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 12, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 19-34 of 34 actions from April 12, 2007
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings about ways to reduce the conditions that create an urban heat island in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on the Environment to hold public hearings to investigate ways to mitigate the conditions that create an urban heat island in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adds hearing-protection requirements to Philadelphia’s Health Code for Fire Department members, including firefighters and paramedics.
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by adopting certain provisions of the National Fire Protection Association Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, NFPA 1500, related to hearing protection measures for Firefighters and Paramedics, with amendments thereto, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have authorized Beech Interplex, Inc.
Authorizing Beech Interplex, Inc., owner of the property located on the southwest corner of 15th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, to install signs on the building located on such property, for purposes of building identification, news broadcasts, entertainment and public service announcements, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to lease several City-owned parcels in the 21st Ward to the Twenty-First Ward Athletic Association and grant the association an easement for access.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement with the Twenty-First Ward Athletic Association under which the City will lease to the Association certain parcels of land located in the 21st Ward of the City of Philadelphia and grant to the Association a related access easement, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s penalties for gambling violations in public places.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places - Prohibited Conduct," by amending Section 10-612, entitled "Gambling," by amending the penalty provisions for certain violations and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required the Philadelphia Board of Ethics to offer training four times a year on state financial-disclosure requirements for candidates for City office.
Amending Section 20-606 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Board of Ethics," to give the Board of Ethics the duty to provide training regarding the financial disclosure requirements applicable to candidates for office contained in the State Ethics Act, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits people from bringing vicious animals into playgrounds owned or controlled by the City of Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," by adding a new Section prohibiting the bringing of vicious animals into playgrounds and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance sets hours for parks and playgrounds owned or controlled by the City.
Amending Title 15 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parks and Recreation," by adding a new Chapter relating to parks and playgrounds and by providing for the hours of operation of certain parks and playgrounds, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s parking rules for car-sharing organizations by adding eight street locations where one or more parking spaces may be reserved for car-sharing vehicles.
Amending Section 12-918 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking for Car Sharing Organizations," by adding locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to define a “gun shop” as a retail store that sells, leases, purchases, or lends firearms or ammunition.
Amending Section 14-1605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulated Uses," by adding a definition for "Gun shop" and designating gun shops as regulated uses, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have renamed the “North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls” and expanded the area covered by those controls.
Amending Section 14-1624 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "North Delaware Avenue Area Special District Controls," by changing the title and expanding the boundaries to include the area bounded generally by Oregon Avenue, Front Street, the Delaware River and Spring Garden Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Northern Star Developments LLC to construct, own, and maintain multi-level bays and balconies for the Oxford Mews residential project at 1617 N.
Authorizing Northern Star Developments LLC, 5 Eiker Road, Cranberry, NJ 08512, owner of the property at 1617 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, to construct, own and maintain multi-level bays and balconies as part of the Oxford Mews residential development project, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $2.9 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for Nueva Esperanza II.
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 Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,900,000) to assist in the development of Nueva Esperanza II and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill approves the third amendment to the redevelopment and urban renewal plans for the Tioga Urban Renewal Area.
Approving the Third amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Tioga Urban Renewal Area, being the area generally bounded by Hunting Park avenue on the north, Broad street, Germantown avenue, Venango street, Fifteenth street, Allegheny avenue and Germantown avenue on the east, Glenwood avenue and Lehigh avenue on the south and Twenty-third street, Allegheny avenue and Twenty-Third street on the west, including the Third amendment to the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of nineteen (19) properties for residential and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law; and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to apply for up to $1.4 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding for redeveloping three vacant commercial buildings at Roosevelt Boulevard and Bustleton Avenue into a Chevrolet sales and service dealership.
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 Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000) to assist in the redevelopment of the Roosevelt Boulevard and Bustleton Avenue area and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s contractor rules to require building service employees—such as cleaners, guards, janitors, maintenance workers, and groundskeepers—to receive prevailing wages and working conditions for covered City work.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to require that building service employees, performing labor under certain building service contract, receive the prevailing wage and prevailing working conditions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.