City of Philadelphia - File #: 090749

• File #: 090749
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 10/22/2009
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Final action: 12/17/2009
• Title: Amending Section 11-301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Street Improvements," to revise the method by which the Board of Surveyors may approve supplemental plans relocating the curblines and changing the roadway widths of streets.
• Sponsors: Councilmember DiCicco
• Indexes: BOARD OF SURVEYORS
• Code sections: 11-301 - Street Improvements

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/13/2010	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/17/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
12/17/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
12/10/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
12/10/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
12/8/2009	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/8/2009	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
12/8/2009	0	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
10/22/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
10/22/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Section 11-301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Street Improvements," to revise the method by which the Board of Surveyors may approve supplemental plans relocating the curblines and changing the roadway widths of streets.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 11-301 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 11-300. BOARD OF SURVEYORS.

§11-301. Street Improvements.

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[(6) Whenever any street is to be improved, and, in the judgment of the Board of Surveyors a partial lessening of the width of a roadway for a distance less than the entire block is desirable to improve the safety of pedestrians and increase traffic calming, a plan shall be prepared showing the proposed widths and location of the roadways, sidewalks and other surface improvements, including divisors or median strips, in accordance with a standard cross-section for a street of that width on file with the Board. This plan, upon approval by the Board of Surveyors shall be filed as a supplement to the records of the confirmed plan, and shall be followed in making all street improvements.

(7) Whenever any street is to be improved, and, in the judgment of the Board of Surveyors a partial widening of the width of the roadway for a distance less than the entire block that does not affect the abutting House Line but is desirable to improve the safety of pedestrians, a plan shall be prepared showing the proposed widths and location of the roadways, sidewalks and other surface improvements, including divisors or median strips, in accordance with a standard cross-section for a street of that width on file with the Board. This plan, upon approval by the Board of Surveyors shall be filed as a supplement to the records of the confirmed plan, and shall be followed in making all street improvements.]

(6) Whenever it is des...