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 October 14, 2004 meeting.
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Showing 1-17 of 17 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 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 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.
HEARING HELD
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.
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.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized a $750,000 transfer in the Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund from the city’s SEPTA subsidy to the Director of Finance.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from the Department of Public Property-City Subsidy for SEPTA to the Director of Finance, and authorizing the Director of Finance to convene a panel for the purpose of administering funds to distressed businesses and the community affected by the Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized a $750,000 transfer in the Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund from the city’s SEPTA subsidy to the Director of Finance.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from the Department of Public Property-City Subsidy for SEPTA to the Director of Finance, and authorizing the Director of Finance to convene a panel for the purpose of administering funds to distressed businesses and the community affected by the Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project, all under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized a $750,000 transfer in the Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund from the city’s SEPTA subsidy to the Director of Finance.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General Fund from the Department of Public Property-City Subsidy for SEPTA to the Director of Finance, and authorizing the Director of Finance to convene a panel for the purpose of administering funds to distressed businesses and the community affected by the Market Street Elevated Reconstruction Project, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorized the City Council’s Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings about why subcontractors involved in building Lincoln Financial Field reportedly remain owed millions of dollars.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings to investigate the reasons for millions of dollars in outstanding payments to sub-contractors who took part in the construction of Lincoln Financial Field and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorized the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings about the Recreation Department’s proposal to close, transfer, or “winterize” recreation facilities across Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings to investigate the status of the Recreation Department's proposal to close, transfer and "winterize" recreation facilities across the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Finance to hold hearings about whether nonprofits, community groups, and block captains could use stages, show mobiles, and sound systems for community events for a nominal fee.
Authorizing the Committee on Finance to conduct hearings on the possibility of non-profits, community groups and block captains, the ability to use stages, show mobiles and sound systems for community events at a nominal fee.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have created special zoning controls for specified residentially zoned properties in Yorktown.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section 14-1627, entitled "Yorktown Special District Controls"; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited distributors from placing commercial or non-commercial handbills on private property unless they handed or transmitted them directly to an occupant.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by amending the provisions of Section 10-723.2 to prohibit the door-to-door distribution of handbills unless they are handed directly to an occupant; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.