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File #: 250836    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 10/9/2025 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk caf? in the vicinity of 1444 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19125, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Young
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT, SIDEWALK CAFES
Attachments: 1. Bill NO. 25083600
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Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk caf? in the vicinity of 1444 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19125, under certain terms and conditions.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to the owner of the property identified below, currently, S& L REAL ESTATE LLC (the "Owner"), to install, own, and maintain an encroachment at the Property, as follows:

Encroachment Description:

Property: 1444 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19125 D/B/A Pearl's on the Corner

Sixteen (16) tables and thirty-two (32) seats will be located adjacent to the building line of 1444 Frankford Avenue and will encroach a distance of approximately four feet (4'-0") towards the north along the south footway of Jefferson Street starting from a point approximately twenty feet two inches (20'-2") west of the Frankford Avenue west curbline to a point approximately sixty-one feet five inches (61'-5") farther west leaving a minimum of six feet (6'-0") of clear unobstructed footway.

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, 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 exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Owner must first obtain or have their 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 i...

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