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.
Action types
Council actions
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the January 29, 2004 meeting.
Meeting dates
Page 4 of 5
Showing 55-72 of 76 actions from January 29, 2004
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of 1539 Dickinson Street, a City-owned property, 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 Thirty-sixth Ward 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.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council approved the sale of about 19 acres of vacant land on Essington Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area to MDC Philadelphia, LLC, the developer for Airborne Express.
Approving the action of the Boards of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to sell Parcel F-13, an approximately nineteen-acre parcel of vacant land on the northwesterly side of Essington Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area - Stage "A" Industrial, to MDC Philadelphia, LLC, developer for Airborne Express.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved the sale of about 19 acres of vacant land on Essington Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area to MDC Philadelphia, LLC, the developer for Airborne Express.
Approving the action of the Boards of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to sell Parcel F-13, an approximately nineteen-acre parcel of vacant land on the northwesterly side of Essington Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area - Stage "A" Industrial, to MDC Philadelphia, LLC, developer for Airborne Express.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council approved the sale of about 19 acres of vacant land on Essington Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area to MDC Philadelphia, LLC, the developer for Airborne Express.
Approving the action of the Boards of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to sell Parcel F-13, an approximately nineteen-acre parcel of vacant land on the northwesterly side of Essington Avenue in the Eastwick Urban Renewal Area - Stage "A" Industrial, to MDC Philadelphia, LLC, developer for Airborne Express.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on strategies to increase immigration to Philadelphia and improve immigrants’ experiences in the city.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on strategies to increase foreign immigration to Philadelphia and to improve the immigrant experience within Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on strategies to increase immigration to Philadelphia and improve immigrants’ experiences in the city.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on strategies to increase foreign immigration to Philadelphia and to improve the immigrant experience within Philadelphia.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on strategies to increase immigration to Philadelphia and improve immigrants’ experiences in the city.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on strategies to increase foreign immigration to Philadelphia and to improve the immigrant experience within Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required people licensed for certain street-based commercial activities—such as curb markets, street vending, sidewalk sales, sidewalk cafes, telephone booths, news boxes, and newsstands—to obtain written consent from the owner of the abutting property.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities On Streets," by requiring persons licensed under that Chapter (including under Section 9-201 ("Curb Markets"); Section 9-203 ("Street Vendors"); Section 9-204 ("Sidewalk Vendors in Center City"); Section 9-205 ("Sidewalk Sales"); Section 9-206 ("Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts"); Section 9-208 ("Sidewalk Cafes"); Section 9-210 ("Telephone Booths"); Section 9-211 ("Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material"); and Section 9-212 ("Newsstands")) to obtain the consent of the property owner abutting the location at which the licensed commercial activities are conducted, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required people licensed for certain street-based commercial activities—such as curb markets, street vending, sidewalk sales, sidewalk cafes, telephone booths, news boxes, and newsstands—to obtain written consent from the owner of the abutting property.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities On Streets," by requiring persons licensed under that Chapter (including under Section 9-201 ("Curb Markets"); Section 9-203 ("Street Vendors"); Section 9-204 ("Sidewalk Vendors in Center City"); Section 9-205 ("Sidewalk Sales"); Section 9-206 ("Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts"); Section 9-208 ("Sidewalk Cafes"); Section 9-210 ("Telephone Booths"); Section 9-211 ("Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material"); and Section 9-212 ("Newsstands")) to obtain the consent of the property owner abutting the location at which the licensed commercial activities are conducted, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited permitted vending locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited permitted vending locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed permitted vending locations on Eighth and Ninth Streets between Arch Street and Market Street so they could be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), as amended, which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eighth Street and Ninth Street between Arch Street and Market Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed permitted vending locations on Eighth and Ninth Streets between Arch Street and Market Street so they could be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), as amended, which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eighth Street and Ninth Street between Arch Street and Market Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed how Philadelphia determines the portion of a business’s net income subject to the Business Privilege Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending the definition of "Net Income" with respect to determining what portion of net income is properly attributable to the doing of business in Philadelphia and therefore subject to tax, and by making technical amendments; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed how Philadelphia determines the portion of a business’s net income subject to the Business Privilege Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending the definition of "Net Income" with respect to determining what portion of net income is properly attributable to the doing of business in Philadelphia and therefore subject to tax, and by making technical amendments; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited the Philadelphia Revenue Commissioner’s examination of taxpayer returns to the most recent three years, or six years when a tax understatement exceeded 20%.
Amending Chapter 19-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Taxes and Rents--General," by providing for time limitations on examinations and assessments, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.