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File #: 070685    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 9/20/2007 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 11/15/2007
Title: Granting permission to Muhammed Shaukat, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Sponsors: Councilmember DiCicco
Indexes: NEWSSTAND
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy07068500.pdf
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Granting permission to Muhammed Shaukat, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to Muhammed Shaukat, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the public rights-of-way at the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.

The construction and maintenance of said conduit shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the City of Philadelphia and specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, Streets, and Public Property.

No City department, agency, board or commission shall be required solely by virtue of this Ordinance to issue any permit, license, or approval that Muhammed Shaukat must by law obtain prior to construction in the public right-of-way.

This Ordinance specifically does not grant Muhammed Shaukat permission to install or use any machine or device outside the exterior wall of the newsstand.

SECTION 2. Before exercising any rights and privileges under this Ordinance, Muhammed Shaukat shall enter into an agreement ("Agreement") with the appropriate City department or departments, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to provide that Muhammed Shaukat:

(a) Furnish the City with a bond with corporate surety in the amount and in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to insure the compliance with all the terms and cond...

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