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Authorizing the relocation of the southerly curbline of Carpenter Street, from Broad Street to Fifteenth Street on City Plan No. 15-S, a variable distance southwardly, so as to widen the cartway of said Carpenter Street, authorizing the plotting on said City Plan of an area for public pedestrian use extending along the southerly side of Carpenter Street, from Broad Street to Fifteenth Street, and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said area for public pedestrian use, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-404 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized to make certain changes affecting a portion of City Plan No. 15-S by:
a) Relocating the southerly curbline of Carpenter Street, from Broad Street to Fifteenth Street, a variable distance southwardly, thereby widening the cartway of said Carpenter Street and creating a parking lane along the major part of the said southerly curbline.
b) Plotting upon the City Plan a fifteen feet wide area for public pedestrian use extending along and contiguous with the southerly side of Carpenter Street from Broad Street to Fifteenth Street and limited in vertical dimension to the ground floor level of the existing and proposed structures occupying and proposed to occupy the abutting property.
SECTION 2. This authorization is conditional upon compliance with the following requirements within two (2) years from the date this Ordinance becomes law:
a) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, by the owner(s) of property affected thereby, to release the City from all damages or claims for damages which may arise by reason of the City Plan changes authorized herein; in lieu thereof, only after the party in interest has demonstrated best efforts to locate any owner or owners of property affected and has been unable to do so, the...
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