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Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the Kingsessing Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by Chester avenue on the north, South Fifty-second street on the east, the AMTRAK right-of-way line on the south and South Sixty-first street and Sixty-second street on the west; approving the urban renewal plan and determining that such plan and redevelopment proposal conform to the general locality plan and make adequate provisions for individuals, business concerns and families who are displaced; determining the necessity for changes in and for zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities; determining that the urban renewal plan and redevelopment proposal meet all non-discrimination requirements of Federal, State and Local Laws and the regulations and policies promulgated with respect thereto; declaring that certain expressly designated and provided for condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project; and declaring the redevelopment undertakings in the Project to be an important part of the City's program to remove and prevent the spread of urban blight.
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WHEREAS, In accordance with the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Law, being the Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 991, as amended and supplemented, the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Commission") has on September 15, 1970, certified the Southwest Schuylkill Redevelopment Area as a blighted area, as recertified on October 15, 2002; and,
WHEREAS, The Commission has completed a detailed redevelopment area plan for the Southwest Schuylkill Redevelopment Area dated September, 1970, as amended; and,
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment proposal, dated October, 2002 for the redevelopment of a portion of the Southwest Schuylkill Redevelopment Area, Kingsessing Urban Renewal Area (herein...
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