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 24, 2000 meeting.
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Showing 1-14 of 14 actions from February 24, 2000
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings about how the Department of Recreation designs, develops, and completes capital projects.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to conduct hearings to examine the internal process utilized by the Department of Recreation in designing, developing and completing capital projects, with regard to strategic deadlines, assignment of consultants and architects, approval of contractors and vendors, and other requisite tasks.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on who should oversee parking facilities and related operations at Philadelphia International Airport.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to conduct hearings on whether the parking facilities, and the operations pertaining thereto, at the Philadelphia International Airport should remain under the jurisdiction of the Philadelphia Parking Authority or be transferred to the Aviation Division of the City of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings on ways to encourage Internet and other e-commerce businesses to locate in Philadelphia.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings on ways to encourage Internet and other e-commerce related businesses to locate to the City of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have called on the City Council’s Committee on Public Health & Human Services to hold a public hearing about the practice of filing juvenile cases directly in adult court.
Calling on the Committee on Public Health & Human Services to conduct a public hearing to investigate the current system of directly filing juvenile cases into adult court and make findings and recommendations concerning its use, and the treatment and conditions of confinement for this category of juveniles.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain areas within the boundaries of Frankford Avenue, Poquessing Creek, Woodhaven Road, Knights Road, Academy Road, Byberry Road, Waldemire Drive, and Red Lion Road.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Frankford avenue, the Poquessing Creek, Woodhaven road, Knights road, Academy road, Byberry road, Waldemire drive, Red Lion road and Knights road.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, City-owned land and buildings at 313–325 Race Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID).
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to The Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), without consideration, a deed conveying fee simple title to a certain tract of City-owned land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate at 313, 315, 317, 319, 321, 323 and 325 Race street, under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement between the City, the PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The ordinance requires contractors taking over food and beverage, hotel, health care, janitorial, building maintenance, or security service contracts in Philadelphia to retain eligible nonsupervisory workers from the previous contractor for a 90-day transition period.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-2300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Protection of Displaced Contract Workers", and amending Section 19-2602, entitled "Licenses" to require that all contractors awarded contracts for the performance of food and beverage, hotel service, health care, janitorial or building maintenance services within the City of Philadelphia retain certain non-supervisory employees of the previous contractor for a 90-day transition employment period during which period retained employees may not be terminated except for cause, and to require that said employees be provided with various other job security protections, providing penalties for non-compliance, including but not limited to revocation of the business privilege license of violators, and granting remedies to aggrieved parties; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The ordinance requires contractors taking over food and beverage, hotel, health care, janitorial, building maintenance, or security service contracts in Philadelphia to retain eligible nonsupervisory workers from the previous contractor for a 90-day transition period.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-2300 of the Philadelphia Code entitled "Protection of Displaced Contract Workers", and amending Section 19-2602, entitled "Licenses" to require that all contractors awarded contracts for the performance of food and beverage, hotel service, health care, janitorial or building maintenance services within the City of Philadelphia retain certain non-supervisory employees of the previous contractor for a 90-day transition employment period during which period retained employees may not be terminated except for cause, and to require that said employees be provided with various other job security protections, providing penalties for non-compliance, including but not limited to revocation of the business privilege license of violators, and granting remedies to aggrieved parties; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required multi-way stop signs at the intersection of Tulip and Wakeling streets.
Establishing a four way stopping regulation at the intersection of Tulip and Wakeling streets.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amends the rules for institutions where Philadelphia may deposit City funds.
Amending Section 19-201 of The Philadelphia Code relating to "City Depositories," by clarifying and updating the list of institutions in which the City is authorized to deposit funds, and by amending certain conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted measure approves the Redevelopment Authority’s urban renewal and redevelopment plan for part of the Parkside National Register Historical District, generally bounded by Parkside and Girard Avenues, railroad rights-of-way, and Belmont Avenue.
Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of a portion of the Parkside National Register Historical District Redevelopment Area, Parkside National Register Historical District Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by Parkside avenue and Girard avenue on the north; the Conrail freight railroad right-of-way line running east of and parallel to Thirty-eighth street on the east; the railroad right-of-way line of the former Pennsylvania Railroad on the south; and Belmont avenue on the west; approving the urban renewal plan and determining that such plan and redevelopment proposal conform to the general locality plan and make adequate provisions for individuals, business concerns and families who are displaced; determining the necessity for changes in and for zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities; determining that the urban renewal plan and r...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have lowered the limit in a residential dwelling to four adult dogs and cats combined, instead of 12.
Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," by amending Section 10-102, entitled "Administrative Provisions," and Section 10-103, entitled "Licensing and Rabies Vaccination," by decreasing the maximum number of dogs and cats permitted in residential dwellings, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted measure expands Philadelphia’s animal-nuisance rules to cover animal waste on private property, including the animal owner’s property, and requires removal within 12 hours.
Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," by amending Section 10-105, entitled "Animals Committing Nuisances," by expanding the section to include nuisances committed upon the private property of the owner and animal noises which cause unreasonable annoyance, disturbance or discomfort to a person or persons, all 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 rules for dance halls and dance events.
Amending Chapter 9-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Amusement Businesses," by amending Section 9-703 entitled "Dance Halls and Dances," by prohibiting minors from entering or remaining on any premises which possess a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board license, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.