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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Delaware Avenue from Robbins Street to Levick Street, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of Delaware Avenue being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes extending from the southeasterly side of Delaware Avenue, southwest of Levick Street, southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, and relocating the curblines of Levick Street, from Barnett and Elbridge Streets to Delaware Avenue, thereby increasing the cartway width of said Levick Street; all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted bill revises the City Plan by vacating Delaware Avenue between Robbins Street and Levick Street while preserving rights-of-way for sewers, drainage, water mains, and other public utilities, including a drainage route toward the Delaware River. It also moves the curblines of Levick Street between Barnett and Elbridge Streets and Delaware Avenue, widening the street’s cartway from 30 feet to 40 feet; the Delaware Avenue vacation depends on an agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
April 14, 2011
Sponsors
JLJoan L. Krajewski
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Full text

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 hereby authorized to revise the lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by:

Striking from the City Plan and vacating Delaware Avenue from Robbins Street to Levick Street.

Reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of Delaware Avenue being stricken.

Placing on the City Plan a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes extending from a point on the southeasterly side of Delaware Avenue, approximately twothirty feet southwest of Levick Street, southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River.

Relocating the southwesterly curbline of Levick Street, from Barnett and Elbridge Streets to Delaware Avenue, three feet southwestwardly and relocating the northeasterly curbline of said Levick Street, from Barnett and Elbridge Streets to Delaware Avenue, seven feet northeastwardly, thereby increasing the width of the cartway of said Levick Street from thirtyfeet to fortyfeet.

SECTION 2. The striking and vacating of Delaware Avenue, as authorized in Section 1(a) herein, shall be conditional upon the execution of an agreement between the City and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID), as owner of a portion of the bed of said Delaware Avenue and of the property abutting the southeast side of said Delaware Avenue, granting to the City the aforesaid right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, and public utility purposes authorized in Section 1(b) herein. The agreement shall provide that no changes in grades shall be made and that no fences, buildings, or other structures, either overhead, underground, or upon the surface, shall be constructed within the lines of the right-of-way or abutting thereon, unless the plans for such structures shall first be submitted to and approved by the Water Department and any other public utility which maintains facilities within the said right-of-way. The agreement shall also grant the right-of-access and occupation at any and all times to the officers, agents, employees, and contractors of the City and any public utility which maintains facilities within the said right-of-way for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, alterations, repairs, and inspection of present and future facilities and structures.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered printed and placed on next first reading calendar

    Pass
  4. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Reported favorably

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass