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 February 15, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 1-17 of 17 actions from February 15, 2007
This lapsed bill would have changed the procedure for enacting zoning ordinances in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1700, entitled "Administration and Enforcement," by amending Section 14-1708, entitled "Procedure for Enactment of Ordinances," under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
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 hearings on invoicing and payment procedures for City procurement and contracting.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to examine current invoicing and disbursement procedures and policies in City procurement and contracting, so as to determine measures that may be required to implement and ensure best practices and standards for prompt payment.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings about why SEPTA has not made the subway exits nearest City Hall and the Municipal Services Building accessible to people with disabilities.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold public hearings to investigate and determine why SEPTA has not and is not working to make the subway exits most adjacent to City Hall and the Municipal Services Building handicapped accessible; and to determine what criteria has been utilized by SEPTA which has excluded subway accessibility to the disabled and/or handicapped, at these locations; and further determine why monies allocated by SEPTA in their capital budgets have not been utilized at these locations; further such hearings are to be held in conjunction with the hearings authorized in Resolution No. 070084.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution calls for City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings on the relationship between neighborhood development and capital improvements to School District facilities.
Calling for Hearings before the City Council Committee on Education to Explore the Relationship between Neighborhood Development and Capital Improvements to School District Facilities.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s zoning rules for drive-through businesses in C-2 commercial districts.
Amending Chapter 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending provisions related to businesses with a drive-thru, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have prohibited Philadelphia residents under 18 who had been adjudicated truant from driving vehicles requiring a license, and would have prohibited vehicle owners from allowing them to drive.
Amending Chapter 12-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous Regulations and Penalties," by adding a new Section, entitled "Prohibited Operation by Truant Minors," prohibiting minors who have been determined to be truants from driving in Philadelphia under the age of 18, and providing for penalties, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s City Code to authorize the City Treasurer to deposit City funds in Sovereign Bank, subject to the listed terms and conditions.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by amending Section 19-201, entitled "City Depositories," by authorizing the City Treasurer to deposit funds in Sovereign Bank, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $2 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to help develop WHYY’s Learning Lab.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) to assist in the development of the WHYY Learning Lab, and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $1 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to help convert the former Wills Eye Hospital at 9th and Walnut Streets into the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to assist in the conversion of the former Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia to the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Marilyn T.
Granting permission to Marilyn T. Stroud, 1543 Dickinson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk café on the northeast corner of S. 16th and Dickinson Streets, 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.
The enacted ordinance grants Marilyn T.
Granting permission to Marilyn T. Stroud, 1543 Dickinson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 to operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk café on the northeast corner of S. 16th and Dickinson Streets, 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.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s rules for metered accessible parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities and severely disabled veterans.
Amending Section 12-1117 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Physically Handicapped and Disabled or Severely Disabled Veteran Parking," by amending the provision relating to metered parking for physically handicapped persons and severely-disabled veterans, and making such amendment contingent on the enactment of an ordinance relating to the establishment of parking for motor-driven cycles and similar motor vehicles, all under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer City-owned land and buildings at 230-234 Dickinson Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
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 230-234 Dickinson Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Felix Penzarella, the owner of 618 S.
Authorizing Felix Penzarella, 618 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, owner of the property 618 S. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, his successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a rear building addition on Hancock Street, under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited permitted vending locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Twelfth Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed permitted vending locations on Eighth and Ninth Streets between Arch Street and Market Street so they could be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), as amended, which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eighth Street and Ninth Street between Arch Street and Market Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have limited all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street to vendors licensed to sell prepared food.
Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by providing that all permitted vendor locations on both sides of Eleventh Street between Arch Street and Chestnut Street shall be assigned only to vendors licensed to sell prepared food, all under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.