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This enacted ordinance amends a 2015 ordinance concerning encroachments into the rights-of-way of several Center City streets and an overhead pedestrian bridge above Filbert Street. It allows the Streets Department to approve minor changes and encroachments by the Gallery Operator without additional legislation when they follow plans approved by the City Planning Commission or Art Commission, provided specified agreement and other requirements were completed by June 18, 2017.

Amending Section 9 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 150377) approved June 18, 2015, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the construction, ownership, and maintenance of various encroachments into the right-of-way of Market Street, Filbert Street, 11th Street, 10th Street, 9th Street and 8th Street, and authorizing the assignment of certain rights with respect to an overhead pedestrian bridge above Filbert Street west of the house line of Ninth Street to be assigned, all under certain terms and conditions," by further authorizing the Streets Department to approve encroachments consistent with plans approved by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and the City of Philadelphia Art Commission.