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File #: 190851    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 10/31/2019 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2019
Title: Authorizing Steven Cook ("Owner") to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk caf? at 1301-05 North Howard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 ("Property"), all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Council President Clarke, Councilmember Greenlee
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT, SIDEWALK CAFES
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy19085100.pdf
Title
Authorizing Steven Cook ("Owner") to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk caf? at 1301-05 North Howard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 ("Property"), 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 the Owner to install, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk caf? at the Property ("Encroachment"), as follows:

Encroachment Description:
A sidewalk caf?, located along the east Right-of-Way line of North Howard Street and the north Right-of-Way line of West Thompson Street, in two (2) parts:

Part 1:
From a point approximately zero feet (0'-0") north of the West Thompson Street north Right-of-Way line to a point approximately twenty-three feet (23'-0") farther north and encroaching upon the east footway of North Howard Street approximately four feet six inches (4'-6") toward the west.

Part 2:
From a point approximately three feet two inches (3'-2") east of the North Howard Street east Right-of-Way line to a point approximately forty-four feet (44'-0") farther east and encroaching upon the north footway of West Thompson Street approximately four feet six inches (4'-6") toward the south.

A minimum five feet (5'-0") of clear passable sidewalk space on both North Howard Street and West Thompson Street is to remain after installation.

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 contr...

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