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Approving the first amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Center City Redevelopment Area, Franklin Town Project, being the area beginning in the vicinity of Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets, which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations to add religious institutional as a permitted use, modifying the regulations to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks and adjusting height limitations, and for amending the regulations by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls within certain portions of the project area.
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WHEREAS, The redevelopment proposal and the relocation plan of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of the Franklin Town Project (hereinafter referred to as "Franklin Town") was approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 31, 1971; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a first amendment of the redevelopment proposal dated October 2010 which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations and controls to add religious institutional as a permitted use, for modifying the regulations and controls to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks, for modifying the regulations and controls to adjust height limitations for certain portions of the project area, for amending the regulations and controls by adding glazing requirements for buildings within certain portions of the project area, and amending the regulations and controls by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls; and
WHEREAS, The first amendment of the redevelopment proposal has been submitted to the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia and has been certified by the Commission to the Council; and
WHEREAS, The aforesaid amendments to the redevelopment proposal will forward a central objective of the Community De...
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