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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by striking from the City Plan Kingston street from Richmond street to Allen street and Allen street from Kingston street to Venango street, and by vacating those stricken portions of Kingston and Allen streets that lie outside the right-of-way lines of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) and by reserving and placing on the City Plan two (2) rights-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-405 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by:
(a) Striking from the City Plan Kingston street from Richmond street to Allen street.
(b) Striking from the City Plan Allen street from Kingston street to Venango street.
(c) Vacating those stricken portions of Kingston street that lie outside the right-of-way lines of the Delaware Expressway (I-95).
(d) Vacating those stricken portions of Allen street that lie outside the right-of-way lines of the Delaware Expressway (I-95).
(e) Reserving and placing on the City Plan two (2) rights-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes within the vacated areas identified in Section 1(c) and Section 1(d) of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. This authorization is conditional upon compliance with the following requirements within one (1) year from the date this Ordinance becomes law:
(a) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the Law Department, by the owner or owners of property affected thereby, to release the City from all damages or claims for damages which may arise by reason of the City Plan changes authorized herein; in lieu thereof, provided that the party in interest has demonstrated best efforts to obtain such agreements and suc...
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