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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 195 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a dead-end portion of Cumberland Street extending from Beach Street to a terminus southeastwardly therefrom, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes within a portion of Cumberland Street being stricken, and plotting on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes extending from the said terminus of Cumberland Street to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way being reserved, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-404 of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is hereby authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 195 by:
a) Striking from the City Plan and vacating a certain dead-end portion of Cumberland Street which extends from Beach Street to a terminus approximately thirty-four feet southeastwardly therefrom.
b) Reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes within a sixty feet wide portion of said Cumberland Street as being stricken.
c) Plotting on the City Plan an existing right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, previously appropriated and condemned by the City but not plotted on City Plan, sixty feet wide and extending from the existing terminus of Cumberland Street, southeast of Beach Street, southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River.
SECTION 2. This authorization is conditional upon compliance with the following requirements within two (2) years from the date this Ordinance becomes law:
a) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, by the owner(s) of property affected thereby, to release the City from all damages or claims for damages which may arise by re...
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