Comments on: Northwood’s Burk Deed Restrictions

By: Feloniousjoe

Feloniousjoe — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:28:01 +0000

I’ll be at the Northwood Civic meeting this Tuesday. It will be an important meeting due to the purchase of a property on Roosevelt Boulevard by a non-profit company that is involved in prisoner reentry among other things. We have already started the process on this property by contacting L&I, city council, etc. L&I apparently did not see the four work trucks in front of this property over the last week, since they found the report of unlicensed work at this house to be unfounded. No licenses or zoning variances have been applied for. I will bring a copy of the original Burk documents to the meeting and I’ll have a copy for you.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:45:17 +0000

We’re into everything joe, and I would be interested in seeing the language of the document. What I find interesting is that it is such a good selling point for the area but you can’t find any information on it on the internet. If you have any further information we could post, email me at jim@frankfordgazette.com.

By: Feloniousjoe

Feloniousjoe — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:36:16 +0000

If the handout of the burk deed restriction interested you and your father, you would really be interested in an original copy of this document. I have one that I got from the recorders office at city hall. I researched this document when we started looking for a home in this neighborhood. Which we did find one with the help of you and your father a couple years ago; if you remember. It’s an old typed document but very legible and very enforceable. I’m currently researching all residential deed restriction cases in the Philadelphia area with great success; and with a promising outlook which will hopefully extend it’s reach beyond the bounds of the deed restricted area.