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File #: 080207    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 2/28/2008 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 4/10/2008
Title: Granting permission to ABEER, LP, owner of the property Oak Lane Diner, 6528 N. Broad Street, to legalize an existing vestibule entrance and for the operation and maintenance of a sidewalk cafe covered by a canvas tent on 66th Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Miller
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy08020700.pdf
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Granting permission to ABEER, LP, owner of the property Oak Lane Diner, 6528 N. Broad Street, to legalize an existing vestibule entrance and for the operation and maintenance of a sidewalk cafe covered by a canvas tent on 66th Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to ABEER, LP, 2457 N. 54th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19131, owner of the property Oak Lane Diner, 6528 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19126, to legalize an existing vestibule entrance and for the operation and maintenance of a sidewalk cafe covered by a canvas tent on 66th Avenue as follows:

Vestibule Entrance
The existing 1-story vestibule dimensions are approximately eighteen feet (18'-0") in length by eighteen feet (18'-0") in height projecting seven feet (7'-0") onto the west sidewalk of N. Broad Street leaving fifteen feet (15'-0") of clear footway. The vestibule is located approximately one hundred and seventy feet (170'-0") south of the south curb line of 66th Avenue.

Sidewalk Café with Canvas Tent Cover
The proposed sidewalk café with canvas tent cover will be situated upon new concrete sidewalk placed at the former grassy area located on the north end of the diner near the turning lane of Old York Road at N. Broad Street. The area described is wholly in the public right-of-way.

A total of seventeen (17) tables are proposed: seven (7) tables approximately three feet (3'-0") diameter to accommodate twenty-eight (28) occupants and ten (10) tables approximately two feet (2'-0") by four feet (4'-0") to accommodate forty (40) occupants. The café area starts approximately one hundred and twenty-seven feet (127'-0") south of the south curb line of 66th Avenue and ends approximately one hundred and sixty-five feet (165'-0") south of the south curb line of 66th Avenue. The proposed café area will result in unobstructed clear footway distances of approximately fifteen feet ...

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