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File #: 240495    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN MAYOR'S OFFICE
File created: 5/23/2024 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 6/13/2024
Title: Authorizing the vacating of Beaumont Street from Fifty-First Street to its terminus southwestwardly therefrom.
Sponsors: Councilmember Gauthier
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 24049500

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Authorizing the vacating of Beaumont Street from Fifty-First Street to its terminus southwestwardly therefrom.

 

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WHEREAS, Beaumont Street (formerly known as Ameaseka Street), from Fifty-First Street to a terminus southwestwardly therefrom, was opened for public use by a dedication made on May 26, 1859, but was not plotted on the City Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the said Beaumont Street was not paved or otherwise improved and is not in use by public traffic; and

 

WHEREAS, it is desirous for the City to vacate any rights in the bed of said Beaumont Street and allow it to revert to private property;

 

NOW, THEREFORE,

 

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

 

SECTION 1.  The Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized to adopt a resolution and approve a plan vacating Beaumont Street from Fifty-First Street to its terminus southwestwardly therefrom at the northeasterly line of the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, within the area designated as City Plan No. 184.

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