City of Philadelphia - File #: 040784

• File #: 040784
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 9/23/2004
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 10/14/2004
• Title: Authorizing The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to construct, and the Fox Chase-Rockledge Business Association to maintain, a Welcome to Fox Chase sign in the Fox Chase Traffic Island located between Hasbrook and Oxford Avenues, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember O'Neill
• Indexes: ENCROACHMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/27/2004	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/14/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/14/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/7/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/6/2004	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/6/2004	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
10/6/2004	0	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
9/23/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
9/23/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to construct, and the Fox Chase-Rockledge Business Association to maintain, a Welcome to Fox Chase sign in the Fox Chase Traffic Island located between Hasbrook and Oxford Avenues, under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society ("PHS"), to construct and maintain a sign, approximately four feet wide and five feet high, stating "Welcome to Fox Chase," with graphics of its choosing, in the Fox Chase Traffic Island located between Hasbrook and Oxford Avenues. Permission is hereby further granted to the Fox Chase-Rockledge Business Association ("FCRBA") to maintain such sign.

SECTION 2. The construction, use, and maintenance of the sign 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.

SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights and privileges under this Ordinance, PHS and FCRBA shall enter into an agreement ("Agreement") with the appropriate City department or departments, in a form satisfactory to the Law Department, to provide that PHS and FCRBA shall, inter alia:

(a) agree that upon one hundred and eighty (180) days notice from the City, FCRBA shall remove the sign without cost or expense to the City when given written notice to do so by the City of Philadelphia to accommodate a municipal or municipal sponsored construction project;

(b) furnish the City with either a bond with corporate surety in an amount required by the Department of Streets and in a form satisfactory to the Law Department to insure the compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the Agreement, and to protect and indemnify the City from and against all damages or claims for damages which may arise directly or indi...