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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 231 by relocating certain portions of Canton street from Leverington avenue northwestwardly to a point approximately two hundred (200) feet northwestwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance authorizes the Streets Department’s Board of Surveyors to relocate part of Canton Street from Leverington Avenue to a point about 200 feet northwest, revising the City Plan to better match existing physical conditions. The change requires affidavits showing public use to be filed within one year, and the city’s usual minimum street-width rule will not apply to this portion of Canton Street.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
February 21, 2002
Sponsors
MAMichael A. Nutter
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-405

of The Philadelphia Code, the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets is authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 231 by relocating certain portions of Canton street from Leverington avenue northwestwardly to a point approximately two hundred (200) feet northwestwardly therefrom, making Canton street conform more nearly with existing physical conditions, and striking from the City Plan those portions of Canton street inconsistent with existing physical conditions as defined by an official survey, under certain terms and conditions.

SECTION 2. This authorization is conditional upon compliance with the following requirement within one (1) year from the date this Ordinance becomes law:

The filing, with the Streets Department, of affidavits of public use required to legally open Canton street, as proposed to be relocated under authority of this Ordinance.

SECTION 3. The following provision of The Philadelphia Code shall not apply to the portion of Canton street being revised under authority of this Ordinance:

SECTION 14-2104 relating to the minimum width of streets.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

  4. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred