Source:Ordinance-1897-18
"An ordinance authorizing the opening of Choate alley, from Pearl street to Friendship avenue, and the assessment of damages caused by the grade of the same." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1897, no. 18. Passed Apr. 12, 1897; approved Apr. 19, 1897. Ordinance Book 11, p. 375. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1897–98, appendix, p. 6, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1898 (Google Books Jr1EAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust chi.096599005; Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecordcommon1897).
No. 18.
AN ORDINANCE—Authorizing the opening of Choate alley, from Pearl street to Friendship avenue, and the assessment of damages caused by the grade of the same.
Whereas, It appears by the petition and affidavit on file in the office of the Clerk of Councils, that a majority of property owners in interest and number abutting upon the line of the said street, have petitioned the Councils of said city to enact an ordinance for the opening of the same; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the City of Pittsburgh in Select and Common Councils assembled and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of the same, That the Department of Public Works be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed and opened Choate alley, from Pearl street to Friendship avenue at a width of 16 feet, in accordance with an ordinance locating the same, approved March 4, 1884.
The damages caused thereby and the damages caused by the grade thereof and the benefits to pay the same to be assessed and collected in accordance with the provisions of the Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania relating thereto and regulating the same.
Sec. 2. That any ordinance or part of ordinance conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this ordinance.
Passed April 12, 1897.
Approved April 19, 1897.
Ordinance Book 11, page 375.