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File #: 020253    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 4/25/2002 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: Final action: 6/13/2002
Title: Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the Ontario Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by West Westmoreland street on the north; Broad street on the east; West Clearfield street on the south; and Fifteenth 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 nondiscrimination 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 imminent with respe...
Sponsors: Councilmember Miller
Indexes: REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy02025300.pdf
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Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the Ontario Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by West Westmoreland street on the north; Broad street on the east; West Clearfield street on the south; and Fifteenth 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 nondiscrimination 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 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 March 20, 2002, certified Ontario Redevelopment Area as a blighted area; and

WHEREAS, The Commission has completed a detailed redevelopment area plan for the Ontario Redevelopment Area dated March, 2002; and

WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment proposal, dated April, 2002 for the redevelopment of a portion of the Ontario Redevelopment Area, Ontario Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter "Ontario"), in conformity with the aforesaid Redevelopment Area Plan, which redevelopment proposal has been certified by the Commission to the Council; a...

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