Bill 250606
Authorizing HOWARD FOREMAN, (“Owner”) to install, own and maintain a proposed fence encroachment at 1338-44 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19140 (“Property”), under certain terms and conditions.
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How members voted
Vote on Dec 11, 2025 · CITY COUNCIL
Aye (17)
Councilmember BassCouncilmember BrooksCouncilmember DriscollCouncilmember GauthierCouncilmember Gilmore RichardsonCouncilmember HarrityCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember LozadaCouncilmember O'NeillCouncilmember PhillipsCouncilmember SquillaCouncilmember ThomasCouncilmember AhmadCouncilmember LandauCouncilmember O'RourkeCouncilmember YoungCouncil President Johnson
From the floor
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“The Committee on Streets and Services to which were referred the following bills: Bill Number 250606, an ordinance authorizing Howard Foreman owner to install, own, and maintain a proposed fence encroachment at 1338 through 44 Rising Sun Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140 property under certain terms and conditions. Bill Number 250809, an ordinance authorizing various encroachments in the vicinity of 113 through 117 Wash…”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, December 4, 2025 · Dec 4, 2025 · official transcript, this passage
“…n of the City Planning Commission on the following bills: Bill No. 241064 approval with amendments. Bill No. 250606 not for approval. Bill Nos. 250710, 250716, 250724 and 250725 approved. And then I am pleased to advise you that on September 24 2025 I signed the following bill, which was passed by Council at its session on September 11, 2025: Bill No. 250333. Council President, there are no further communications in …”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, September 25, 2025 · Sep 25, 2025 · official transcript, this passage
“…nsmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission on the following bills. Bill No. 250606, 45 days, 250608, 250648, and 250652. And I'm submitting herewith for the consideration of your honorable body the following proposed ordinance. An ordinance amending Chapter 12-3400 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled, Use of an Automated Speed Enforcement System, to improve safety by providing for the …”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, September 11, 2025 · Sep 11, 2025 · official transcript, this passage
Status timeline
- Jun 5, 2025Introduced and Referred · CITY COUNCIL
This Bill was Introduced and Referred.to the Committee on Streets and Services
- Sep 29, 2025HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Streets and Services
This Bill was HEARING NOTICES SENT.
- Sep 29, 2025HEARING HELD · Committee on Streets and Services
This Bill was HEARING HELD.
- Sep 29, 2025RECESSED · Committee on Streets and Services
This Bill was RECESSED.
- Nov 24, 2025HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Streets and Services
This Bill was HEARING NOTICES SENT.
- Nov 24, 2025HEARING HELD · Committee on Streets and Services
This Bill was HEARING HELD.
- Nov 24, 2025REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED · Committee on Streets and Services
This Bill was REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED.
- Dec 4, 2025SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL · CITY COUNCIL
This Bill was SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL.
- Dec 4, 2025ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
This Bill was ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR.
- Dec 4, 2025READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
This Bill was READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR.
- Dec 11, 2025READ AND PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
Recorded result: Pass
A motion was made that this Bill be READ AND PASSED. The motion carried by the following vote:
- Jan 7, 2026SIGNED · MAYOR
This Bill was SIGNED.
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..Title Authorizing HOWARD FOREMAN, ("Owner") to install, own and maintain a proposed fence encroachment at 1338-44 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19140 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to Owner to install, own and maintain a proposed fence encroachment at the Property ("Encroachments") as follows: Encroachment Description: A proposed fence will be located along the north sidewalk of West Westmoreland Street along the property line of 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue and will encroach a distance of approximately five feet (5'-0") towards the south along the north footway of West Westmoreland Street starting from a point approximately twenty-eight feet four inches (28'-4") east of the Rising Sun Avenue east curbline to a point approximately seventy-one feet (71'-0") farther east leaving a minimum five feet (5'-0") of clear unobstructed footway. SECTION 2. The construction, use and maintenance of the Encroachment 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) Agrees that upon thirty (30) days' notice from the City, it shall remove the Encroachment without any cost or expense to the City and shall remove the Encroachment at no cost or 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; (b) 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; (c) 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 reason of the construction of the Encroachment; (d) 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, 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; (e) Shall insure that all construction contractors for the Encroachment 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; (f) 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 Encroachment described in Section 1; and (g) Indemnify and hold harmless the City, its officers, employees and agents from and against any and all loss resulting from injury 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 (h) Furnish the City with either 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 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 own and maintain the Encroachment 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