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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 July 8, 2005 meeting.

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Showing 37-47 of 47 actions from July 8, 2005

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050346

Amending Section 14-1629 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Yorktown Special District Controls," by specifically amending Section 14-1629(3) entitled "District Boundaries"; all under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050340

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to a certain parking lot approximately 130 feet in depth along the southern side of West Westmoreland Street between Mascher Street and Howard Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050338

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 2227-2251 Island Avenue and 7280-7282 Saybrook Avenue, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050302

Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by providing for new special district controls for the Girard Avenue area, under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050294

Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development (Housing Director), on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); authorizing the Housing Director to file applications with HUD to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application with HUD for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application or applications to obtain grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050269

Granting permission to Moore College of Art to operate and maintain a vending stand and sidewalk seating alongside its property located at 1916-1934 Race Street, under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050266-A

Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades, and Professions," by amending Section 9-601, entitled "Garages, Parking Lots, Sales Lots and Showrooms," by providing further for the filing of rates by public parking garages, under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050236

Dissolving the 1600 North Broad Tax Increment Financing District and creating the Avenue North Tax Increment Financing District, being the approximately three-acre site at 1600-36 North Broad Street generally bounded by Cecil B.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050232-A

Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by increasing the permissible height for fences located on the front lot line of certain properties in residential districts; and by permitting certain architectural embellishments on fences; all under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050059

Adding Chapter 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Housing Trust Fund," to create the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund and establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used; creating ongoing funding for the Fund by amending Section 10-1001 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fees of Commissioner of Records," by increasing certain fees for the recording of deeds and mortgages and related documents; and calling for the Creation of the Housing Trust Fund Oversight Board; all under certain terms and conditions.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Council Action2005-07-08
Bill 050016

Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by excluding from the tax certain sub-subleases of property by the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc.

SIGNED

Other recorded action without a published tally.