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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Procedural actions actions from the June 22, 2000 meeting.
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Showing 1-11 of 11 actions from June 22, 2000
This lapsed bill would have created campaign-finance rules for Philadelphia elections for mayor, city controller, district attorney, and City Council.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Officers and Employees" by adding a new Chapter 20-800 entitled "Campaign Finance" providing for the limitations of contributions to municipal election campaigns, all under certain terms and conditions.
Re-Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended a 1998 ordinance involving the placement of portions of Parrish, Brown, Marvine, Warnock, and Reno streets on the City Plan, along with conditions including dedicating the street beds to the City.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 970818) approved April 13, 1998, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by placing on the City Plan Parrish street from Ninth street to Twelfth street, Brown street from Tenth street to Twelfth street, Marvine street from Fairmount avenue to Brown street, Warnock street from Fairmount avenue to a dead-end turnaround north of Brown street and Reno place from Percy street westwardly to a dead-end turnaround, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the beds of the streets being placed on the City Plan by this Ordinance," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have extended until June 25, 2001, the deadline for meeting conditions in a 1998 ordinance about changing the City Plan and street layout involving Reno, Camac, Ogden, and Park Avenue.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 980444) approved June 25, 1998, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Reno street from Broad street to Thirteenth street, Camac street from Brown street to Parrish street, and a portion of Ogden street from Watts street to a point approximately eighty-five (85) feet east of Watts street, and by placing on the City Plan Park avenue from Brown street to Parrish street; by relocating Camac street from Brown street to Parrish street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes within the portion of Ogden street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated by this Ordinance, and the dedication to the City of the unopened portions of Park avenue and Camac street, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended a 1998 ordinance covering street changes in the area bounded by Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Master, and Jefferson Streets, including changes involving Sharswood, Harlan, and Gratz Streets.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 980443) approved June 25, 1998, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 of the area bounded by Eighteenth street, Nineteenth street, Master street and Jefferson street by striking from the City Plan and vacating Sharswood street from Eighteenth street to Nineteenth street, widening Harlan street on the northerly side, relocating the southerly curb line of Harlan street, and placing on the City Plan Gratz street from Jefferson street to Harlan street, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of Gratz street, and the northerly fifteen (15) foot widened portion of Harlan street," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill adds both sides of Green Street between Tenth and Eleventh Streets to Philadelphia’s designated towing zones.
Amending Section 12-2409 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing Zone Locations and Hours," by adding as a towing zone location the north and south sides of Green street, between Tenth street and Eleventh street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a local preference in City, City agency, and City-related agency contracting and procurement for businesses owned or operating in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter 17-900, entitled "Local Preference for Contracting and Procurement," by adding a preference for businesses that are owned and operate in the City of Philadelphia in City, City Agency and City-Related Agency contracts and procurement, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have allowed the owners of nine specified newsstands in the First Councilmanic District to construct, use, and maintain their stands temporarily with illuminated advertising larger than normally allowed—up to six feet wide by four feet high.
Granting permission to the owners of certain newsstands located within the First Councilmanic District to construct, use and maintain, on a temporary basis, newsstands with a greater dimension of advertising than that permitted by general ordinance; in particular, granting such permission with respect to the owners of the newsstands located at the southeast corner of Broad and McKean streets, the southeast corner of Broad and Tasker streets, the southwest corner of Tenth and Reed streets, the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Mifflin streets, the northeast corner of Juniper and Market streets, the northwest corner of Tenth and Market streets, the northeast corner of Ninth and Market streets, the southeast corner of Eighth and Market streets, and the northeast corner of Eleventh and Walnut streets; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created an Educational Housing District covering the Fourth Councilmanic District and required homes for two or more college or university students to obtain a special use permit.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding special provisions regulating the use of property as a residence for college and university students within designated "Educational Housing Districts"; by designating the Fourth Councilmanic District as an Educational Housing District; and by amending Section 14-1803, relating to the criteria for the granting of a special use permit, by specifying additional criteria for the granting of a special use permit for a "student home," as defined, within an Educational Housing District; amending Subcode "PM" of Title 4, entitled "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code," by requiring an annual license to own, operate or rent a student home within an Educational Housing District; and amending Subcode "A" of Title 4, entitled "The Philadelphia Administrative Code," by requiring payment of an annual fee for a student home license; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes changes to the official street plan for Erie Avenue between Second Street and Sedgley Avenue.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 157, 158 and 226 by relocating the southerly curb line of Erie avenue between Second street and Sedgley avenue, relocating a portion of the southerly curb line of Erie avenue at the southeast corner of Second street and Erie avenue, and relocating a portion of the northerly curb line of Erie avenue at the northeast corner of Second street and Erie avenue.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution calls for the Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings on the health and environmental risks of MTBE, a gasoline additive, and its derivatives for people in Philadelphia.
Calling for hearings by the Committee on Law and Government on the health effects of MTBE on Philadelphians.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution calls for the Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings on the health and environmental risks of MTBE, a gasoline additive, and its derivatives for people in Philadelphia.
Calling for hearings by the Committee on Law and Government on the health effects of MTBE on Philadelphians.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.