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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 163 by relocating the southwesterly houseline and curbline of Ridge Avenue near Calumet Street; by relocating the northwesterly houseline and curbline of Calumet Street from Ridge Avenue to the Fairmount Park Line; by striking from the City Plan East River Road from Calumet Street northwestwardly to its terminus; and vacating the portions of said East River Road laying outside the lines of Fairmount Park; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-405 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 163 by:
(a) Relocating the southwesterly houseline and curbline of Ridge Avenue from Calumet Street to a point approximately three-hundred twelve feet northwestwardly therefrom six feet southwestwardly, thereby increasing the width of said Ridge Avenue within the affected area from sixty feet to sixty-six feet.
(b) Relocating the northwesterly houseline of Calumet Street from Ridge Avenue to the Fairmount Park Line southeastwardly a distance varying from approximately sixteen feet at Ridge Avenue to approximately eleven feet at the Park Line, thereby reducing the width of said Calumet Street from seventy feet to a variable width, and relocating the northwesterly curbline of said Calumet Street from Ridge Avenue to the Fairmount Park Line southeastwardly a distance varying from approximately seventeen feet at Ridge Avenue to approximately twelve feet at the Park Line, thereby establishing an eleven feet wide footway along the relocated northwesterly houseline of said Calumet Street.
(c) Striking from the City Plan East River Road from Calumet Street northwestwardly approximately one-thousand one-hundred sixteen feet to its terminus in the vicinity of former Weightman Street and ...
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