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Bill 260425

Authorizing various encroachments in the vicinity of 3601-7 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140, under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced Apr 30, 2026Committee on Streets and ServicesOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

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  1. To the President and the members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, I'm transmitting for the consideration of your Honorable body the following proposed: A resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 4152, 4154, and 4220 Viola Street; 4153 and 4157 Leidy Ave; 1703 and 1711 North 42nd Street; and 1129, 1135, and 1137 North 41st Street located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance…

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 4, 2026 · Jun 4, 2026 · official transcript, this passage

  2. The Committee on Streets and Services, to which were referred the following bills: Bill No. 260164, an ordinance amending Section 23 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Designation of Bicycle Lanes,” to authorize bicycle lanes and the removal of travel lanes on portions of Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions. Bill No. 260300 as amended, an ordinance amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code,…

    Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, June 4, 2026 · Jun 4, 2026 · official transcript, this passage

Status timeline

  1. Apr 30, 2026Introduced and Referred · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Jun 1, 2026HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Streets and Services
  3. Jun 1, 2026HEARING HELD · Committee on Streets and Services
  4. Jun 1, 2026REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED · Committee on Streets and Services
  5. Jun 4, 2026SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL · CITY COUNCIL
  6. Jun 4, 2026ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  7. Jun 4, 2026READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
  8. Jun 11, 2026READ AND PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
  9. Jun 23, 2026SIGNED · MAYOR

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..Title Authorizing various encroachments in the vicinity of 3601-7 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140, under certain terms and conditions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Permission is hereby granted to the owner (the "Owner") of the property identified below, currently, ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, OF PHILA, to install, own, and maintain an encroachment at the Property, as follows: Encroachment Description: Property: 3601-7 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 One (1) decorative puzzle wall, three (3) tree planter boxes and four (4) non-standard bollards written in four (4) parts: Part 1 A total of one (1) decorative puzzle wall will be located along the property line of 3601-07 North Broad Street and will encroach a distance of approximately one foot ten inches (1'-10") towards the west along the east footway of North Broad Street starting from a point approximately sixty-seven feet (67'-0") north of the Venango Street north curbline to a point approximately five feet five inches (5'-5") farther north leaving a minimum thirteen feet eight inches (13'-8") of clear unobstructed footway. Part 2 A total of three (3) tree planter boxes will be located along the curb line of 3601-07 North Broad Street and will encroach a distance of approximately five feet (5'-0") towards the east along the east footway of North Broad Street starting from a point approximately forty-one feet (41'-0") north of the Venango Street north curbline to a point approximately forty-nine feet eleven inches (49'-11") farther north leaving a minimum thirteen feet eight inches (13'-8") of clear unobstructed footway. The planters will be spaced at eighteen feet two inches (18'-2") from one another. Part 3 A total of three (3) non-standard bollards will be located along the curb line of 3601-07 North Broad Street and will encroach a distance of approximately three feet (3'-0") towards the east along the east footway of North Broad Street starting from a point approximately four feet eleven inches (4'-11") north of the Venango Street north curbline to a point approximately nine feet (9'-0") farther north leaving a minimum thirteen feet eight inches (13'-8") of clear unobstructed footway. The non-standard bollards will be spaced at the following: five feet (5'-0") from the first bollard to the second bollard, four feet seven inches (4'-7") from the second bollard to the third bollard. Part 4 A total of one (1) non-standard bollard will be located along the curb line of 3601-07 North Broad Street and will encroach a distance of approximately three feet (3'-0") towards the north along the north footway of Venango Street at a point approximately twenty feet (20'-0") east of the North Broad Street east curbline leaving a minimum six feet (6'-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 their 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 Encroachment 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 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 ensure 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; (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 Encroachment described in Section 1; (h) Indemnifies 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; (i) Furnishes 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 ensure 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; (j) Shall adhere to all applicable requirements in The Philadelphia Code, including the requirements set forth in Section 11-600 of the Code. 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 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