side of its said tracks; and from the ':Jest line of Seventeenth Street, or Foun- tain Avenue, to and including Nineteenth Street, if extended or constructed the said Paducah Railway Company shall likewise pay all the cost of said street construction between and under its lines of track, and for eighteen (18) inches on each side thereof, and that said cost of said construction and reconstruction of said street, so apportioned and assessed against the said Paducah Railway Company shall be and remain and constitute a lien upon all the property, assets and franchises of said Paducah Railway Com- pany within the corporate limits of the City of Paducah, which lien shall be a first lien upon all the property, assets and franchises of all kinds whatsoever of said Paducah Railway Company within the corporate limits of No. 7riO Ordinance No. the City of Paduoah, and shall be due and payable at the same time and in the same manner, Vnd shall bear like interest as the taxes assessed against the abutting property, but in no event shall the City be liable for any part of the cost of such improvement, except as provided in Section 3096 Kentucky Statutes. SECTION 4. The Contractor awarded the contract for the work herein pro= vided 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 as provided in Section 3,.and except further that said Contractor may be paid out of such bonds as -may -be isSued''iii 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 assessment may be pledged by the City of Paducah; and, in no event, shall the City of Paducah be liable to the Contractor for the construction of any,of the work herein provided, except that the City of Paducah shall be liable to the said Contractor for the excess of Fifty (50%) per cent of the value of any property assessed for the construction of the -ao-rk herein provided for. I SECTION 5. The Contractor awarded the contract herein provided for may be paid monthly be Improvement -Jarrants issued by the City of Paducah i upon estimates furnished by the Commissioner of Public Affairs, to the extent of Sixty-five (650) per cent of the value of the work done, and said Improvement ';darrunts shall bear Sig. (60) per cent interest from date of issue, and shall be issued by the Commissioner of Public Finance upon order of the Board of Commissioners. Said Improvement ;:!arrants shall be negotiable a.nd 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 hold- er thereof, upon completion and acceptance of the work herein provided I for, out of the first collection of such local taxes, or out of the pro ceeds of the sale of any Improvement Bonds issued in anticipation of I said local taxes. The interest on said improvement ',Tarrants shall be estimated and assessed as a part of the improvement herein provided for, SECTION 6. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute all written contracts and bonds with the successful bidder for the construc- tion of said improvement, as required by law. SECTION 7. Bids shall be received for the construction of said work out I of Concrete, Tarvia, Kentucky Rock Asphalt, Sheet Asphalt, Bitulithic, or any other improved paving material, according to plans and specifica- No-- V-11. . Ordinance No.-_ tions made and provided therefor by the Commissioner of Public Affairs. and reported to the Board of Commissioners at Ae next regular or called meeting, and said Board of Commissioners shall determine the material with which said street shall be constructed, and award the contract there- for to the lo:rest and best bidder, except that the richt is expressly reserved to reject any and all bids, within the discretion of said Board of Commissioners. SECTION 8. This Ordinance shill take effect and be in force ten (10) days after its passage. RECORDED T,UkY 17TH, 1921. PUBLISHED 1921. ii I tayor .