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Newsstands at 13th and Market Get Green Light to Install Electrical and Phone Services

Official:Granting permission to Nehal Desai and Raju Desai, owners of the newsstand at the corner of 13th & Market Streets, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a telecommunications conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco

Introduced: December 4, 2003

: Committee on Streets and Services

business infrastructurepublic rights of way

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill allows Nehal and Raju Desai to install electrical and telephone services for their newsstand on the corner of 13th & Market Streets.

What This Bill Does

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Grants permission to Nehal and Raju Desai to install an electrical conduit and service line in and under the public rights-of-way on the corner of 13th & Market Streets.
Authorizes the installation of a telecommunications conduit and telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying telephone service to the newsstand.
Specifies the details of the conduit and service lines, including a 2-inch diameter PVC conduit serving as an electrical service connection.
Requires the Desais to construct, use, and maintain the conduit and service lines under certain terms and conditions, which are not specified in the provided text.