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Brandywine Firm Wins Approval to Build Canopies, Café Along Chestnut Street

Official:Authorizing Brandywine Cira South, L.P., owner and developer for the Cira Centre South to construct, own and maintain various encroachments to be installed in conjunction with a mixed-use development, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell

Introduced: September 20, 2007

: Committee on Rules

neighborhood planning zoning

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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 Brandywine Cira South to build and maintain several structures (canopies, a sidewalk café) on Chestnut Street in Center City as part of a mixed-use development.

What This Bill Does

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Authorizes Brandywine Cira South, L.P. to construct, own, and maintain a rigid canopy on Chestnut Street, approximately 10 feet wide and 12 feet tall, projecting 10 feet onto the sidewalk.
Allows the company to install a sidewalk café as part of the mixed-use development on Chestnut Street.
Imposes no apparent costs on the City of Philadelphia, as it authorizes the company to own and maintain the encroachments, rather than requiring the City to do so.
Imposes no apparent restrictions on the company's plans for the mixed-use development beyond those related to the specific encroachments authorized in Section 1.