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Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire by condemnation or by purchase in lieu of condemnation a certain underground easement through 3822 Ridge avenue, for sewer and drainage purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, is hereby authorized to acquire by condemnation or by purchase in lieu of condemnation a certain underground easement through 3822 Ridge avenue, for sewer and drainage purposes. The said easement is more fully described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto.
SECTION 2. The City Solicitor is authorized, if requested by the Commissioner of Public Property, to prepare and file with the appropriate court a Declaration of Taking to acquire by condemnation the property described by this Ordinance and in that regard to take any action necessary or desirable to effectuate this Ordinance. The Commissioner of Public Property is authorized to enter into an agreement upon terms and in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor for the purchase in lieu of condemnation of the property.
SECTION 3. The City Solicitor is hereby authorized to review and to approve all instruments and documents necessary to effectuate this Ordinance, which instruments and documents shall contain such terms and conditions as the City Solicitor shall deem necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the City.
EXHIBIT "A"
DESCRIPTION OF EASEMENT
That certain fifty-foot (50') wide underground easement, situate in the thirty-eighth (38th) Ward of the City of Philadelphia, and described herein, according to a Plan of Proposed Right-of-Way, dated March 13, 2001, filed BB-202, by James E. Shomper, Surveyor and Regulator of the Sixth Survey District, as follows:
BEGINNING AT A POINT of intersection formed by the westerly line of Ridge avenue (70 feet wi...
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