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Authorizing Nicole and Daniel Dizio, Owners of Wit or Witout Cheesesteaks, to construct, own and maintain one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford 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 Nicole and Daniel Dizio to construct, own and maintain various sidewalk encroachments at 7352 Frankford Avenue as follows:
One (1) table, four (4) chairs, and one (1) trash receptacle will be placed adjacent to the building on the West sidewalk of Frankford Avenue. The table and chairs encroach seven feet six inches (7'-6), leaving approximately eleven feet (11') of clear unobstructed footway. No rails will be used.
SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue described and listed 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, Nicole and Daniel Dizio 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, before exercising any rights and privileges under this Ordinance, Nicole and Daniel Dizio shall enter into an agreement (Agreement) with the appropriate City department or departments, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to provide that Nicole and Daniel Dizio, agree, inter alia:
(a) that upon one hundred and eighty (180) days notice from the City, they
shall remove the one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue without cost or expense to the City and shall remove the one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue at no cost and expense to the City of Philadelphia when given written notice to do so by the City of Philadelphia to accommodate a municipal or municipal sponsored construction project;
(b) to furnish the City with either a bond with corporate surety in an amount required by the Department of Streets and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to insure the compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the Agreement, and to protect and indemnify the City from and against all damages or claims for damages which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of the construction, maintenance or use of the one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue or their removal, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in a form and content acceptable to the City that Nicole and Daniel Dizio self-assume liabilities and obligations normally covered by the Surety Bond;
(c) to secure all necessary permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, agencies, boards or commissions of the City as may be required by regulation or law. 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;
(d) to assume the costs of all changes and adjustments to, and relocation or abandonment of City utilities and City structures wherever located as may be necessary by the reason of the construction of one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue;
(e) to carry public liability and property damage insurance, co-naming the City of Philadelphia as an insured party, in such amounts as shall be satisfactory to the City Solicitor, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in form and content acceptable to the City that Nicole and Daniel Dizio are self-insured and are providing the City of Philadelphia the same coverage and benefits had the insurance requirements been satisfied by an insurance carrier authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
(f) to insure that all construction contractors for the one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue carry public liability and property damage insurance, naming the City of Philadelphia as an insured party in such amounts as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and
(g) to give the City and all public utility companies the right of access, ingress and egress for the purpose of inspection, maintenance, alteration, relocation or reconstruction of any of their respective facilities which may lie within the public right-of-way of any affected streets.
SECTION 4. The City Solicitor shall include in the Agreement such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed necessary to protect the interests of the City.
SECTION 5. The permission granted to Nicole and Daniel Dizio to construct, own and maintain one table, four chairs and one trash receptacle on the sidewalk located at 7352 Frankford Avenue described in Section 1 shall expire without any further action by the City of Philadelphia if Nicole and Daniel Dizio have not entered into an Agreement and satisfied all requirements of the Agreement that are listed in Section 3 of this Ordinance within one (1) year after this Ordinance becomes law.
SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall not become effective unless the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), toward costs theref, is paid into the City Treasury within sixty (60) days after the date this Ordinance becomes law.
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