City of Philadelphia - File #: 010336

• File #: 010336
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/10/2001
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 6/14/2001
• Title: Granting permission to PF.Net, Inc., its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, operate, replace and remove a telecommunications system along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way and City streets and/or to place such telecommunications system within the existing facilities owned by Verizon-PA, PECO Energy Company, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets, AT&T or other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell
• Indexes: ENCROACHMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/31/2001	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/14/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/14/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/7/2001	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
6/7/2001	0	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
6/7/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/7/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/7/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/5/2001	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/5/2001	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
5/10/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
5/10/2001	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Granting permission to PF.Net, Inc., its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, operate, replace and remove a telecommunications system along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way and City streets and/or to place such telecommunications system within the existing facilities owned by Verizon-PA, PECO Energy Company, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets, AT&T or other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances; 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 PF.Net, Inc., a Delaware Corporation licensed and authorized to conduct business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, located at 600 Kendrick Street, Suite A-5, Houston, Texas 77060 (hereinafter "PF.Net") and its successors, assigns, and agents, to construct, maintain, operate, replace, and remove a telecommunications system and appurtenances along, in and under the public rights-of-way of the City of Philadelphia and within existing facilities owned by Verizon-PA, PECO Energy Company, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, CSX Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Consolidated Rail Corporation Shared Assets, AT&T or other entities holding a grant pursuant to other City ordinances, subject to such owner's consent; and to construct, lay, operate, maintain, replace and remove new telecommunications cables, conduits, access manholes and associated appurtenances (collectively, the "Telecommunications System") to create a system used to transmit, receive and distribute telecommunications, provided that PF.Net is not authorized by this Ordinance to provide to subscribers within the City "cable service," (as defined at 47 U.S.C. §522(6)), or "video programming" (as defined at 47 U.S.C. §522(20)) as an open video system operator pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §573(...