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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Hancock street from Pollard street to Germantown avenue, and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-405 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by:
(a) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Hancock street from Pollard street to Germantown avenue.
(b) Reserving and placing on the City Plan a forty (40) feet wide and variable width right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes within the bed of Hancock street as proposed to be stricken 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, provided that 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 claims for damages, which may arise by reason of the City Plan changes authorized herein.
(c) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory...
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