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
Unanimous actions actions from the April 27, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 28 actions from April 27, 2006
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned vacant lots and buildings to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-seventh and Forty-third Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of 2135 North 17th Street, a City-owned property, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution commemorating Philadelphia City Hall for receiving the designation of National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Commemorating Philadelphia's City Hall for being awarded the honorable distinction as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the memory of Rotan Lee and mourning his death.
Honoring the Memory and Mourning the Death of Rotan Lee.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing April 23–29, 2006, as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
Recognizing April 23-29, 2006 as National Crime Victims' Rights Week Honoring Crime Victims and Survivors.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Eleventh, Twelfth and Twenty-second Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Forty-fifth Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Forty-fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania state pension funds to sell investments in companies that do business in Sudan or with the Sudanese government.
Calling on the City and State Pension Funds to Divest Holdings in Companies that do business in the Sudan or with the Sudanese Government and support the International Crusade for Full Divestiture of all Investment Holdings in the Sudan.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution approves Council’s findings of fact and legal conclusions concerning an appeal in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Adopting findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to certain appeals filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas regarding Council's decision disapproving applications to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off- premises.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, at no cost, conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in the Seventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-seventh, and Forty-third Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Seventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-seventh and Forty-third Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance allows Philadelphia to immobilize or tow a vehicle when it has three or more delinquent parking tickets or automated red-light camera violation notices, after the required notice period.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to include violations issued pursuant to an automated red light camera enforcement system as a basis for immobilization and impoundment of vehicle; provide for fees for additional fees for failure to respond to violations issued pursuant to an automated red light camera enforcement system.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate approximately 175 feet of Orianna Street north from Chestnut Street to a dead end.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Orianna Street from Chestnut Street northwardly approximately 175' to a dead-end, and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes within the bed of Orianna Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to arrange for paving an approximately 66-foot extension of Parker Avenue.
Authorizing the paving of the approximately 66' extension of Parker Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to extend Parker Avenue about 66 feet southwest across a railroad right-of-way and add the extension to the official City Plan.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 275 by extending Parker Avenue from its current terminus on the northeasterly side of a 66' wide right-of-way for railroad purposes, approximately 66' southwestward to the southwest side of said right-of-way, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances except for a right-of-way for railroad purposes, of the bed of the extension of Parker Avenue.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted regulation prohibits parking motor homes on both sides of Livezey Street between Ridge Avenue and Valley Avenue.
Establishing a no motor home parking regulation on Livezey Street, Ridge Avenue to Valley Avenue, both sides.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into an agreement for the City to sublease the first and second floors of a building at 5201 Old York Road from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement to sublease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority the 1st and 2nd floors of a building located at 5201 Old York Road, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted change to Philadelphia’s Zoning Code requires uses in the Frankford Avenue Special District that occupy more than 10,000 square feet to provide one off-street parking space for every 1,000 square feet of floor area.
Amending Section 14-1619 of The Philadelphia Zoning Code, entitled "Frankford Avenue Special District Controls," by adding parking requirements for the District all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have amended Holy Family University's Institutional Development District Master Plan to allow a six-story, approximately 120,000-square-foot student residence building for 350 students.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Holy Family University by allowing for the construction of a new student residence building.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.