Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Council actions
Procedural actions actions from the February 3, 2000 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 34 actions from February 3, 2000
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of three City-owned properties—1521 West Boston Street, 732 Uber Street, and 2108 North Eighth Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Twentieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings and meetings about progress in improving how sexual assault complaints were handled.
Authorizing the City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to monitor the progress made in improving the handling of sexual assault complaints as set forth in the recommendations adopted by the entire City Council on December 16, 1999.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure changed Philadelphia’s real estate non-utilization tax for vacant lots and abandoned properties.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by amending Chapter 19-2500 entitled "Real Estate Non-Utilization Tax" by changing the definition of vacant and abandoned property for the purpose of taxation under this section, changing the rate of assessment of the tax and modifying the means of collection, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance adds special zoning controls for buildings and land abutting Walnut Street between Broad Street and 20th Street.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning", by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous", by adding a new §14-1607.1, entitled "Special Controls for Walnut Street", under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings about proposals for spending and investing Pennsylvania’s estimated $11.3 billion tobacco settlement.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings in order to review and analyze the proposals of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes, State House Democrats, State Senate Democrats, and all other legislative proposals under consideration for the expenditure, investment, and, in general, the use of the Commonwealth's estimated $11.3 billion dollar settlement with the tobacco companies; and, further authorizing the Committee to solicit comments and suggestions from, but not limited to, health care advocates, youth advocates, health care industry experts, financial experts, academia, state legislative and executive branch officials, as well as, Governor Tom Ridge and State Senator Vincent Hughes regarding these and other proposals regarding the use of the tobacco settlement funds.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council’s Streets and Services Committee to hold hearings about deteriorating retaining walls, driveways, and alleys, including the challenges of coordinating repairs among abutting property owners.
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings on the dangers and damage caused by the deterioration of retaining walls, driveways and alleys and the complications involved in coordinating necessary repairs by abutting property owners; and, to determine the scope of these dangerous conditions throughout the City and the cost to repair them; and further authorizing the Committee to formulate a program to correct these hazardous and dangerous conditions in neighborhoods through the City.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings on a proposed program to renew Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Authorizing the Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings on proposals and strategies for a community revitalization and infrastructure renewal program for Philadelphia's neighborhoods including, but not limited to: infrastructure repair, replacement and reconstruction; street tree maintenance, removal and planting; street lighting repairs and enhancements; housing preservation, rehabilitation and homeownership initiatives; maintenance and re-use of vacant lots; commercial corridor improvements; and, curb and sidewalk repair and replacement, and to discuss and analyze funding options, implementation methods and performance measures for such a community revitalization and infrastructure renewal program.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s current and future tax policies, including wage, real estate, business, sales, and other municipal taxes.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the current and future tax policy of the City of Philadelphia in order to conduct an analysis of the tax rates and tax base for wage, real estate, business, sales and other municipal taxes and to examine the impact of current and future tax policy on the fiscal health and attractiveness of the City to businesses and residents as well as the impact on the fiscal health of the public school system; and, further authorizing the Committee to seek advice and recommendations on tax policy and tax reform from citizens, financial experts, economists, academia, business executives, and state legislative and executive branch officials.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings about how the School District of Philadelphia places and educates students described as behaviorally disruptive.
Authorizing the Education Committee of the Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings regarding the current status of, and future plans for, the placement and education of behaviorally disruptive students in the School District of Philadelphia
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold a hearing on how Philadelphia and Pennsylvania could work together to improve children’s safety in child care settings.
Authorizing the City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold a hearing to examine how the City of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania can work together to better insure the safety of our children in child care settings.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on how City officials were addressing the effects of hepatitis C on Philadelphia firefighters exposed to the virus during their employment.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to monitor the actions of City officials in addressing the effects of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus on Philadelphia Firefighters who have been exposed to the virus during the course of their employment.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance prohibits people from gambling, attempting to gamble, or operating gambling activities on Philadelphia streets, sidewalks, other public rights-of-way, and property owned by the City or another public agency.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places --- Prohibited Conduct," by adding new sections prohibiting gambling and conducting gambling operations on a public right-of-way, or on property owned by the City or other public agency; prohibiting individual or group observation of such activity or operation, and providing penalties for violations, all under terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance allows licensed sidewalk cafés on Chestnut Street and Walnut Street between Broad Street and 18th Street without requiring a zoning certificate under the Center City commercial-area rules.
Amending Section 14-1607 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Controls for the Center City Commercial Area" by providing that nothing in that section shall prohibit the maintenance of, licensed sidewalk cafés along certain portions of Chestnut street and Walnut street and amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Sidewalk Cafes", by requiring the main restaurant use more than twenty five percent (25%) of its interior gross floor area for seating and that all food served be on non-disposable containers.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s property maintenance rules for city demolitions of unsafe or imminently dangerous structures.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode PM (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by amending Section PM-307.0 entitled "Unsafe and Unfit Structures and Equipment" and Section PM-308.0 entitled "Imminently Dangerous Structures" by providing for the installation of a fence or other protective devices and other related measures after demolition of a structure, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants 6080 Ridge Avenue Corporation, operating as Coyle's Cafe, permission to operate an open-air sidewalk cafe next to 6080 Ridge Avenue on Ridge Avenue and Conarroe Street.
Granting permission to 6080 Ridge Avenue Corporation t/a Coyle's Cafe, located at 6080 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the west footway of Ridge Avenue and the south footway of Conarroe Street adjacent to 6080 Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s realty transfer tax by gradually lowering the tax rate from 3% to 1% for qualifying real estate transactions beginning July 1, 2000.
Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by decreasing the rate of the tax, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed ordinance would have named the Tot Lot at 177–185 West Price Street the “Rosalyn Freeman and Myrtle Scott Tot Lot.” It did not become an operative naming action.
Naming the Tot Lot located at 177-185 West Price Street, The Rosalyn Freeman and Myrtle Scott Tot Lot."
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill amended the City Code to authorize the City Treasurer to deposit City funds in Pennsylvania Business Bank, subject to the listed terms and conditions.
Amending Section 19-201 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in Pennsylvania Business Bank, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.