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The enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s property maintenance rules for piers, bulkheads, wharves, docks, and other waterfront structures along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers and their estuaries. It updates required inspections and structural assessment reports, creates revised condition ratings and response requirements, and sets procedures for addressing unsafe conditions, including notifying officials, restricting access, or closing structures; it also makes technical changes and provides an appeal process for owners.

Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), to amend provisions relating to periodic inspections of piers and other waterfront structures; and to make technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.