HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 22ORDINANCE No. 22.
An ordinance defining the term side-
walk, providing for the width thereof
and regulating the planting of shade
trees thereon.
The Board of Trustees of the City
of Beaumont do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The term sidewalk
shall include the space between the
curb and the property line, whether
improved or unimproved, and includ-
ing the parking space.
SECTION 2. That on all streets and
avenues of a width not exceeding
sixty-six feet within the corporate
limits of the City of Beaumont, the
position of the curb lines shall be and
is hereby established at a distance of
sixteen feet from the property lines
along said streets and avenues. That
on all streets and avenues of a width of
eighty feet and over within said cor-
porate limits the position of the curb
lines shall be and is hereby established
at a distance of twenty feet from the
property lines along said streets and
avenues.
SECrIox. 3. That all cement side-
walks hereafter to be constructed in
the City of Beaumont on all streets
and avenues other than on business
blocks shall be constructed not less
than five feet in width and the outer
edge thereof shall be six feet from
the property line along said street or
avenue.
SECTION 4. That on all streets and
avenues in the City of Beaumont, the
position of all street trees hereafter
planted shall be at a distance of ten feet
from the property lines en said streets
and avenues.
SECTION 5. Any violation of the
provisions of this ordinance is hereby
declared • to be a misdemeanor and
shall be punishable by a fine not to
exceed fifty dollars.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall
be published once in the Beaumont
Leader and thereafter shall take effect
and be in force immediately.
Introduced by R. E. Williams.
Passed August 8, 1913.
J. J. McCoy,
President of the Board.
Ayes: Lee, McCoy, Thompson, Tillery,
Williams.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Attest:
W. W. WATSON,
City Clerk.