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Granting permission to Johnny Mañanas Restaurant located at 4201 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of Ridge and Midvale avenues, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted ordinance grants Johnny Mañanas Restaurant at 4201 Ridge Avenue permission to operate a sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of Ridge and Midvale avenues, with 10 tables for up to 20 people. The cafe may extend about six feet into the Midvale Avenue sidewalk while leaving at least 14 feet clear for pedestrians, and the restaurant must obtain required permits, enter into a City agreement, provide insurance and a bond, and meet other conditions.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
May 8, 2003
Sponsors
MAMichael A. Nutter
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS

:

SECTION 1.

Permission is hereby granted to Johnny Mañanas Restaurant located at 4201 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe with ten (10) tables approximately three feet (3’) square with chairs, encroaching approximately six feet (6’) on the east footway of Midvale avenue, leaving a minimum of fourteen feet (14’) unobstructed footway for pedestrians. The ten (10) tables that will accommodate twenty (20) occupants will be on the Midvale avenue face of the building and no rails will be used.

The first table is located approximately twenty-three feet (23’) north of the north curb line of Ridge avenue and the last table approximately fifty-one feet (51’) north of the north curb line of Ridge avenue.

SECTION 2.

Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Johnny Mañanas Restaurant must first 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, Johnny Mañanas Restaurant shall enter into an agreement (“Agreement”) with the appropriate City department(s), in a form satisfactory to the Law Department, which shall:

(a)

furnish the City with a bond with corporate surety in the amount required by the Streets Commissioner and in a form satisfactory to the Law Department to insure compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the aforementioned agreement;

(b)

protect, indemnify and save harmless the City from all suits or claims for damages which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of the open-air sidewalk cafe;

(c)

comply with the provisions of The Philadelphia Code thereby securing all required permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies or commissions, as may be required;

(d)

agree in writing that when, at the determination of the City of Philadelphia, the open-air sidewalk cafe necessitates relocation and/or removal of any underground structure, either publicly or privately owned, Johnny Mañanas Restaurant will absorb all costs and expenses for the performance of such work at no cost to the City;

(e)

insure that the ten (10) tables for the open-air sidewalk cafe encroach on the east footway of Midvale avenue no more than the dimensions listed in Section 1, provided that the Streets Department, in its sole unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice;

(f)

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 Law Department;

(g)

remove the open-air sidewalk cafe within thirty (30) days upon service of lawful written notice from the Streets Department; and

(h)

submit documentation in a form acceptable to the Law Department from the owners of the property located at 4201 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, that they have no objection to Johnny Mañanas Restaurant operating and maintaining an open-air sidewalk café on said property.

SECTION 3.

The Law Department shall include in the Agreement such other terms and conditions, as shall be deemed necessary or appropriate in the interest of the City.

SECTION 4.

The permission granted to Johnny Mañanas Restaurant to maintain and operate an open-air sidewalk café on the east footway of Midvale avenue shall expire without any further action by the City of Philadelphia if Johnny Mañanas Restaurant has not entered into the Agreement and satisfied all requirements of the Agreement that are listed in Section 2 within one (1) year after this Ordinance becomes law.

SECTION 5.

This Ordinance shall not become effective unless the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) is paid into the City Treasury within sixty (60) days after this Ordinance becomes law.

End

File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day'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