Official:Amending Bill No. 050670, entitled “An Ordinance granting permission to Center City ERUV Corporation, in order to demarcate the boundaries of a Center City eruv district, to construct and maintain a clear nylon cord and other ancillary facilities including a maximum of ten poles along, over, and in certain public rights-of-way and City streets, and/or to attach such demarcation facilities to existing facilities owned by other entities authorized by other City ordinances, subject to such owner’s consent; all under certain terms and conditions,” to modify applicable boundaries, all under certain terms and conditions
Sponsor: Councilmember Johnson
Introduced: November 14, 2019
Signed: December 12, 2019
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill modifies the boundaries of a Center City 'eruv' district, which is a boundary that allows Orthodox Jews to carry objects outside their homes on Shabbat.
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