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Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," and Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," to provide authorization to the Streets Department to adopt regulations establishing fees for issuing permits for hauling oversized and overweight vehicles; breaking streets and footways for the installation and repair of underground pipes and conduit; placing construction materials, construction equipment and portable on-demand storage units in the right-of-way; and for providing accelerated service for survey activities and City plan changes and plan reviews of private paving plans; and to establish supplementary inspection fees when the work or activity has been commenced without the permit first having been obtained; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.
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CHAPTER 9-400. CARRIERS.
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ยง 9-406. Hauling Permits for Oversized and Overweight Vehicles.
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(4) Fees.
(a) The charge for such single trip permit shall be a fixed fee of fifteen ($15) dollars, plus a tonnage fee of three ($0.03) cents per ton of two thousand pounds, or fraction thereof, of gross weight of vehicle and load for each mile, or fraction thereof, of length of haul on all streets, roadways or highways under the jurisdiction of the City of Philadelphia, from point of origin to point of destination entirely within the City of Philadelphia, or such other amount or amounts as the Department may establish by regulation, including supplementary inspection fees when the activity has been commenced without the permit first having been obtained.
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SECTION 2. Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 11. STREETS.
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CHAPTER 11-100. ...
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