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File #: 050670    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 6/16/2005 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 10/27/2005
Title: Granting permission to Center City ERUV Corporation, in order to demarcate the boundaries of a Center City eruv district, to construct and maintain a clear nylon cord and other ancillary facilities including a maximum of ten poles along, over, and in certain public rights-of-way and City streets, and/or to attach such demarcation facilities to existing facilities owned by other entities authorized by other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Clarke, Council President Verna
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy05067000.pdf
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Granting permission to Center City ERUV Corporation, in order to demarcate the boundaries of a Center City eruv district, to construct and maintain a clear nylon cord and other ancillary facilities including a maximum of ten poles along, over, and in certain public rights-of-way and City streets, and/or to attach such demarcation facilities to existing facilities owned by other entities authorized by other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:


SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to Center City Eruv Corporation, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, registered to do business in Pennsylvania (hereinafter "CCEC"), and its successors, assigns, and agents, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, and remove a clear nylon cord or string and other ancillary facilities (including plastic tubes ("lechis"), a maximum of ten poles, and other facilities as may be approved by the Department of Streets) for demarcation of the boundaries of an eruv district ("Eruv Boundaries"), along, in, and over the public rights-of-way of the City of Philadelphia identified below, and/or to place such demarcation facilities within and/or attached to the existing facilities owned by other entities authorized by other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent. CCEC is not authorized by this Ordinance to transmit, receive and distribute energy or telecommunications or to provide to subscribers within the City "cable service," as defined at 47 U.S.C. § 522(6), or "video programming" as defined at 47 U.S.C. § 522(20) as an open video system operator pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 573(a) or otherwise.

(a) The Eruv Boundaries will make maximum use of existing physical features which can be used for demarcation of an eruv for the Center City area consistent with Jewish religious law, including currentl...

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