PASSED

This enacted bill approved the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s plan to redevelop the Wister III Urban Renewal Area in Germantown, generally bounded by Wakefield, Baynton, Shedaker, Logan, Greene, Queen Lane, and Bringhurst Streets. It authorizes related changes to zoning, streets, public ways, and utilities; requires relocation assistance for displaced residents, families, and businesses; prohibits discrimination in the project; and states that condemnation is not imminent unless otherwise provided in the plan.

Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of a portion of the Germantown Redevelopment Area, Wister III Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by Wakefield street and Baynton street, between Wister street and Shedaker street, on the north; Shedaker street and Logan street on the east; Greene street on the south and Queen lane and Bringhurst street, between Germantown avenue and Wakefield street, on the west; approving the urban renewal plan and determining that such plan and redevelopment proposal conform to the general locality plan and make adequate provisions for individuals, business concerns and families who are displaced; determining the necessity for changes in and for zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities; determining that the urban renewal plan and redevelopment proposal prohibit discrimination because of race, color, creed, sex,...