Official:Granting permission to Girish P. Sanghvi, owner of the newsstand located on the northwest corner of Tenth and Market streets, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit and electrical service line and a fiber optic conduit and telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way of Tenth street and Market street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to his newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: April 27, 2000
Signed: June 1, 2000
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows a newsstand owner to run electricity and phone lines under two streets in Center City to power his stand.
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