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Authorizing Rimas Properties to construct, own and maintain, a raised entrance plaza encroachment at 1352 South Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to Rimas Properties, to construct, own and maintain a raised entrance plaza at 1352 South Street. The raised entrance plaza, located on the south public sidewalk of South Street, will provide ingress & egress to six (6) retail tenant spaces as well as ADA accessibility. The raised entrance plaza is approximately two hundred feet (200'-0") in length and encroaches approximately five feet (5'-0") onto the south public sidewalk of South Street leaving six feet six inches (6'-6") of clear footway. The raised entrance plaza will include two (2) accessibility ramps and two (2) entrance steps. The placement of tables and/or chairs on the raised entrance plaza for the purposes of a sidewalk café or accessory seating is prohibited.
SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the raised entrance plaza described and listed in Section 1 shall be in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the City of Philadelphia, and specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections and the Department of Streets, provided that the Department of Streets, in its sole, unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice.
SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Rimas Properties must first obtain or have their contractor(s) obtain all required permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies or commissions. No such department, board, agency or commission shall be required to issue any such permit, license or approval solely because this Ordinance has been enacted, it being the express intent of this Ordinance not to supersed...
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