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Authorizing Samuel JR Sherman of the Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation, to construct, own, and maintain various planter encroachments on Broad Street, McKean Street, 15th Street, Snyder Avenue and Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148, all 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 Samuel JR Sherman, (“Owner”) to construct, own and maintain multiple planter right-of-way encroachments (“Encroachment”) on Broad Street, McKean Street, 15th Street, Snyder Avenue and Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148 as follows:
Encroachment Description:
Planter #1, #2 and #3
Three planters, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, to be placed, on center, approximately three feet and five inches (3’5”) from the face of the easterly curb of South Broad Street. Said planters, measured from center of planter, shall be forty six feet (46’), ninety six feet (96’) and one hundred sixty four feet (164’) north of the face of northerly curb of Snyder Avenue.
Planter #4 and #5
Two planters, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, to be placed, on center, approximately three feet and five inches (3’5”) from the face of the easterly curb of South Broad Street. Said planters, measured from the center of planter, shall be one hundred and eleven feet (111’), and one hundred ninety feet (190’) south of the face of southerly curb of Mckean Street.
Planter # 6
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, located at the northwesterly corner of Broad Street and Passyunk Avenue ; set back twenty one feet (21’) from East Passyunk Avenue and eighteen feet (18’) from South Broad Street.
Planter # 7
One planter, measuring approximately 40” diameter x 34” high, on center, located at the easterly curb line of East Passyunk Avenue; four feet (4’) from north of Water Value and eleven feet (11’) west of the property boundary of 1817-1819 East Passyunk Avenue.
Planter #8, #9 and #10
Three planters, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, to be placed approximately five feet (5’) from the face of the westerly curb of South Broad Street. Said planters, measured from the center of planter, shall be forty seven feet (47’), and seventy six feet (76’) and ninety two feet (92’) north of the face of northerly curb of Snyder Avenue.
Planter#11
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, located at the southwesterly corner of Broad Street and Passyunk Avenue, fourteen feet (14’) south of the bumpout corner curb face along the southerly curb line of West Passyunk Avenue, and thirty two feet (32’) west of the westerly curb face of South 15th Street.
Planter #12
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, located between McKean Street and West Passyunk Avenue, westerly of South Broad Street. Centered forty five feet (45’) west of the intersection curb line of West Passyunk Avenue Street and South Broad Street, also twelve feet (12’) south from the southerly curb of McKean Street.
Planter#13
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, located at the northeasterly corner of West Passyunk Avenue and South 15th Street, eighteen feet (18’) east of the easterly curb face of South 15th Street and thirteen feet (13’) north of the bumpout corner curb face along the northerly curb line of West Passyunk Avenue.
Planter #14
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, located at the northwesterly corner of West Passyunk Avenue and South 15th Street, twenty seven feet (27 ’) west of the westerly curb face of South 15th Street and twelve feet (12’) north of the bumpout corner curb face along the northerly curb line of West Passyunk Avenue.
Planter #15
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, located at the southwesterly corner of West Passyunk Avenue and South 15th Street, twenty five feet (25’) west of the westerly curb face of South 15th Street and eight feet (8’) south of the bumpout corner curb face along the southerly curb line of West Passyunk Avenue.
Planter #16
One planter, measuring approximately 42” x 42” x 36”, on center, located at the southeasterly corner of West Passyunk Avenue and South 15th Street, eight feet (8’) east of the easterly curb face of South 15th Street and five feet (5’) south of the bumpout corner curb face along the southerly curb line of West Passyunk Avenue.
SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the Encroachment 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, the Department of Streets, and the Art Commission, 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, Owner must first obtain or have its 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, Owner shall enter into an agreement (“Agreement”) with the appropriate City department or departments, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to provide that Owner, inter alia,:
(a) agrees that upon thirty (30) days notice from the City, it shall remove the Encroachment without cost or expense to the City and shall remove the Encroachment 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) shall 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;
(c) shall 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 the Encroachment;
(d) shall 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 Owner is self-insured and is providing the City of Philadelphia the same coverage and benefits had the insurance requirements been satisfied by an insurance arrier authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
(e) shall insure that all construction contractors for the Encroachment 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
(f) shall 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 footway adjacent to the Encroachment described in Section 1; and
(g) indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees and agents from and against any and all loss resulting from injury to, or death to persons or damage to property arising out of, resulting from, or in any manner caused by the presence, location, use, operation, installation, maintenance, replacement or removal of the Encroachment. Owner shall also agree to release the City from any and all claims relating to the Encroachment, including if ordered removed or when street, sidewalk or utility construction occurs; and
(h) 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 Law Department to insure the compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the Agreement, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in a form and content acceptable to the City that Owner self-assumes the liabilities and obligations normally covered by the Surety Bond.
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 Owner to legalize the Encroachment described in Section 1 shall expire without any further action by the City of Philadelphia if Owner has 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 ($200.00), toward costs thereof, is paid into the City Treasury within sixty (60) days after the date this Ordinance becomes law.
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