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File #: 140414    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: LAPSED
File created: 5/8/2014 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Bill No. 130726, approved December 4, 2013, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 71 and 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Swanson Street from Catharine Street to its terminus northwardly therefrom, striking from the City Plan and vacating Fitzwater Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to its terminus westwardly therefrom, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Swanson Street being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and public utility purposes extending from the terminus of Catharine Street, west of Swanson Street, to the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, and relocating the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, from Catharine Street to a point north of Fitzwater Street, in order to conform with the lines established by the ...
Sponsors: Councilmember Squilla
Indexes: CITY PLAN, STRIKE FROM & VACATE
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 14041400.pdf
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Amending Bill No. 130726, approved December 4, 2013, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 71 and 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Swanson Street from Catharine Street to its terminus northwardly therefrom, striking from the City Plan and vacating Fitzwater Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to its terminus westwardly therefrom, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Swanson Street being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and public utility purposes extending from the terminus of Catharine Street, west of Swanson Street, to the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, and relocating the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, from Catharine Street to a point north of Fitzwater Street, in order to conform with the lines established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions," to direct such changes and make other revisions, all under certain terms and conditions.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

Section A. Bill No. 130726, approved December 4, 2013, is hereby amended as follows (additions in Bold; deletions in Strikethrough):

SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-403 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the approval of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission pursuant to Section 4-603 of the Home Rule Charter, to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 71 and 238 by:

a) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Swanson Street from Catharine Street to its terminus approximately one-hundred forty-two feet northwardly therefrom.

b) Striking from the City Plan and vacating Fitzwater Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to its t...

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