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Bill 070204

Granting permission to Alfredo Aguilar, owner of the property 426-428 West Girard avenue, d/b/a Las Casuelas Café, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk café on the south footway of Girard avenue adjacent to 426-428 West Girard avenue, under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced Mar 22, 2007Committee on Streets and ServicesOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember Clarke

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  1. Aye. The ayes are 17; the nays are zero. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, this bill passes. The next bill to be considered is Bill No. 070204.

    Council President Verna · Stated Meeting, May 3, 2007 · May 3, 2007 · official transcript, this passage

  2. And Bill No. 070204, an ordinance granting permission to Alfredo Aguilar, owner of the property 426-28 West Girard Avenue.

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, April 26, 2007 · Apr 26, 2007 · official transcript, this passage

  3. To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, the Committee on Streets and Services, to which was referred Bill No. 070152, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Farmers Markets,' by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the median of the 400 block of South 2nd Street"; and Bill No. 070186, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the trustee…

    The Clerk · Stated Meeting, April 19, 2007 · Apr 19, 2007 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Mar 22, 2007Referred · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Mar 22, 2007Introduced · CITY COUNCIL
  3. Apr 12, 2007HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Streets and Services
  4. Apr 12, 2007REPORTED FAVORABLY · Committee on Streets and Services
  5. Apr 12, 2007HEARING HELD · Committee on Streets and Services
  6. Apr 19, 2007ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  7. Apr 26, 2007READ · CITY COUNCIL
  8. Apr 26, 2007ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  9. May 3, 2007READ · CITY COUNCIL
  10. May 3, 2007PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
  11. May 24, 2007SIGNED · MAYOR

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..Title Granting permission to Alfredo Aguilar, owner of the property 426-428 West Girard avenue, d/b/a Las Casuelas Café, to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk café on the south footway of Girard avenue adjacent to 426-428 West Girard avenue, under certain terms and conditions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to Alfredo Aguilar, 965 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123, owner of the property 426-428 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19123, d/b/a Las Casuelas Café to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk café with five (5) tables encroaching eight feet (8') on the south footway of Girard avenue adjacent to the property 426-428 West Girard avenue, leaving a minimum unobstructed footway of eight feet (8'). The tables are located from a point ten feet (10') east of the east curb line of Lawrence street to a point twenty-six feet (26') east of the east curb line of Lawrence street. SECTION 2. Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Alfredo Aguilar must first obtain all required permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies or commissions. No such department, board, agency or commission shall be required to issue any such permit, license or approval solely because this Ordinance has been enacted, it being the express intent of this Ordinance not to supersede any other provision of law governing the issuance of such permits, licenses or approvals. In addition, Alfredo Aguilar shall enter into an agreement ("Agreement") with the appropriate City department(s), in a form satisfactory to the Law Department, which shall: (a) furnish the City with a bond with corporate surety in the amount required by the Streets Commissioner and in a form satisfactory to the Law Department to insure compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the aforementioned agreement; (b) protect, indemnify and save harmless the City from all suits or claims for damages which may arise directly or indirectly as a result of the open-air sidewalk café; (c) comply with the provisions of The Philadelphia Code thereby securing all required permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, boards, agencies or commissions, as may be required; (d) agree in writing that when, at the determination of the City of Philadelphia, the open-air sidewalk café necessitates relocation and/or removal of any underground structure, either publicly or privately owned, Alfredo Aguilar will absorb all costs and expenses for the performance of such work at no cost to the City; (e) insure that the five (5) tables for the open-air sidewalk café encroach on the south footway of Girard avenue no more than the dimensions listed in Section 1, provided that the Streets Department, in its sole unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice; (f) carry public liability and property damage insurance co-naming the City of Philadelphia as an insured party in such amounts as shall be satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and (g) remove the open-air sidewalk café within thirty (30) days upon service of lawful written notice from the Streets Department. SECTION 3. The Law Department shall include in the Agreement such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed necessary or appropriate in the interest of the City. SECTION 4. The permission granted to Alfredo Aguilar to maintain and operate an open-air sidewalk café on the south footway of Girard avenue adjacent to the property 426-428 West Girard avenue shall expire without any further action by the City of Philadelphia if Alfredo Aguilar has not entered into the Agreement and satisfied all requirements of the Agreement that are listed in Section 2 within one (1) year after this Ordinance becomes law. SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall not become effective unless the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00), is paid into the City Treasury within sixty (60) days after this Ordinance becomes law. ..End