Official:Continuing the East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District (“District”) beyond its termination date, in an area that generally includes both sides of East Passyunk Avenue from the south side of Federal Street to the east side of South Broad Street, certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of East Passyunk Avenue, both sides of South Broad Street from the north side of McKean Street to the north side of Snyder Avenue, and the west side of South Broad Street from the south side of Mifflin Street to the north side of McKean Street for which the East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, is the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a final plan and report for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with the East Passyunk Avenue Improvement District, Inc. relating to the District; and authorizing the East Passyunk Avenue Improvement District, Inc. to assess certain property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved final plan; all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, and under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Squilla
Introduced: March 28, 2019
Signed: September 12, 2019
: Committee on Rules
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill extends the East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) beyond its original end date. The BID includes parts of East Passyunk Avenue and surrounding streets. Property owners in this area will be assessed a special fee to fund improvements.
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