City of Philadelphia - File #: 051095

• File #: 051095
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 11/17/2005
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Title: Amending Section 11-506 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Alleys, Driveways, and Retaining Walls," by providing additional methods by which the City may assess abutting property owners to alleys or driveways which must be paved, repaved, or repaired, and by authorizing the Procurement Department to designated one or more nonprofit entities to enter into contracts and otherwise administer the paving and repaving of alleys and driveways in the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Nutter
• Indexes: ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS, AND RETAINING WALLS
• Code sections: 11-506 - Alleys, Driveways, and Retaining Walls

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/7/2006	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/7/2006	0	Committee on Streets and Services	RECESSED
6/7/2006	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
5/23/2006	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/23/2006	0	Committee on Streets and Services	RECESSED
5/23/2006	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
11/17/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
11/17/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Section 11-506 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Alleys, Driveways, and Retaining Walls," by providing additional methods by which the City may assess abutting property owners to alleys or driveways which must be paved, repaved, or repaired, and by authorizing the Procurement Department to designated one or more nonprofit entities to enter into contracts and otherwise administer the paving and repaving of alleys and driveways in the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 11-506 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§11-506. Alleys, Driveways, and Retaining Walls.

(1) Whenever the Department of Streets determines that it is necessary to grade, pave, repave, or repair any public alley or driveway or any private alley or driveway having an outlet to any public street, highway or alley in the City, it shall give written notice of the Department's intention to have such work done and the provisions of this section to all the owners, agents, or persons in possession of the properties abutting on, having the use of, the alley or driveway where such work is to be done. If the Department of Streets is unable to serve the above persons, then the notice shall be posted upon a conspicuous part of the property.

(2) Whenever under the provisions of this section the Department of Streets is to have any work done, the Procurement Department is authorized to enter into a contract for such work, which shall be done in accordance with plans and specifications of the Department of Streets and pursuant to existing laws and ordinances. The Procurement Department is further authorized to designate one or more existing nonprofit development corporations or nonprofit corporations, or a nonprofit development corporations or nonprofit corporations established by the Council of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a contract for such ...