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File #: 250887    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 10/16/2025 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Authorizing the City of Philadelphia to construct, own, and maintain right-of-way encroachments in various parts of the City, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Council President Johnson, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 25088700
Title
Authorizing the City of Philadelphia to construct, own, and maintain right-of-way encroachments in various parts of the City, under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The City is hereby authorized to install and maintain right-of-way encroachments (collectively, the "Encroachment") in the locations more fully described in Exhibit A, pursuant to standards and procedures established by the Department of Streets by regulation.

SECTION 2. The Encroachments authorized by this ordinance include, but are not limited to, benches, planters, banners, lighting, and decorative fixtures.

SECTION 3. Permission to install and maintain any such Encroachments is subject to existing laws of the City concerning encroachments generally and the Department of Streets shall incorporate such terms in implementing regulations as the Department of Licenses and Inspections, Law Department, and Art Commission shall deem necessary to protect the interests of the City.

SECTION 4. Permission to install and maintain any such Encroachments in the right-of-way on private property shall require authorization of the property owner as may be required by law.

SECTION 5. The City's responsibility for ownership, construction, use, and maintenance of the Encroachments shall only be extinguished by the permanent removal of the Encroachments or by termination of any agreement between the City and the owner of the property where the Encroachment is located.

SECTION 6. This Ordinance is effective immediately.




Exhibit A: Encroachment Locations

District

Corridor
1st
S. 9th Street, 900 block through 1100 block.

1st
Arch Street, 900 block and 1000 block.

10th Street, Filbert Street to Race Street
2nd
Point Breeze Avenue, 1200 block, 1300 block, 1400 block, 1500 block.

2nd
Woodland Avenue, 6000 block through 6700 block.

3rd
52nd Street, Arch Street to Walnut Street

3rd
Lancaster Avenue, 3900 block thr...

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