Official:Granting permission to University City Eruv Corporation, in order to demarcate the boundaries of University City eruv district, to construct and maintain a clear nylon cord and/or plastic tubes 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.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gauthier
Introduced: May 16, 2024
Signed: June 13, 2024
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows a private company to install a clear nylon cord or plastic tubes and poles in certain public areas of University City to mark an eruv district for observant Jews.
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