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City Council OKs Exemption for Retaining Wall at 289 Osborn Street Amid Neighborhood Concerns Continues

Official:Legalizing an existing retaining wall encroachment at 289 Osborn Street, Philadelphia, PA 19128 under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced: January 25, 2018

: Committee on Streets and Services

Plain-Language Summary

This bill allows a property owner to keep an existing retaining wall in their front yard, as long as they follow certain rules and regulations.

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Grants permission to Barbara Gorka, a property owner, to maintain an existing retaining wall encroachment at 289 Osborn Street.
Specifies the details of the allowed encroachment, including its location and dimensions (approximately 40 feet long and extending 17 feet into the public Right-of-Way).
Requires the owner to maintain the encroachment in accordance with city laws, rules, and regulations, specifically those of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Department of Streets, and the Art Commission.
Gives the Department of Streets discretionary authority to allow minor variations in the dimension limits of the encroachment, within standard engineering tolerances.

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