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Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey certain tracts of land with the buildings and improvements thereon located on the block bounded by West Huntingdon Street, North Fairhill Street, West Lehigh Avenue, and North Fifth Street, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for nominal consideration, for further conveyance.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, is hereby authorized to convey, for nominal consideration, certain tracts of land with the buildings and improvements thereon located on the block bounded by West Huntingdon Street, North Fairhill Street, West Lehigh Avenue, and North Fifth Street, in the City of Philadelphia, generally described as follows, for further conveyance at less than fair market value:
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings or improvements thereon erected, Situated in the 19th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, and described according to a Survey and Plan of Property made by James E. Shomper, Surveyor and Regulator of the Sixth Survey District, dated July 12, 1990 (BB-36), as follows:
BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly side of Fifth Street, (60’ wide) and the northerly side of Huntingdon Street (50’ wide); Thence extending N. 78º 39’ 00” W., along the northerly side of the said Huntingdon Street, the distance of 318’ 0” to a point formed by the intersection of the northerly side of the said Huntingdon Street and the easterly side of Fairhill Street (50’ wide); Thence extending N. 11º 21’ 00” E., along the easterly side of the said Fairhill Street, the distance of 400’ 0” to a point on the southerly side of a certain 4’ 0” wide alley, which extends eastwardly from the said Fairhill Street to Reese Street (40’ wide); Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., along the southerly side of the said alley, also partly passing through a wall, the distance of 53’ 5” to a point; Thence extending S. 11º 21’ 00” W., passing through a wall, the distance of 113’ 8” to a point; Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., passing through a wall, the distance of 0’ 7” to a point; Thence extending S. 11º 21’ 00” W., passing through a wall, the distance of 0’ 1 ½” to a point; Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., along the southerly face of a brick wall, also along a side of a certain variable width easement, hereinafter more fully described, extending northwardly and eastwardly into the said Reese Street, the distance of 30’ 11 ¼” to a point; Thence extending N. 11º 21’ 00” E., along the easterly face of a brick wall, also along a side of the said easement, the distance of 42’ 4 ½” to a point; Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., along the face of a brick wall, also along another side of the said easement, the distance of 8’ 0” to a point; Thence extending N. 11º 21’ 00” E., along the easterly face of a brick wall, also along another side of the said easement, the distance of 21’ 8 ½” to a point; Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., along the southerly face of a brick wall, also along another side of the said easement, the distance of 46’ 0 ¾” to a point on the westerly side of the said Reese Street; Thence extending S. 11º 21’ 00” W., along the westerly side of the said Reese Street, the distance of 7’ 3 ⅝” to a point of curvature, being the beginning of a Cul-de-Sac at the terminus of the said Reese Street; Thence extending southwestwardly, along the westerly side of the said Reese Street, on the arc of a circle, curving to the right, having a radius of 10’ 0”, a central angle of 78º 27’ 47”, and an arc distance of 13’ 8 ⅜” to a point of reverse curve; Thence extending southwardly along the westerly side of the Cul-de-Sac of the said Reese Street, on the arc of a circle, curving to the left, having a radius of 40’ 0”, a central angle of 168º 27’ 47”, and an arc distance of 117’ 7 ¼” to a point of tangency on the southerly terminus of the said Reese Street; Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., partly along the southerly terminus of the said Reese Street, also partly through a wall, the distance of 101’ 0” to a point; Thence extending S. 11º 21’ 00” W., the distance of 4’ 0” to a point; Thence extending S. 78º 39’ 00” E., partly passing through a wall, the distance of 78’ 0” to a point on the westerly side of the said Fifth Street; Thence extending S. 11º 21’ 00” W., along the westerly side of the said Fifth Street, the distance of 250’ 0” to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
CONTAINING in total area 91,778.0 square feet or 2.10693 acres.
UNDER AND SUBJECT to a certain previously mentioned driveway easement, to be used by the owners and occupiers of the property abutting thereon to the north, in common with the owners and occupiers of the property described above, said driveway easement being more particularly described as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN variable width easement, situate in the 19th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, and described in accordance with a Survey & Plan of Property (BB-36/267) made July 12, 1990 for the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation by James E. Shomper, Surveyor & Regulator of the Sixth Survey District, as follows:
BEGINNING AT A POINT on the westerly side of Reese Street (forty feet wide), at the distance of one_hundred forty_nine feet eight and one_half inches southwardly from the southerly side of Lehigh Avenue; thence extending South eleven degrees twenty_one minutes West, along the said westerly side of Reese Street, the distance of seven feet three and five_eighths inches to a point of curve; thence extending southwestwardly, still along the said westerly side of Reese Street, along the arc of a circle curving to the right and having a radius of ten feet, the arc distance of three feet nine and one_half inches to a point; thence extending North seventy_eight degrees thirty_nine minutes West, along a non_tangent line, the distance of twenty_six feet ten and three_fourths inches to a point; thence extending South eleven degrees twenty_one minutes West, the distance of sixteen feet four and one_eighth inches to a point on the said westerly side of Reese Street, said point being the beginning of a non_tangent curve to which said beginning of curve a radial line bears North thirty_two degrees seventeen minutes eighteen seconds West; thence extending southwestwardly, along the said westerly side of Reese Street, along the arc of a circle curving to the left, the arc distance of thirty_four feet ten and seven_eighths inches to a point; thence extending North seventy_eight degrees thirty_nine minutes West, the distance of four feet ten inches to a point; thence extending South eleven degrees twenty_one minutes West, the distance of thirty_nine feet ten and one_half inches to a point; thence extending North seventy_eight degrees thirty_nine minutes West, the distance of forty feet three inches to a point; thence extending North eleven degrees twenty_one minutes East, the distance of thirty_four feet seven and one_half inches to a point; thence extending South seventy_eight degrees thirty_nine minutes East, the distance of thirty feet eleven and one_fourth inches to a point; thence extending North eleven degrees twenty_one minutes East, the distance of forty_two feet four and one_half inches to a point; thence extending South seventy_eight degrees thirty_nine minutes East, the distance of eight feet to a point; thence extending North eleven degrees twenty_one minutes East, the distance of twenty_one feet eight and one_half inches to a point; thence extending South seventy_eight degrees thirty_nine minutes East, the distance of forty_six feet and three_fourths inches to a point on the said westerly side of Reese Street, said point being the FIRST MENTIONED POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING IN AREA two_thousand eight_hundred forty_eight Square Feet or six_thousand five_hundred thirty_eight one_hundred thousandths acres.
SECTION 2. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to review and approve all instruments and documents necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, which instruments and documents shall contain such terms and conditions as the City Solicitor shall deem necessary and proper to protect the interests of the City.
SECTION 3. Net proceeds from the sale of this property shall be deposited in the City’s General Fund.
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