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 October 14, 2004 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 50 actions from October 14, 2004
This enacted ordinance prohibits anyone from selling or transferring etching acid in Philadelphia.
Amending Section 9-618 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Sale of Spray Paint Containers, Indelible Markers and Etching Acid," by prohibiting the sale of etching acid, providing for penalties, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits anyone from selling or transferring etching acid in Philadelphia.
Amending Section 9-618 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Sale of Spray Paint Containers, Indelible Markers and Etching Acid," by prohibiting the sale of etching acid, providing for penalties, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended a 2002 ordinance concerning changes to the City street plan, including street vacations and revisions to street lines and grades in the area covered by City Plan No.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020252) approved May 29, 2002, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 13-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating Lawrence street from Wharton street to Titan street and Leithgow street from Wharton street to Titan street; by revising the lines and grades of Reese street from Reed street to Wharton street and Titan street from Fifth street to Fourth street; by placing on the City Plan Earp street from Fifth street to relocated Leithgow street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating certain portions of Earp street from Fourth street to Fifth street; by revising the lines and grades of Lawrence and Leithgow streets from Reed street to former Earp street, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication free and clear of all encumbrances the beds of the proposed Earp street not previously dedicated and the unopened portions of Reese street, Lawrence street and ...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended a 2002 ordinance concerning changes to the City street plan, including street vacations and revisions to street lines and grades in the area covered by City Plan No.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020252) approved May 29, 2002, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 13-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating Lawrence street from Wharton street to Titan street and Leithgow street from Wharton street to Titan street; by revising the lines and grades of Reese street from Reed street to Wharton street and Titan street from Fifth street to Fourth street; by placing on the City Plan Earp street from Fifth street to relocated Leithgow street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating certain portions of Earp street from Fourth street to Fifth street; by revising the lines and grades of Lawrence and Leithgow streets from Reed street to former Earp street, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication free and clear of all encumbrances the beds of the proposed Earp street not previously dedicated and the unopened portions of Reese street, Lawrence street and ...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to build and the Fox Chase-Rockledge Business Association to maintain a roughly four-by-five-foot “Welcome to Fox Chase” sign in the traffic island between Hasbrook and Oxford Avenues.
Authorizing The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to construct, and the Fox Chase-Rockledge Business Association to maintain, a Welcome to Fox Chase sign in the Fox Chase Traffic Island located between Hasbrook and Oxford Avenues, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s sidewalk-cafe rules to permit sidewalk cafes on both sides of Ninth Street between Christian Street and Federal Street.
Amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Cafes," by permitting sidewalk cafes to be maintained on Ninth street, both sides, between Christian street and Federal street, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that remove and vacate Morse Street between Beach Street and Allen Street, and about 80 feet of Allen Street northeast of Morse Street.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 146 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Morse street from Beach street to Allen street, by striking from the City Plan and vacating Allen street from Morse street northeastwardly approximately eighty feet to a dead end, and by reserving and placing a right-of-way for gas main purposes within the lines of Morse street from Beach street to Allen street, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $6,776,000 in Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund appropriations from the Finance Director’s employee benefits account to the Fire Department.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the Fire Department.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $6,776,000 in Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund appropriations from the Finance Director’s employee benefits account to the Fire Department.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the Fire Department.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $6,776,000 in Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund appropriations from the Finance Director’s employee benefits account to the Fire Department.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the Fire Department.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to transfer $6,776,000 in Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund appropriations from the Finance Director’s employee benefits account to the Fire Department.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the Fire Department.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committees on Law and Government and Streets and Services to hold public hearings about cooperation among the Streets Department, PennDOT, and City Council on Philadelphia traffic matters.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Law and Government and Streets and Services to hold public hearings to investigate the state of intergovernmental cooperation between the Streets Department, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation [Penn DOT] and the City Council of Philadelphia, and, toward a remedy, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committees on Law and Government and Streets and Services to hold public hearings about cooperation among the Streets Department, PennDOT, and City Council on Philadelphia traffic matters.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Law and Government and Streets and Services to hold public hearings to investigate the state of intergovernmental cooperation between the Streets Department, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation [Penn DOT] and the City Council of Philadelphia, and, toward a remedy, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Procurement Commissioner to contract for paving parts of Capri Drive, Verona Drive, and DaVinci Drive.
Authorizing the paving of Capri Drive, DaVinci Drive and Verona Drive, under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax rules to provide a Job Creation Tax Credit for certain businesses that create new jobs in the city.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by establishing a program under which a Job Creation Tax Credit will be given to certain businesses creating new jobs in the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules on sidewalk sales and vending.
Amending Section 9-205 of the Philadelphia Code, relating to "Sidewalk Sales" and vending in residential areas by adding a new provision prohibiting sidewalk sales and vending in the area bordered by and including Chew avenue, Stenton avenue, Johnson street , and Mount Airy Avenue, both sides.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted law prohibits anyone from selling or otherwise transferring a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle weighing under 125 pounds if it cannot legally be registered in Pennsylvania or pass a required safety inspection at the time of sale.
Amending Title 9 The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a section to prohibit the sale of certain motor vehicles; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted law prohibits anyone from selling or otherwise transferring a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle weighing under 125 pounds if it cannot legally be registered in Pennsylvania or pass a required safety inspection at the time of sale.
Amending Title 9 The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a section to prohibit the sale of certain motor vehicles; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.