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 November 18, 2004 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 20 actions from November 18, 2004
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan in the area bounded by Jefferson Street, Twentieth Street, Oxford Street, and Nineteenth Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 121 within an area bounded by Jefferson Street, Twentieth Street, Oxford Street and Nineteenth Street, by striking from the City Plan and vacating Opal Street from Jefferson Street to Oxford Street and Garnet Street from Jefferson Street to Oxford Street; by placing on the City Plan Uber Street from Jefferson Street to Oxford Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance establishes one-way eastbound traffic on Morse Street between Uber Street and 19th Street.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Morse Street, from Uber Street to 19th street, eastbound.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Vesuvio Restaurant & Bar at 736-38 South 8th Street to construct, own, and maintain a vestibule, canopy, masonry fence wall, and seven-table open-air sidewalk café at South 8th and Fitzwater Streets.
Authorizing Vesuvio Restaurant & Bar, 736-38 South 8th Street, Philadelphia PA. 19147, to construct, own and maintain building encroachments consisting of a vestibule, rigid frame canopy, masonry fence wall and an open-air sidewalk café located on the southwest corner of South 8th and Fitzwater Streets, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure prohibits commercial establishments on predominantly residential blockfaces from being open to the public between 11 p.m.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service Businesses," by adding a new Section regulating the hours of operation of commercial establishments located on residential blocks and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure prohibits commercial establishments on predominantly residential blockfaces from being open to the public between 11 p.m.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service Businesses," by adding a new Section regulating the hours of operation of commercial establishments located on residential blocks and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
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 bill amends Philadelphia’s payroll deduction rules to allow City employees to authorize deductions from their paychecks to purchase long-term care and other voluntary insurance benefits through Financial Integrity Resources Management, LLC.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," by permitting employees to authorize payroll deductions to purchase long term care and other voluntary insurance benefits through Financial Integrity Resources Management, LLC, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill changes how much must be paid in response to code violation notices under Philadelphia’s Building Construction and Occupancy Code: instead of fixed amounts in these sections, the payment follows the amount set in Section 1-112 unless another amount is specified.
Amending Title 4, Subcode "A," Section A-506, entitled "Code Violation Notices (CVN)," by providing for a new amount to be remitted in response to a code violation notice with respect to violations of The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code; and amending Title 4, Subcode "PM," Section PM-312, entitled "Overhanging or Encroaching Trees," to make conforming changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted measure repeals the existing rules on temporary signs and replaces them with rules covering signs such as banners, posters, stickers, and advertising flags.
Repealing Chapter 10-1200 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Posting of Temporary Signs" and adopting a new Chapter 10-1200, entitled "Posting of Signs."
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the City’s Finance Director to transfer $11.7 million in Fiscal Year 2004 General Fund appropriations from the Mayor’s office and the Sinking Fund Commission to various city departments, commissions, the First Judicial District, and a contribution to the School District.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires the Philadelphia Police Department to trace firearms recovered from people who are not legally allowed to possess them, including people under 21, using available information and the federal National Tracing Center.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety" by adding a new Section 10-832 entitled "Firearms Tracing" to require that the City of Philadelphia Police Department conduct traces of firearms illegally possessed by anyone under 21 years of age; all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires the Philadelphia Police Department to trace firearms recovered from people who are not legally allowed to possess them, including people under 21, using available information and the federal National Tracing Center.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety" by adding a new Section 10-832 entitled "Firearms Tracing" to require that the City of Philadelphia Police Department conduct traces of firearms illegally possessed by anyone under 21 years of age; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings about residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings to investigate residential and commercial development in Philadelphia, including waterfront development and the Building Industry Association of Philadelphia's recommendations to encourage new construction in the City.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about business assistance and services provided through the Commerce Department and the Mayor’s Business Action Team.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to examine and investigate the City's provision of assistance and services to businesses through the Commerce Department and the Mayor's Business Action Team.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Finance to hold hearings about Philadelphia’s tax delinquency collection program.
Authorizing the Committee on Finance to hold hearings on the City's tax delinquency collection program.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold public hearings about whether City offices, departments, boards, and commissions are complying with a requirement to file annual reports on permit, license, and other fee-based documents.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold public hearings to investigate compliance with Chapter 19-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, which requires every City office, department, board and commission that issues any permit, license or other document for which a fee is charged in accordance with a City ordinance to file an annual report with Council with respect to such fees.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings about infrastructure needs and traffic congestion along the South Philadelphia waterfront.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings to address the South Philadelphia waterfront's critical infrastructure needs and traffic congestion as a result of current and proposed development activity.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have added rules to Philadelphia’s Traffic Code for electric personal assistive mobility devices, such as self-balancing two-wheeled devices carrying one person.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by adding a new Chapter regulating the use and operation of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices and by making conforming amendments to other sections of the Title, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.