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
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the November 13, 2003 meeting.
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Showing 73-90 of 99 actions from November 13, 2003
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan in the area bounded by Twentieth Street, Pattison Avenue, Penrose Avenue, and Hartranft Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 46-S of an area bounded by, Twentieth Street, Pattison Avenue, Penrose Avenue, and Hartranft Street, by placing on the City Plan, Reserve Boulevard, Tuscany Drive, Capri Drive, certain rights-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and gas main purposes and certain other rights-of-way for gas main purposes only, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to arrange for paving Reserve Boulevard, Tuscany Drive, and Capri Drive in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the paving of Reserve Boulevard, Tuscany Drive and Capri Drive, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to arrange for paving Reserve Boulevard, Tuscany Drive, and Capri Drive in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the paving of Reserve Boulevard, Tuscany Drive and Capri Drive, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that remove and vacate Regent Street between Sixty-seventh and Sixty-sixth Streets and establish a right of way there for drainage, water main, and public utility purposes.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 152 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Regent Street from Sixty-seventh Street to Sixty-sixth Street and by placing on the City Plan a certain right of way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that remove and vacate Regent Street between Sixty-seventh and Sixty-sixth Streets and establish a right of way there for drainage, water main, and public utility purposes.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 152 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Regent Street from Sixty-seventh Street to Sixty-sixth Street and by placing on the City Plan a certain right of way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This vetoed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to prohibit restaurants and take-out restaurants from selling malt or brewed alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises in Councilmanic Districts 1 through 5, and 8 and 9.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section 14-1628, entitled "District Special Controls," prohibiting certain uses in relation to the sale of malt and brewed beverages, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This vetoed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to prohibit restaurants and take-out restaurants from selling malt or brewed alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises in Councilmanic Districts 1 through 5, and 8 and 9.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section 14-1628, entitled "District Special Controls," prohibiting certain uses in relation to the sale of malt and brewed beverages, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance removes and vacates Delhi Street between Tenth Street and Montgomery Avenue from the City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 119 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Delhi Street from Tenth Street to Montgomery Avenue and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right of way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes and public utility purposes within the lines of Delhi Street being stricken from the City Plan and vacated under authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted law adds conditions for permits to erect outdoor advertising and non-accessory signs in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-1604, entitled "Outdoor Advertising and Non-Accessory Advertising Controls," by adding requirements for the issuance of a permit to erect outdoor advertising and non-accessory signs; in particular, providing that no such permit shall be issued if there is any outstanding violation relating to premises upon which the outdoor advertising sign will be erected or maintained, or if the applicant is delinquent in the payment of any taxes, charges, fees, rents or claims; all under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance changes zoning rules for commercially zoned properties along Passyunk Avenue between Washington Avenue and 25th Street.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-1621, entitled "Passyunk Avenue Special District Controls," by revising the prohibited uses and the regulations regarding signs within the District.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan in the area bounded by the University Avenue Extension, Pine Street, Fortieth Street, Woodland Avenue, and University Avenue.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 43, 166, 265 and 269 of an area bounded by, the University Avenue Extension, Pine Street, Fortieth Street, Woodland Avenue and University Avenue.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s sidewalk-sales rules to prohibit vendors from displaying, offering, or selling goods, or leaving sales stands, on both sides of specified portions of Fox Street, Twenty-second Street, Allegheny Avenue, and Toronto Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting sidewalk sales on portions of Fox Street, Twenty-second Street, Allegheny Avenue and Toronto Street.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance grants the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth permission to expand their cemetery or place of burial at the northwest corner of the former Stevenson Street and former Torresdale Avenue.
Granting permission to the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth to expand their cemetery or place of burial, located at the northwest corner of the former Stevenson Street and the former Torresdale Avenue.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill revises Philadelphia’s official street plan to widen Suffolk Avenue where it meets Island Avenue by moving the northern curb and house lines about 143 feet north along Island Avenue and extending the new lines eastward.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 313 by widening Suffolk Avenue where it meets Island Avenue by relocating the northerly curb line and house line of Suffolk Avenue approximately one hundred forty-three (143) feet northward along Island Avenue.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s zoning code to create special land-use controls for Center City’s Walnut Street and Chestnut Street corridors between Broad Street and Twentieth Street.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section 14-1607.1, entitled "Special Controls for Chestnut Street," under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance grants Lougeswaran Vijayhratnam, the owner of the newsstand at 18th and Chestnut Streets, permission to install, use, and maintain electrical and telephone conduits under the surrounding public rights-of-way to serve the newsstand.
Granting permission to Lougeswaran Vijayhratnam, owner of the newsstand at the southeast corner of Eighteenth Street and Chestnut Street, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a telecommunications conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance allows Neighborhood Improvement District Management Associations to charge interest of 0.75% per month, or part of a month, on overdue assessment fees owed by property owners in the district.
Authorizing Neighborhood Improvement District Management Associations to provide for interest to accrue upon assessment fees levied on property owners within a Neighborhood Improvement District if such fees are not paid when due, and authorizing liens to be filed for nonpayment of such interest, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain land within the area bounded by Academy Road, Morrell Avenue, Black Lake Creek, Berea Street, and President Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Academy Road, Morrell Avenue, Black Lake Creek, Berea Street and President Street.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.