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Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Spruce Street from Twenty-fifth Street to the Pierhead & Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River, striking from the City Plan and vacating Twenty-sixth Street from Spruce Street to Delancey Place, and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of the said streets being stricken and incorporating the vacated areas of said streets under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance revises the City Plan by vacating portions of Spruce Street and Twenty-sixth Street in the area between Twenty-fifth Street, Delancey Place, and the Schuylkill River. It preserves rights-of-way for sewer, drainage, and water mains and places the city-owned vacated areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
February 2, 2012
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1.

Pursuant to Section 11-403 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. 308 by:

Striking from the City Plan and vacating Spruce Street from Twenty-fifth Street to the Pierhead & Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River.

Striking from the City Plan and vacating Twenty-sixth Street from Spruce Street to Delancey Place.

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lacing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Spruce Street being stricken.

Placing on the City Plan a righ

t-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of TwentyStreet being stricken.

SECTION 2.

Effective upon confirmation of the street strikings and vacatings authorized in Sections 1(a) and 1(b) herein, the said vacated areas, owned by the City of Philadelphia, are deemed incorporated into the adjoining Citylands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation.

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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

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

  3. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass