Source:Ordinance-1921-574
"An ordinance accepting the dedication of certain property in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same 'Kamin street' and establishing the grade thereon." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1921, no. 574. Passed Dec. 12, 1921; approved Dec. 23, 1921. Ordinance Book 33, p. 153. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Year 1921, appendix, p. 421, Golden-Rod Printing Company, Pittsburgh (Google Books X0EtAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223964; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1921).
No. 574
AN ORDINANCE—Accepting the dedication of certain property in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, for public use for highway purposes, opening and naming the same "Kamin street" and establishing the grade thereon.
Whereas, Herman Kamin and Bessie, his wife, owners of the property hereinafter described, have executed and delivered to the City of Pittsburgh their certain deed of dedication bearing date of October 18th, 1921, now on file in the office of the Bureau of Engineering of said City, wherein they have conveyed said ground to said city for public street or public highway purposes, and have released said City from any liability for damages for or by reason of the physical grading of said public highway to the grade hereinafter established; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the City of Pittsburgh, in Council assembled, and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the authority of the same, That said Deed of Dedication be and the same is hereby accepted and the Bureau of Engineering is hereby authorized and directed to place the same of record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for the County of Allegheny.
Section 2. The ground so as aforesaid conveyed to said City for public highway purposes shall be and the same is hereby appropriated and opened as a public highway in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Dedication and shall be known as "Kamin street", the same being bounded and described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the easterly line of Murdoch street as located by Ordinance No. 167, approved June 26th, 1901, distant S. 1° 13′ W., 199.54 feet from the intersection of the southerly line of Beacon street and the easterly line of Murdoch street; thence N. 83° 30′ E., 257.13 feet to a point on the line dividing the properties now or late of Herman Kamin and the Sterling Land Company; thence along said dividing line S. 1° 13′ W., 50.46 feet to a point; thence S. 83° 30′ W., 257.13 feet to a point on the said easterly line of Murdoch street; thence along the said easterly line of Murdoch street N. 1° 13′ E., 50.46 feet to the place of beginning.
Section 3. The grade of Kamin street, from Murdoch street to the line dividing the properties now or late of Herman Kamin and the Sterling Land Company, is hereby established as follows, to wit:
The grade of the north curb line shall begin at the east curb line of Murdoch street at an elevation of 392.62 feet; thence rising at the rate of 5.5% for the distance of 180.95 feet to a point of curve to an elevation of 402.57 feet; thence by a convex parabolic curve for the distance of 86.27 feet to a point of said curve to an elevation of 405.65 feet, said point being on the line dividing the properties now or late of Herman Kamin and the Sterling Land Company.
Section 4. The Department of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to enter upon, take possession of and appropriate the said described ground for a public highway, in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. 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 December 12, 1921.
Approved December 23, 1921.
Ordinance Book 33, Page 153.
