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O#24 ORDINANCE NO. 24. On Street Improvement - Central Avenue An Ordinance providing for the opening, establish.ing, grading, paving and oiling of Central Avenue, a Street in the ~ieeks and Andrews Addition to the Town of Boynton, Florida, from the Railroad of the Florida East Coast Railway Company westward to a point where a continuation of Green Street intersects said Central Avenue, thence south from said intersection on Green Street, a distance of approxi- mately 330 feet more or less to the Present Paving on said Green Street, which said Streets are located within the Town of Boynton, Florida; stating in a general way the work to be done, the Limits within which said work is to be done, the materials to be used, the grade to be estab- lished, the fill to be made and the width of said paving; determining and deciding on the necessity of said improve- ments; directing and requiring the owner or owners of any Lot or Parcel of Land abutting thereon to improve said Streets; fixing the time within which said owner or owners shall commence the Improvements of said Street and pre- scribing that if said owner or owners shall refuse to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance within the time specified herein, the Town Commission of the Town of Boynton, Florida, shall cause the said work to be done by contract or otherwise and assess the expense of such work on the abutting property in proportion to the frontage; authorizing the fixing of said assessment when the said improvements are completed. ?;he~eas a petition und~r date of June 1st, 1922, has been presented to the Town Commission for certain im- provements more particularly specified in the title of this 0~dinance, which said petition was signed by Ed. Meeks (and twelve others;)therefore, BE IT ORDAI]fED BY THE TO?~ CO~,~ISS ION OF T}~E TO'~N OF BOYNTON IN PAL~ BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Sec. 1. That this To%,wn Commission does hereby de- termine and decide to open, establish, grade, fill in, clear, pave and oil the streets of said Town of Boynton, Florida, more particularly specified as follows: Central Avenue according to the plat of the Neeks and Andrews Addition to the Town of Boynton, Florida, from the rail- road of the Florida East Coast Railway Company 'Jestward to a point where the continuation of Green Street inter- sects said Central Avenue; thence South on said Green Street, a distance of approximately 330 feet, more or less, to the paving as at present located on said Green Street; that this Town Commission further decides and determines that it is immediately necessary to undertake and construct said improvements. Sec. 2. That the said streets shall be graded, cleared, paved, rocked and oiled, within the limits specified in the preceding section of this Ordinance. Sec. 3. That the paving is to be for the width of l0 feet, measuring a distance of 2302 feet on each side of the center of the right-of-way of said streets; that the said streets are to be paved to a depth of eight inches of rock; that they ~re to be scarified, rolled and then oiled. Sec. 4. That the material to be used in the construc- tion of said road shall be rock commonly known as 0jus rock, as mined from quarries located in Dade County and Broward County, Florida; that the grade to be established is 12.~2 feet above the sea level at the East end of Central Avenme and 18.2~ feet above sea level at the ~est end of said Central Avenue, ~d gradually sloping each way from the said Western end of Central Avenue, which said point is the intersection between the continuation of Green Street and said Central Avenue; all of said grades will more particularly appear in profiles on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Boynton, Florida; that the fill to be made is apProximately fourteen inches, in two separate locations on said street, each location being for t~ approximate length of 100 feet; that said grades shall be according to grade stakes to be set on~ the ground by the Town Engineer of the Town of Boynton; that the area between the boundary lines of said paving shall be t~oroughly cleaned of all grass, trash or other debris, after which it shall be graded and paved with an average depth of eigh~ inches of 0jus rock; said streets shall then have all inequalities removed, tho- roughly rolled, watered, graded and rerolled until ready for surface treatment for its entire width of l0 feet; that one fourth gallon of bituminous oil per square yard of surface shall be spread over the said paving, said oil to be spread by hand or with a machine of approved pattern; immediately after spreading, the area so spread shall be matured and thoroughly covered with clean sand, all of the above work to be done according to specifica_ tions and as shown on the place and profile prepared by the Tov~ Engineer and now on file in the office of the Town Clerk, all of which are made a part of this Ordi- nance to the same .extent as if fully set out herein. Sec. 8. That the owner or OWners of any lot or parcel of land abutti~g on said streets within said limits are hereby ordered, directed and required to construct, pave, improve and oil said streets, within ten days from the adoption of this Ordinance; said im- provements to be commencerS, within said time and to be completed not later than sixty days from the adoption of this Ordinance. Sec. 6. That if the owner or OWners of any lot or parcel of land abutting on said streets Within said limits shall fail or refuse to core,hence the said im- provements within the time described herein, to-wit, ten days from the adoption of this Ordinance, the Town Commission of the Town of Boynton, Florida, shall Cause the said work to be done by contract or othezw~ise, as said Commission may in its descretion ente~ into separate contracts for any grading, filling clearing or paving, or for any portion of either; the said Commission may in its discretion Perform all or any portion of any public work under its own supervision, under a foreman or through agency, employing such labor as may be necessary and not let the same under contract as may in its opinion best serve the interests of the public. ~hen such work has been completed the said Commission may pay the expense of same out of any funds belonging to the To~wn, or it may pay for the same with certificates of indebtedness. The Commission may assess the expense of suc)~ work on the abutting property in pro- portion to the frontage, which said assessment shall be by resolution adopted after t~e completion of said improvements. Sec. 7. That this Ordinance shall take effect imme- diately upon its becoming a law. The above Ordinance No. ~, having been read in full at a meeting of the To~ Commission of the Town of Boynton, Flo- rida, held on the 8th day of July A. D. 19~, was adopted and passed at a Regular ~eeting of said Commission held on the 18th day of July A. D. 192~, and a copy thereof posted at the front door of the Town Hall at Boynton, Florida, on the l~th day of July A. D. 1922. F. L. Nuster, ~a~"or (Signed) ~V. B. ~iller, Vice Eayor (Signed) J. C. Powe!l, Clerk (Signed)