Bill 230444
Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 4333 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, under certain terms and conditions.
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How members voted
Vote on Jun 15, 2023 · CITY COUNCIL
Aye (14)
Councilmember SquillaCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember JonesCouncil President ClarkeCouncilmember BassCouncilmember O'NeillCouncilmember BrooksCouncilmember GauthierCouncilmember Gilmore RichardsonCouncilmember DriscollCouncilmember LozadaCouncilmember HarrityCouncilmember VaughnCouncilmember Phillips
From the floor
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“230406, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the installation, ownership, and maintenance of various encroachments in the vicinity of 1907 through 1915 Walnut Street"; and Bill No. 230409, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Designation of Bicycle Lanes,' to authorize a bicycle lane in each direction on Bartram Avenue, from 84th Street to Essington Avenue"; and Bill No. 23…”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 15, 2023 · Jun 15, 2023 · official transcript, this passage
“230409, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Designation Bicycle Lanes,' to authorize a bicycle lane in each direction on Bartram Avenue, from 84th Street to Essington Avenue"; and Bill No. 230415, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Traffic Code,' by providing for prohibitions related to Nuisance Vehicles, and for penalties and en…”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 8, 2023 · Jun 8, 2023 · official transcript, this passage
Status timeline
- May 25, 2023Introduced and Referred · CITY COUNCIL
- Jun 1, 2023HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Streets and Services
- Jun 1, 2023HEARING HELD · Committee on Streets and Services
- Jun 1, 2023REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED · Committee on Streets and Services
- Jun 8, 2023SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL · CITY COUNCIL
- Jun 8, 2023READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
- Jun 8, 2023ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
- Jun 15, 2023READ AND PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
- Jul 5, 2023SIGNED · MAYOR
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..Title Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk caf� in the vicinity of 4333 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, under certain terms and conditions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to the owner of 4333 Spruce Street, currently 4323 SPRUCE LP (the "Owner"), to install, own, and maintain encroachments at 4333 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (the "Property") as follows: Encroachment Description (collectively as described below, the "Encroachments"): A. Four (4) tables and fourteen (14) seats will be located adjacent to the building and will encroach a distance of approximately four feet (4'-0") towards the west, along the east footway of South 44th Street starting from a point twenty-three feet (23'-0") north of the Spruce Street north curbline to a point approximately forty-two feet and four inches (42'-4") farther north leaving a minimum six feet (6'-0") of clear unobstructed footway. B. Five (5) tables and ten (10) seats will be located along the curbline and will encroach a distance of approximately three feet (3'-0") towards the east, along the east footway of South 44th Street starting from a point twenty-nine feet two inches (29'-2") north of the Spruce Street north curbline to a point approximately forty-seven feet four inches (47'-4") farther north leaving a minimum six feet (6'-0") of clear unobstructed footway. SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the Encroachments described and listed in Section 1 shall be in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the City of Philadelphia, and specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Department of Streets, and the Art Commission, provided that the Department of Streets, in its sole, unreviewable discretion, may allow minor variations of the dimension limits of Section 1, within standard tolerances of current engineering practice. SECTION 3. Before exercising any rights or privileges under this Ordinance, Owner must first obtain or have its contractor(s) 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, before exercising any rights and privileges under this Ordinance, Owner shall enter into an agreement ("Agreement") with the appropriate City department or departments, satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to provide that Owner, inter alia: (a) maintains and keeps in good repair and working order the Encroachments to the satisfaction of the Streets Department; (b) agrees that upon one hundred and eighty (180) days' notice from the City, it shall remove the Encroachment(s) at no cost and expense to the City of Philadelphia when given written notice to do so by the City of Philadelphia to accommodate a municipal or municipal-sponsored construction project; (c) shall secure all necessary permits, licenses and approvals from all appropriate departments, agencies, boards or commissions of the City as may be required by regulation or law. 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; (d) shall assume the costs of all changes and adjustments to, and relocation or abandonment of City utilities and City structures, wherever located, as may be necessary by the reason of the construction of the Encroachment; (e) shall 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, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in form and content acceptable to the City that Owner is self-insured and is providing the City of Philadelphia the same coverage and benefits had the insurance requirements been satisfied by an insurance carrier authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; (f) shall insure that all construction contractors for the Encroachments carry public liability and property damage insurance, naming the City of Philadelphia as an insured party in such amounts as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the City Solicitor; (g) shall give the City and all public utility companies the right-of-access, ingress and egress for the purpose of inspection, maintenance, alteration, relocation or reconstruction of any of their respective facilities which may lie within the public footway adjacent to the Encroachments described in Section 1; (h) indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees and agents from and against any and all loss resulting from injury to, or death to persons or damage to property arising out of, resulting from, or in any manner caused by the presence, location, use, operation, installation, maintenance, replacement or removal of the Encroachment. Owner shall also agree to release the City from any and all claims relating to the Encroachment, including if ordered removed or when street, sidewalk or utility construction occurs; and (i) furnish the City with a bond with corporate surety in an amount required by the Department of Streets and in a form satisfactory to the Law Department to insure the compliance with all the terms and conditions of this Ordinance and the Agreement, or in lieu thereof, submit documentation in a form and content acceptable to the City that Owner self-assumes the liabilities and obligations normally covered by the Surety Bond. SECTION 4. The City Solicitor shall include in the Agreement such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed necessary to protect the interests of the City. SECTION 5. The permission granted to Owner to install, own, and maintain the Encroachments described in Section 1 shall expire without any further action by the City of Philadelphia if Owner has not entered into an Agreement and satisfied all requirements of the Agreement that are listed in Section 3 of this Ordinance within one (1) year after this Ordinance becomes law. SECTION 6. 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 sixty (60) days after the date this Ordinance becomes law. ..End