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Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section 14-908, entitled "Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District."
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING.
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ยง14-908. Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District.
(1) Legislative Findings. The Council finds that the requirements of Code Section 14-903(1)-(6) for submission of a proposed Neighborhood Conservation District have been met for the proposed Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District.
(2) District Boundaries. For the purposes of this Chapter, The Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District shall be bounded by: the north side of Washington Avenue, the south side of Lombard Street, the east side of 6th Street and the Delaware River.
(3) Area Regulations - Residential Structures. These regulations shall include properties both residentially zoned, regardless of use, and properties that are permitted by the Department for exclusive residential use.
(a) Building Set-back Line. Buildings with legal street frontage shall have no front set-back except that buildings with a street frontage of 20 feet or more on a single street and corner lots may have front set-backs from all street frontages only if a fence wall is constructed upon the property line where the set-back is used, and the space between the fence wall and the building contains at least one tree as approved in the official Philadelphia City Planning Commission plantings list.
(b) Height Regulations. On streets with a width of 21 feet or less, including the cartway and legal sidewalks, new construction shall not exceed 22 feet in height to a cornice line, before either:
(.1) Recessing on a plane, a minimum of 45 degrees, to the maximum height allowable in the ...
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