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File #: 240578    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN MAYOR'S OFFICE
File created: 6/6/2024 In control: Committee on Streets and Services
On agenda: Final action: 10/10/2024
Title: Authorizing 5217 Whitby Mt. Moriah, LLC or a subsequent owner to install, own, and maintain an encroachment at 5217-5219 Whitby Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Gauthier
Indexes: ENCROACHMENT
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 24057800
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Authorizing 5217 Whitby Mt. Moriah, LLC or a subsequent owner to install, own, and maintain an encroachment at 5217-5219 Whitby 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 5217 Whitby Mt. Moriah, LLC. or a subsequent owner (the "Owner"), to install, own, and maintain an encroachment at 5217-5219 Whitby Avenue ("Encroachment") as follows:

Property: 5217-5219 Whitby Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143 (the "Property")

Encroachment Description:

A building access ramp will be located adjacent to the building line of 5217-5219 Whitby Avenue and will encroach a distance of approximately six feet (6'-0") towards the south along the north footway of Whitby Avenue starting from a point approximately one hundred fifty-seven feet six inches (157'-6") east of the South 52nd Street west curbline to a point approximately thirty feet (30'-0") farther west leaving a minimum nine feet (9'-0") of clear unobstructed footway.

A minimum of nine feet (9'-0") of clear passable sidewalk space 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 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...

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