City of Philadelphia - File #: 220490

• File #: 220490
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/26/2022
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 6/23/2022
• Title: Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a pedestrian underpass in the vicinity of 5700-30 City Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones
• Indexes: ENCROACHMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/31/2022	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/23/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/9/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
6/9/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/9/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/7/2022	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/7/2022	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
6/7/2022	0	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/26/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL

Title
Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a pedestrian underpass in the vicinity of 5700-30 City Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to the Trustees of Saint Joseph's University or its designee (the "Owner"), to install, own, and maintain encroachments at the Property as follows:

Property: 5700-30 City Avenue (the "Property") Encroachment Description:
A pedestrian underpass beneath the cartway and footprint of City Avenue located approximately one hundred and fifty feet (150') east of the Cardinal Avenue curb line. The minimum vertical clearance beneath City Avenue will be 9'-0" as measured from the top of the pedestrian path to the bottom of the western most beam. This will allow for a 6" ceiling below the beams and provide an 8'-6" vertical under clearance to the ceiling. The underpass is approximately twenty-five feet (25') wide.

SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the Encroachment 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 generally consistent 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, Owner must first obtain or have its 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 supersede any other provision of law governing the issuance ...