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Authorizing the National Park Service to construct, own and maintain a building encroachment and steps at 530 Market Street, 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 the National Park Service to construct, own and maintain a building encroachment and steps at 530 Market Street that will encroach upon the south sidewalk of Market Street, as follows:
The proposed building and steps are located approximately fifty one feet eight inches (51'-8") east of the east curb line of 6th Street and have an approximate length of forty five feet four inches (45'- 4").
The structure encroaches onto the south sidewalk approximately fifteen feet (15') leaving a distance approximately thirteen feet (13') for clear pedestrian traffic.
SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the building encroachment described in Section 1 shall be in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the City of Philadelphia, and specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections and the Department of Streets, provided that the Department of Streets, in its sole, unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice.
SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, The National Park Service must first obtain or have their contractor(s) obtain all required permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies or commissions. No such department, board, agency or commission shall be required to issue any such permit, license or approval solely because this Ordinance has been enacted, it being the express intent of this Ordinance not to supersede any other provision of law governing the issuance of such permits, licenses or approvals. In addition, and Section 11-609 of The Philadelphia Code notwithstandi...
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