TITLE 11. STREETS
CHAPTER 11-400. CITY PLAN
§11-402. Special Ordinances Authorizing City Plan Additions.
(1) All special ordinances authorizing the placing of a
street upon the City Plan shall be ordained pursuant to this Section, and shall
be substantially in the following form:
The Council of the City of
Philadelphia hereby ordains:
Section 1. Pursuant to §§ 11-402
and 11-406 of the Code and subject to those provisions [(and where necessary:)
as well as to the provisions of this ordinance] the Department of Streets, Board
of Surveyors, is authorized to place upon City Plan No. _____, __________ Street
[Avenue, etc.] from __________ Street [Avenue, etc.]."
Section 2. In
addition to the conditions specified in § _____ of the Code, this
authorization is also conditional upon compliance with the following additional
requirements within [specify time] from the date of approval of this ordinance:
[Here specify additional conditions, if any.]
Section 3. Compliance
with the following provisions of §§ 11-402 and 11-406 of the Code is
not required: [Here specify those which may be omitted, if
any.]
(2) Except as otherwise provided and in addition to any specific
requirements in any such special ordinance, each authorization to place a street
on the City Plan shall be conditional upon compliance with the following
requirement within one year from the date of approval of such
ordinance.
(a) The dedication by the owners to the City, without cost,
and free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of each street authorized to
be placed on the City Plan by such ordinance, or the filing of an agreement with
corporate surety, in form satisfactory to the Law Department and in amount
satisfactory to the Department of Streets, indemnifying the City from all
damages, or claims for damages, which may arise from the subsequent opening and
improvement of each such street to the confirmed lines and
grades.
(3) Each grant of authority to place a street upon the City Plan
shall, without further specification, authorize revision of the lines and grades
of intersecting and adjacent streets affected.