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City of Philadelphia
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City Council
Chief Clerk's Office
402 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
BILL NO. 080281
Introduced March 13, 2008
Councilmember Jones
Referred to the
Committee on Streets and Services
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
190 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the northeasterly two feet wide portion of
Stout Road from City Avenue to a point approximately five-hundred sixty-three feet
southeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
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. 190 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the
northeasterly two feet wide portion of Stout Road from City Avenue to a point
approximately five-hundred sixty-three feet southeastwardly therefrom, thereby reducing
the width of said Stout Road from seventy feet to sixty-eight feet.
SECTION 2. This authorization is conditional upon compliance with the following
requirements within two (2) years from the date this Ordinance becomes law:
(a) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, by the owner or
owners of property affected thereby, to release the City from all damages or claims
for damages which may arise by reason of the City Plan changes authorized herein;
in lieu thereof, only after the party in interest has demonstrated best efforts to obtain
such agreements and such efforts are unsuccessful, the party in interest shall file an
agreement and a bond, with corporate surety, satisfactory to the City Solicitor or an
irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to indemnify the City as
aforesaid.
(b) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, by the party in interest,
to release, indemnify, and defend the City from all damages or claims for damages
that may arise by reason of the City Plan changes authorized herein.
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(c) The party requesting changes to the City Plan hereunder shall pay into the City
Treasury as reimbursement to the City the appraised value of the two feet wide
portion of the bed of Stout Road being stricken from the City Plan under authority
of this Ordinance.
(d) The payment by the party in interest of the cost of advertising the public hearing by
the Board of Surveyors on the City Plan changes authorized by this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall not become effective unless the sum of two hundred
dollars ($200.00), toward costs thereof, is paid into the City Treasury within one hundred
and twenty (120) days after this Ordinance becomes law.