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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. 080432
Introduced May 1, 2008
Councilmember O'Neill
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.
350, in the area northeast of Susquehanna Road and northwest of Verree Road, by
placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes,
and a right-of-way for gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 11-402 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. 350 by:
(a) Placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility
purposes described as follows:
BEGINNING AT A POINT on the northeasterly side of
Susquehanna Road (sixty feet wide, legally open), said point being
measured North forty-nine degrees forty-eight minutes four seconds
West, along the said northeasterly side of Susquehanna Road, the
distance of one-thousand twenty-two and four-hundred twenty-three
one-thousandths feet from a point of tangency at the northwesterly end
of a curve having a radius of fifteen feet and an arc length of
twenty-three and six-hundred forty-eight one-thousandths feet which
connects the said northeasterly side of Susquehanna Road with the
northwesterly side of Verree Road (eighty feet wide, legally open);
thence extending North forty-nine degrees forty-eight minutes four
seconds West, along the said northeasterly side of Susquehanna Road,
the distance of fifty and seven-hundred twenty-one one-thousandths
feet to a point; thence extending North forty-nine degrees fifty-two
minutes nineteen and three tenths seconds East, the distance of
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seven-hundred eighty-five and four-hundred thirty-four
one-thousandths feet to a point; thence extending South forty degrees
seven minutes forty and seven tenths seconds East, the distance of
seven-hundred ninety-two and four-hundred sixty-six one-thousandths
feet to a point; thence extending South eighty-five degrees seven
minutes forty and seven tenths seconds East, the distance of fourteen
and one-hundred forty-two one-thousandths feet to a point; thence
extending South forty degrees seven minutes forty and seven tenths
seconds East, the distance of two-hundred fifty-eight and one-hundred
eighty-eight one-thousandths feet to a point on the said northwesterly
side of Verree Road; thence extending South forty-nine degrees
fifty-two minutes nineteen and three tenths seconds West, along the
said northwesterly side of Verree Road, the distance of seventy feet to
a point; thence extending North forty degrees seven minutes forty and
seven tenths seconds West, the distance of one-thousand ten and
six-hundred fifty-four one-thousandths feet to a point; thence
extending South forty-nine degrees fifty-two minutes nineteen and
three tenths seconds West, the distance of seven-hundred sixteen and
nine-hundred eleven one-thousandths feet to the FIRST
MENTIONED POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.
BEING a fifty feet, sixty feet, and seventy feet wide right-of-way for
gas main purposes and public utility purposes extending from the said
northeasterly side of Susquehanna Road northeastwardly and
southeastwardly to the said northwesterly side of Verree Road.
(b) Placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes described as follows:
BEGINNING AT AN INTERIOR POINT, said point being
measured the following two (2) courses and distances from a point of
tangency at the northwesterly end of a curve having a radius of fifteen
feet and an arc length of twenty-three and six-hundred forty-eight
one-thousandths feet which connects the northeasterly side of
Susquehanna Road (sixty feet wide, legally open) with the
northwesterly side of Verree Road (eighty feet wide, legally open): (1)
North forty-nine degrees forty-eight minutes four seconds West, along
the said northeasterly side of Susquehanna Road, the distance of
one-thousand seventy-three and one-hundred forty-four
one-thousandths feet to a point; (2) North forty-nine degrees fifty-two
minutes nineteen and three tenths seconds East, the distance of
seven-hundred eighty-five and four-hundred thirty-four
one-thousandths feet to the point of beginning; thence, from said point
of beginning, extending North forty-nine degrees fifty-two minutes
nineteen and three tenths seconds East, the distance of six-hundred two
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and five-hundred eighty-four one-thousandths feet to a point on the
southwesterly side of Grant Avenue (eighty feet wide, no record of
legal opening), said point being the beginning of a non-tangent curve
to which beginning of curve a radial line bears South twenty degrees
thirteen minutes seventeen seconds West; thence extending
southeastwardly, along the said southwesterly side of Grant Avenue,
along the arc of a circle curving to the left and having a radius of
eight-hundred thirty feet, the arc distance of thirty-four and fifty-two
one-thousandths feet to a point; thence extending South seventeen
degrees fifty-two minutes fourteen and eight tenths seconds West,
along a prolongation of a line radial to the end of the aforementioned
curve, the distance of twelve and one-hundred four one-thousandths
feet to a point; thence extending South forty degrees seven minutes
forty and seven tenths seconds East, the distance of fourteen and
three-hundred forty-five one-thousandths feet to a point; thence
extending North eighty-five degrees seven minutes forty and seven
tenths seconds West, the distance of forty-two and four-hundred
twenty-six one-thousandths feet to a point; thence extending South
forty-nine degrees fifty-two minutes nineteen and three tenths seconds
West, the distance of five-hundred seventy-nine and seven-hundred
sixty-five one-thousandths feet to a point; thence extending North
forty degrees seven minutes forty and seven tenths seconds West, the
distance of twenty feet to the FIRST MENTIONED POINT AND
PLACE OF BEGINNING.
BEING a twenty feet wide and variable width right-of-way for gas
main purposes extending from a point approximately seven-hundred
eighty-five feet northeast of the said northeasterly side of Susquehanna
Road northeastwardly to the said southwesterly side of Grant Avenue.
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.
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(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.
(c) The filing of an agreement, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, by the owner or
owners of property affected thereby, granting to the City the aforesaid right-of-way
for gas main purposes and public utility purposes authorized in Section 1(a) of this
Ordinance and the aforesaid right-of-way for gas main purposes authorized in
Section 1(b) of this Ordinance. The agreement shall provide that no changes in
grades shall be made and that no fences, buildings, or other structures, either
overhead, underground, or upon the surface, shall be constructed within the lines of
the said rights-of-way or abutting thereon, unless the plans for such structures shall
first be submitted to and approved by the Philadelphia Gas Works and any other
public utility which maintains facilities within the said rights-of-way. The
agreement shall also grant the right-of-access and occupation at any and all times to
the officers, agents, employees, and contractors of the Gas Works and any other
public utility which maintains facilities within the said rights-of-way for the
purpose of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, alterations, repairs, and
inspection of present and future facilities and structures.
(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.