City of Philadelphia - File #: 030661

• File #: 030661
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 10/9/2003
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 11/13/2003
• Title: Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 119 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Delhi Street from Tenth Street to Montgomery Avenue and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Delhi Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Clarke
• Indexes: CITY PLAN, STRIKE FROM & VACATE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/4/2003	0	MAYOR	NO ACTION TAKEN
11/13/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
11/13/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	16:0
10/30/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/30/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/30/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/27/2003	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/27/2003	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
10/27/2003	0	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
10/9/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
10/9/2003	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 119 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Delhi Street from Tenth Street to Montgomery Avenue and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Delhi Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-403 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is authorized and directed to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 119 by:

(a) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Delhi Street from Tenth Street to Montgomery Avenue.

(b) Reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Delhi Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority 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, only after the party in interest has demonstrated best efforts to obtain such agreements and such efforts are unsuccessful, the party in interest shall file an agreement and bond with corporate surety, satisfactory to the Law Department, to indemnify the City as aforesaid.

(b) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the Law Department, by the party in interest, to release, indemnify and defend the City from all damages or cl...