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Authorizing Brandywine Cira Post Office L.P. to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments at 2970 Market Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, Brandywine Cira Post Office L.P. located at 2929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 is the owner and developer of the former United States Post Office building located at 2970 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA; and
WHEREAS, Brandywine Cira Post Office L.P. is currently undergoing construction for the new offices of the Internal Revenue Service; and
WHEREAS, Brandywine Cira Post Office L.P. has requested permission to construct, own and maintain various encroachments pursuant to its obligations by the United States Department of Homeland Security to provide security enhancements around the building; now, therefore
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to Brandywine Cira Post Office L.P., its successors and assigns, and therefore is hereby authorized to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments ("Encroachments") appurtenant to 2970 Market Street as follows:
Security Planters:
Approximately ten (10) security planters at various sizes, ranging from approximately three feet by nine feet (3ft x 9ft) to twenty feet by fifteen feet (20ft x 15ft), and four feet (4') in height leaving over fifteen feet (15') of clearance for pedestrian traffic.
SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the Encroachments 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, the Department of Streets and the Art Commission, provided that the Department of Streets, in its sole, unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice.
SECTION 3. Before exerci...
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