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Authorizing Rockledge / Fox Chase Business Association, 7948 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, to construct, own and maintain a clock tower and raised planter on the west public sidewalk of Oxford Avenue at the reconfigured intersection of Loney and Barnes Streets, under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, the proposed clock and planter will be installed in conjunction with the City's Rockledge and Fox Chase Streetscape Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the Rockledge / Fox Chase Business Association, 7948 Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, has requested permission to construct, own and maintain a clock tower and raised planter on the west public sidewalk of Oxford Avenue at the reconfigured intersection of Loney and Barnes Streets; now, therefore
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Rockledge / Fox Chase Business Association, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to construct, own and maintain a clock tower and raised planter as follows:
Clock Tower
The clock tower will be installed atop a masonry pedestal base approximately four feet (4') square by one foot six inches (1'-6") high sitting on a concrete masonry foundation approximately three feet (3') deep. The clock tower is approximately seventeen feet (17') high. The centerline of the proposed clock tower is approximately twenty feet (20') west of the west curb line of Oxford Avenue and twenty feet (20') north of the north curb line Loney / Barnes Streets.
Raised Planter
The brick masonry triangular planter, forming a right angle parallel to the curb lines of Oxford Avenue and the reconfigured curb line of Loney / Barnes Street, is approximately by one foot six inches (1'-6") high, sitting on a concrete and masonry foundation approximately three feet (3') deep. The raised planter, located approximately twelve feet (12') west of the west curb line of Oxford Avenue and nine feet (9') south of the south curb line of Loney / B...
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