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Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code ("Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions"), by amending Section 9-208 relating to sidewalk cafes by amending and adding certain provisions for regulating sidewalk cafes; 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 9-200. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON STREETS.
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ยง9-208. Sidewalk Cafes.
(1) Definitions:
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(d) Sidewalk Cafe. An [area] open-air space on the public sidewalk [directing,] directly abutting [and adjacent to or vacant land immediate], adjacent and contiguous to a restaurant or any premises licensed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, pursuant to regulations (40 Pa. Code Chapter 7, Subchapter B, Section 7.21) of the Board, to conduct business on the above-mentioned premises, where food is served at tables and chairs.
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[(3) License Fee. An annual license fee of one hundred sixty ($160.00) dollars shall be paid in addition to any of the other license fees required within the building.
(4)] (3) License, Indemnification and Other Conditions.
[(a)] No person shall erect, construct or maintain a sidewalk cafe, either where permitted by subsection (2) or where permitted pursuant to special ordinance, unless he has obtained [the necessary] a sidewalk cafe license from the [d] Department of Licenses and Inspections. No license shall be issued unless:
[(.1) the applicant submits a plan specifying the precise location of the sidewalk cafe, including a description of metes and bounds of the proposed sidewalk cafe;
(.2) the plan has been approved by the Department of Licenses and Inspections, as it pertains to the protection of the general public.
(.3) the plan has been approved by the Department of Streets as ...
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