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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Melon Street from Ridge Avenue to Thirteenth Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage and water main purpose, by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Park Avenue and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage and water main purposes, all 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 and directed to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by:
(a) Striking and abandoning an 18' wide and 19' wide right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes from Broad Street and Ridge Avenue to 13th Street.
(b) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Melon Street from Ridge Avenue to 13th Street.
(c) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Park Avenue from Wallace Street to Melon Street.
(d) Reserving and placing a certain 30' right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes within a portion of the bed of former Park Avenue being stricken from the City Plan under authority of this ordinance.
(e) Placing a certain 30' wide right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes from 13th Street to the head of the Right-of-Way cited above.
SECTION 2. This authorization is conditional upon compliance with the following requirements within two (2) years 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, only after the party in interest has demonstrated best efforts to locate any owner or owners...
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