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 May 3, 2007 meeting.
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The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land bounded by Broad Street, Carpenter Street, South 13th Street, Kimball Street, South 12th Street, and Washington Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Broad Street, Carpenter Street, S. 13th Street, Kimball Street, S. 12th Street and Washington Avenue.
Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules for C-4 and C-5 commercial districts.
Amending Chapter 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "C-4 Commercial and C-5 Commercial Districts," to revise parking regulations in the area bounded by Broad Street, Carpenter Street, S. 13th Street, Kimball Street, S. 12th Street and Washington Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules for C-4 and C-5 commercial districts.
Amending Chapter 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "C-4 Commercial and C-5 Commercial Districts," to revise parking regulations in the area bounded by Broad Street, Carpenter Street, S. 13th Street, Kimball Street, S. 12th Street and Washington Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s sidewalk-cafe rules to allow sidewalk cafes on both sides of Germantown Avenue between Washington Lane and Creshiem Valley Road.
Amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Cafes," by permitting sidewalk cafes to be maintained on Germantown Avenue, both sides, between Washington Lane and Creshiem Valley Road, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s sidewalk-cafe rules to allow sidewalk cafes on both sides of Germantown Avenue between Washington Lane and Creshiem Valley Road.
Amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Cafes," by permitting sidewalk cafes to be maintained on Germantown Avenue, both sides, between Washington Lane and Creshiem Valley Road, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance approved up to $70.648 million for Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2008 capital projects, covering the period from September 1, 2007, through August 31, 2008.
An Ordinance Approving the Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance approved up to $70.648 million for Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2008 capital projects, covering the period from September 1, 2007, through August 31, 2008.
An Ordinance Approving the Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2009 through 2013.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted measure creates a three-member Malt and Brewed Beverage Hearing Board within the Department of Licenses and Inspections to handle City approval requests for permits to sell beer and malt beverages for off-premises consumption.
Amending Chapter 9-2900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Take-Out Sale Of Malt And Brewed Beverages," by creating the Malt and Brewed Beverage Hearing Board and revising the fee and procedures for the request for City approval of a permit to sell malt or brewed beverages for off-premises consumption, and amending Section 20-304 of The Philadelphia Code, to provide for the compensation of the Hearing Board; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure creates a three-member Malt and Brewed Beverage Hearing Board within the Department of Licenses and Inspections to handle City approval requests for permits to sell beer and malt beverages for off-premises consumption.
Amending Chapter 9-2900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Take-Out Sale Of Malt And Brewed Beverages," by creating the Malt and Brewed Beverage Hearing Board and revising the fee and procedures for the request for City approval of a permit to sell malt or brewed beverages for off-premises consumption, and amending Section 20-304 of The Philadelphia Code, to provide for the compensation of the Hearing Board; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to define green roofs and require buildings with at least 90,000 square feet of building area to cover at least 75% of their eligible rooftop space with a green roof.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-102, entitled "Definitions," and creating a new Section 14-114 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sustainable Zoning," to require certain buildings to have a green roof, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to define green roofs and require buildings with at least 90,000 square feet of building area to cover at least 75% of their eligible rooftop space with a green roof.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-102, entitled "Definitions," and creating a new Section 14-114 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sustainable Zoning," to require certain buildings to have a green roof, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate 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.
ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate 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.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate 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.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property Trust Philadelphia Limited Partnership IV, owner of the Comcast Center, to place six raised planters along the north sidewalk of John F.
Authorizing Liberty Property Trust Philadelphia Limited Partnership IV, Eight Penn Center, Suite 1100, 1628 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, owner of the Comcast Center at 1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, for the placement of raised planters on John F. Kennedy Boulevard and the installation of stainless steel security bollards on Arch Street and N. 17th Street adjacent to the Comcast Center, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Carlton Street from Twentieth Street eastwardly approximately 98'4" to a dead-end, by striking and abandoning certain rights-of-way for public utility purposes lying in the beds of former Carlton Street and former Uber Street, by striking and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes and public utility purposes lying in the bed of former Wood Street, by relocating a certain portion of the curbline on Vine Street 8' in a southerly direction and by relocating a certain portion of the curbline on 20th Street 7' in a westerly direction, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted bill authorizes the East Falls Development Corporation to install a gateway entrance sign for the East Falls community at its property on Midvale Avenue.
Authorizing East Falls Development Corporation, 3654 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, owner of the property at 3800 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129, for the installation of a gateway entrance sign for the East Falls community, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s rules for sidewalk vendors in Center City to prohibit vending within 15 feet of any means of egress from a building.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by prohibiting vendors from within 15 feet of any emergency egress, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.