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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Moravian Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan two rights-of-way for drainage and utility purposes within the lines of portions of Moravian Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-403 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by:
(a) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Moravian Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street.
(b) Reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of a portion of Moravian Street as proposed to be stricken by authority of Section 1(a) herein extending from Nineteenth Street westwardly approximately one-hundred forty-seven feet to a terminus.
(c) Reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of a portion of Moravian Street as proposed to be stricken by authority of Section 1(a) herein extending from Twentieth Street eastwardly approximately one-hundred forty-seven feet to a terminus.
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 City Solicitor, 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 obtain such...
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