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 April 22, 2004 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 84 actions from April 22, 2004
This enacted ordinance permits licensed farmers’ markets on the south side of Walnut Street along Rittenhouse Square, despite the existing restrictions on sidewalk vending and sales there.
Amending Section 9-204 of the Philadelphia Code relating to Sidewalk Vendors in Center City and Section 9-205 of the Philadelphia Code relating to Sidewalk Sales to permit farmers' markets on the south side of Walnut Street on the sidewalk abutting Rittenhouse Square, and providing that provisions shall expire after a specified period of time, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance permits licensed farmers’ markets on the south side of Walnut Street along Rittenhouse Square, despite the existing restrictions on sidewalk vending and sales there.
Amending Section 9-204 of the Philadelphia Code relating to Sidewalk Vendors in Center City and Section 9-205 of the Philadelphia Code relating to Sidewalk Sales to permit farmers' markets on the south side of Walnut Street on the sidewalk abutting Rittenhouse Square, and providing that provisions shall expire after a specified period of time, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Peter Capolino, and his successors and assigns, to construct and maintain an open terrace at 604 S.
Authorizing Peter Capolino, 604 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, owner of the property 604 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, his successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a terrace projection, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Peter Capolino, and his successors and assigns, to construct and maintain an open terrace at 604 S.
Authorizing Peter Capolino, 604 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, owner of the property 604 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, his successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a terrace projection, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s graffiti rules for private property.
Amending Section PM-311.0 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Graffiti," by changing the required time period for the removal of graffiti from private property, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s graffiti rules for private property.
Amending Section PM-311.0 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Graffiti," by changing the required time period for the removal of graffiti from private property, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax to reduce tax rates in stages for eligible low-income residents and nonresidents, with the tax eventually eliminated for very low-income residents and reduced to a set minimum for very low-income nonresidents.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by decreasing in six stages the rates of the tax imposed upon certain low income persons, providing for refunds of excess taxes paid, and directing the Revenue Department to prepare forms for use by eligible taxpayers seeking such refunds; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax to reduce tax rates in stages for eligible low-income residents and nonresidents, with the tax eventually eliminated for very low-income residents and reduced to a set minimum for very low-income nonresidents.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by decreasing in six stages the rates of the tax imposed upon certain low income persons, providing for refunds of excess taxes paid, and directing the Revenue Department to prepare forms for use by eligible taxpayers seeking such refunds; all under certain terms and conditions.
Re-Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill designates Germantown Avenue between York Street and Butler Street as a neighborhood business district for sidewalk vendors, with up to 22 vendor sites.
Amending Sections 9-205 and 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to sidewalk sales and sidewalk vendors in neighborhood business districts, by adding a designated neighborhood business district on Germantown avenue, between York street and Butler street, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amended the conditions for vacating a section of Wensley Street near the Delaware Expressway (I-95).
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020716) approved January 23, 2003, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Wensley Street from the southeasterly line of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) more or less, to a point approximately one hundred eighty-three (183) feet southeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance revises City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on City Plan No. 42 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for municipal and public utility purposes extending from Market Street southwestwardly to Thirty-third Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill establishes a “No Truck Parking or Stopping Anytime” regulation on the east side of the 10900 block of Dutton Road, from Comly Road to 375 feet south of Comly Road.
Establishing a "No Truck Parking" regulation on the 10900 block of Dutton Road.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Homewood Suites Hotel and Stout Road Associates, owners of 4200 City Avenue, to construct and maintain a 12-story building addition and related footing that would extend into the north public footway of Stout Road east of City Avenue.
Authorizing Homewood Suites Hotel, Stout Road Associates, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, owners of the property 4200 City Avenue, their successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a building addition and footing into the public right-of-way of Stout Road east of City Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes TCG Delaware Valley, Inc., and its successors or assigns, to install, operate, maintain, replace, and remove telecommunications conduits and fiber-optic cables in and along the public rights-of-way of Caroline Road and Comly Road to connect to the property at 11601 Roosevelt Boulevard.
Granting permission to TCG Delaware Valley, Inc., a Delaware corporation, its successors and assigns to construct, maintain and operate, replace, and remove telecommunications service connections and fiber optic cables for telecommunications purposes along, over, in and under the public rights-of-way of Caroline Road and Comly Road; all under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance amends a 2003 ordinance concerning the vacation of portions of Olive Street and Hutchinson Street and the reservation of a utility and drainage right-of-way.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020740) approved January 23, 2003, 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 Olive Street from Percy Street to Tenth Street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating Hutchinson Street from Olive Street to Brown Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes within the bed of Hutchinson Street, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance established the 436 Walnut Tax Increment Financing District in Center City and approved the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development’s redevelopment plan for the area.
Creating the 436 Walnut Tax Increment Financing District, being the area generally bounded by Walnut Street on the north, Fourth Street on the east, Fifth Street on the west, and Spruce Street on the south and approving the project plan of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for the redevelopment of the 436 Walnut Tax Increment Financing District and making certain findings and declarations, all in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act, being the Act of July 11, 1990, P.L. 465, No. 113, as amended, and authorizing the Director of Finance and other offices of the City to execute documents and do all things necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted amendment allows owners and tenants of 1523 and 1529 Spruce Street to sell goods on the sidewalk as an extension of their adjoining businesses, without the license requirement under Section 9-205.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by exempting sidewalk sales by owners and tenants of 1523 and 1529 Spruce Street, and permitting such activity under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance grants Carmen Polutro and Joseph Polutro permission to operate an open-air sidewalk cafe at the northwest corner of South 15th Street and Oregon Avenue.
Granting permission to Carmen Polutro and Joseph Polutro, owners of the property 2650 S. 15th Street, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the northwest corner of S. 15th Street and Oregon Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.