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File #: 240121    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 2/29/2024 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 4/18/2024
Title: Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk caf? in the vicinity of 2401 E. Norris Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Squilla
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT, SIDEWALK CAFES
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 24012100, 2. CertifiedCopy24012100
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Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk caf? in the vicinity of 2401 E. Norris Street, 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 the owner of the property identified below or the owner's designee, Norris Street Holdings, LLC., (the "Owner"), to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk caf? (the "Encroachment") at 2401 E. Norris Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125 (the "Property"), as follows, subject to all restrictions set forth in this ordinance:

Encroachment Description:

Property: 2401 E. Norris Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125 D/B/A Loco Pez

Eight (8) tables and thirty-two (32) seats will be located adjacent to the building line of 2401 East Norris Street and will encroach a distance of approximately six feet (6'-0") towards the west, along the east footway of Cedar Street starting from a point approximately thirty-one feet six inches (31'-6") north of the East Norris Street north curbline to a point approximately fifty-nine feet six inches (59'-6") farther north leaving a minimum five feet (5'-0") of clear unobstructed footway.

SECTION 2. The construction, installation, use, and maintenance of the Encroachment described and listed in Section 1 shall be in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the City of Philadelphia, and specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Department of Streets, and the Art Commission, provided that the Department of Streets, in its sole, unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice.

SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Owner must first obtain or have its contractor(s) obtain all required permits, licenses, and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies, or commissions. No such department, board, agency, o...

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