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File #: 2006-0857    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 10/17/2006 In control: Committee on Public Works & Environmental Services
On agenda: Final action: 10/31/2006
Enactment date: 10/31/2006 Enactment #: 671
Effective date: 11/3/2006    
Title: Resolution granting unto Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, her successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at her own cost and expense, steps with stoop and railing and a planter box at 1704 Mary Street in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.
Indexes: ENCROACHMENTS & EASEMENTS
Attachments: 1. 2006-0857.doc
Presenter
Presented by Mr. Koch
 
Title
Resolution granting unto Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, her successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at her own cost and expense, steps with stoop and railing and a planter box at 1704 Mary Street in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.
 
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
 
Section 1.      That Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, her successors and assigns, are hereby granted the privilege to construct, maintain and use at her own cost and expense, steps with landing and rail, extending 46" out from the property line, 5' 9" high, 10' in length and a planter box, extending two (2) feet out from the property line, 5' in length, 2' high on the sidewalk area of 1704 Mary Street in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.  
 
The said encroachment shall conform to the provisions of their resolution and in accordance with the Plan identified as Accession D-603 on file in the Division of Surveys, Department of Public Works.
 
Section 2.      The said Grantee prior to the beginning of the construction of said encroachment shall submit to the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh a complete set of plans, in triplicate, showing the location and all details of said construction.  Said plans and said construction shall be subject to the approval and supervision of the Director of the Department of Public Works.
 
Section 3.      The encroachment herein granted shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of the City of Pittsburgh and its powers and supervision over City streets, and also to Resolutions of the City of Pittsburgh relating thereto, and to the provisions of any general Resolutions which have been or may be hereafter passed relating to said construction, maintenance and its use on City streets and compensation for same.
 
Section 4.      The said Grantee shall bear the full cost and expense of the repair of any street pavement damaged, repair of sewer, water lines and other surface and sub-surface structures which may be in any way damaged or disturbed by reason of the construction, maintenance, use and operation of said construction.  All work, including the repaving and repairing of any portion of the street damaged, shall be done in the manner and at such times as the Director of the Department of Public Works may order and shall be subject to their approval and supervision.
 
Section 5.      The rights and privileges granted by their Resolution are granted upon the express condition that the City of Pittsburgh, without liability, reserves the right to cause the removal of said construction upon giving to the said Grantee at least three (3) months written notice through the proper officers, pursuant to a resolution of Council, to the said the Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, her successors and assigns, to that effect and that the said Grantee shall when so notified at the expiration of the said three (3) months forthwith remove said construction and replace street to its original condition at their own cost and expense.
 
Section 6.      That Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, shall be responsible for and shall assume all liability, either of said the Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, or the City of Pittsburgh, for damages to persons or property by reason of the construction, maintenance and use of said encroachment and it is a condition of their grant that the City of Pittsburgh assumes no liability for damage to either persons, or property on account of their grant, and that the Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, for themselves, their successors and assigns, shall, by accepting the terms of their Resolution, hereby indemnify, save harmless and defend the City of Pittsburgh from any and all damages and claims for damages arising by reason of said construction, maintenance and use.
 
That Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, shall maintain in effect during the entire period of their license the following insurance for the protection of the City of Pittsburgh, all premiums being at the expense of the licensee, which insurance shall be non-cancelable except upon thirty (30) days written notice to said City and which insurance shall cover and name said City as an additional insured:
 
            Public Liability            $ 100,000.00 -      $  300,000.00
            Property Damage            $   50,000.00
 
Prior to commencement of their license and as required by said City, from time to time licensee shall submit proof of the above insurance in the form of a certificate, duly attested by the proper officers or authorized representatives of a responsible insurance company.
 
Section 7.      The foregoing rights and privileges are granted subject to the following conditions, to wit:  Their Resolution shall become null and void unless within 120 days after its approval the said Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, her successors and assigns, shall file with the Department of Public Works their certificate of acceptance of the provisions thereof, said certificate to be executed by Karen Scofield, 1700 Mary Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.