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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 240 and 296 by placing on the City Plan Nixon Street from the existing northwesterly terminus of Nixon Street, northwest of Shawmont Avenue, to Port Royal Avenue (not on City Plan), placing on the City Plan River Road from Port Royal Avenue (not on City Plan) to a point approximately ten feet southeast of the Philadelphia-Montgomery County Line, and placing on the City Plan a right of way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes and emergency access purposes extending from the proposed northwesterly terminus of River Road to the Philadelphia-Montgomery County Line and authorizing the vacating of the legally open portions of Nixon Street and River Road lying outside the lines of Nixon Street and River Road as proposed to be placed on City Plan, all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, River Road (portions now known as Nixon Street), from Domino Lane to the Philadelphia-Montgomery County Line, was opened for public use of a width of forty feet by order of the Court of Quarter Sessions on April 8, 1811; and
WHEREAS, a portion of River Road/Nixon Street, extending from a point northwest of Shawmont Avenue northwestwardly to a point near the Philadelphia-Montgomery County Line, is still in use by the public but not plotted on the City Plan; and
WHEREAS, portions of said Nixon Street and River Road, as currently paved and used by the public, lie outside of the lines as established in 1811, and development and construction on the adjoining lands has made conformance with the 1811 lines impractical; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to place on City Plan said Nixon Street and River Road, plotting the lines thereof so as to conform more nearly with existing physical conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-402 of The Philadelp...
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