Official:Legalizing an existing external steel stairs to the second and third floors encroaching on the public right-of-way at 1900 E. Somerset Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19134 all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: November 13, 2014
Signed: December 11, 2014
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows a property owner to keep an existing external steel staircase that extends into the public right-of-way on Somerset Street, subject to certain conditions and permits.
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