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File #: 080639    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 9/18/2008 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 11/6/2008
Title: Authorizing the Mt. Airy Revitalization Corporation to construct, own, and maintain, a sign on the traffic island of Wadsworth Avenue at the intersection with Cheltenham Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy08063900.pdf
Title
Authorizing the Mt. Airy Revitalization Corporation to construct, own, and maintain, a sign on the traffic island of Wadsworth Avenue at the intersection with Cheltenham Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to the Mt. Airy Revitalization Corporation ("MARC"), to construct and maintain a sign, approximately four feet wide and five feet high, stating "Welcome to Mt. Airy," with graphics of its choosing, on the traffic island of Wadsworth Avenue at the intersection of Cheltenham Avenue.

SECTION 2. The construction, use, and maintenance of the sign 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.

SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights and privileges under this Ordinance, MARC shall enter into an agreement ("Agreement") with the appropriate City department or departments, in a form satisfactory to the Law Department, provided that MARC shall, inter alia:

(a) agree that upon one hundred and eighty (180) days notice from the City, MARC shall remove the sign without cost or expense to the City when given written notice to do so by the City of Philadelphia to accommodate a municipal or municipal sponsored construction project;

(b) furnish the City with either a bond with corporate surety in an amount required by the Department of Streets and in a form satisfactory to the Law Department to insure the compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the Agreement, and to protect and indemnify the City from and against all damages or claims for damages which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of the construction, maintenance or use of the sign or its removal, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in a form and content acceptable to the City that MARC sel...

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