Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," by prohibiting the construction or establishment of curb cuts for vehicular access to certain shopping areas, under certain terms and conditions.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
TITLE 11. STREETS.
CHAPTER 11-100. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
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§11-104. Curb Cuts.
(1) Definitions.
(a) City Street. A street on the City Plan, other than a State or Federal
Highway.
(2) Prohibited curb cuts. No person shall construct or establish, within sixty-five (65) feet of any residential property, a curb cut for the purpose of vehicular or delivery truck access from a City Street to any lot zoned Area Shopping Center District under Section 14-309, where such lot measures six hundred twenty-five thousand (625,000) square feet or more in area, unless:
(a) such curb cut would provide the only vehicular access to and from an off-street parking area; or.
(b) such curb cut would provide access only to authorized emergency vehicles as defined in Section 12-102 or to other vehicles used in providing public services, including but not limited to, vehicles used in providing water, gas, electric or telephone service.
The distance from any residential property shall be determined by measuring from the point at which the center line of the driveway intersects with the property line of the Area Shopping Center District.
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