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Council sought to expand boundaries of North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls.

Official:Amending Section 14-1624 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls," by changing the title and expanding the boundaries to include the area bounded generally by Oregon Avenue, Front Street, the Delaware River and Spring Garden Street, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco

Introduced: April 12, 2007

: Committee on Rules

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill amends a section of The Philadelphia Code to change the title and expand the boundaries of the North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls. The new boundaries will include areas bounded by Oregon Avenue, Front Street, the Delaware River, and Spring Garden Street.

What This Bill Does

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The bill expands the boundaries of the North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls to include areas bounded by Oregon Avenue, Front Street, the Delaware River, and Spring Garden Street.
The bill changes the title of Section 14-1624 of The Philadelphia Code from "North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls" to "[North] Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls".
The bill adds a new area to the district boundaries, described as "the area bounded by the north street line of Spring Garden street on the south, the west bank of the Delaware River on the east, the south street line of Lehigh avenue on the north and the east street line of Frankford avenue, the north street line of Girard avenue and the east street line of the area bounded by the south street line o

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