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
Procedural actions actions from the May 24, 2007 meeting.
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This lapsed resolution would have proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to create an Office of the Inspector General and submit the amendment to city voters.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create the office of the Inspector General, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to study factors connected to violence and possible gang involvement among elementary school-age girls in Philadelphia’s public school system.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to conduct a sociological study to determine what factors and/or circumstances are leading to the ever increasing rise of violence by young elementary school age girls and their tendency to be members of gangs; and to make the findings from this study available to the appropriate City Council Committee in an attempt to identify factors that would lead to the prevention of gang formation and the reduction of violence among this young group of girls in the Philadelphia Public School System.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes two City Council committees to hold joint hearings about Philadelphia’s creative economy.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs and the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold joint hearings regarding Philadelphia's Creative Economy, with a focus on young professionals (25 to 34), and to explore potential methods and strategies to retain this demographic for the future of Philadelphia's economic growth.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have exempted mechanical-access parking garages from certain requirements governing the area allotted for each parking space in residential and commercial districts.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning", by amending Chapter 14-1400, entitled "Parking and Loading Facilities", by exempting mechanical access parking garages from certain requirements, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to amend the City’s sublease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for office space at Two Penn Center Plaza.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an amendment to an existing sublease between the Philadelphia Municipal Authority and the City of Philadelphia for the City's use of certain office space located at Two Penn Center Plaza, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Howard Foreman, owner of Caribbean Feast Restaurant and the property at 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue, permission to operate an open-air sidewalk cafe at the northeast corner of Rising Sun Avenue and Westmoreland Street.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of Caribbean Feast Restaurant and owner of the property 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of Rising Sun Avenue and Westmoreland Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to terminate the City’s easement to a three-foot-wide alleyway behind City-owned properties at 2633–2655 West Sedgley Avenue and 2113–2121 North 27th Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to terminate and extinguish an easement to a three foot wide alleyway, abutting the rear of several City owned properties located at 2633-2655 West Sedgley Avenue on the northwest side of West Sedgley Avenue and 2113-2121 North 27th Street on east side of North 27th Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Diane Guzman, owner of 812 N.
Granting permission to Diane Guzman, owner of the property 812 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the west footway of N. Broad Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Manpants LLC, the owner of Johnny Brendas Tavern, permission to operate an eight-table open-air sidewalk cafe at the northeast corner of Frankford Avenue and E.
Granting permission to Manpants LLC, owner of Johnny Brendas Tavern, tenant of the property 1201-03-05 Frankford Avenue and 109 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19125, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the northeast corner of Frankford Avenue & E. Girard Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill changed the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for land bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, Twentieth Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and Twenty-first Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps, by changing the zoning designations of land located within an area bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, Twentieth Street, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and Twenty-first Street from partly Class "REC" Recreational and partly Class "R-15" Residential to a single designation of Class "REC" Recreational, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia officials to enter into a master ground lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for City-owned land and improvements.
Authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, and the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a Master Ground Lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") providing for the leasing by the City to PAID of certain land and the improvements owned by the City, and under which PAID will be required to enter into a Ground Sublease between PAID and The Barnes Foundation, pursuant to which PAID will sublease the land and improvements to the Foundation for the development, construction and operation of an art education facility; authorizing City officials to take all actions necessary to accomplish the intent and purpose of this Ordinance; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to arrange for paving Dahlia Drive, Sunflower Drive, Arbours Way, Marigold Lane, Veronica Lane, Honeysuckle Court, Foxglove Lane, Iris Lane, Bluebell Court, Mimosa Drive, and Wildflower Way.
Authorizing the paving of Dahlia Drive, Sunflower Drive, Arbours Way, Marigold Lane, Veronica Lane, Honeysuckle Court, Foxglove Lane, Iris Lane, Bluebell Court, Mimosa Drive, and Wildflower Way, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise the official street plan for an area bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard, Southampton Road, Carter Road, and the Philadelphia-Bucks County line.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 384 bounded by The Roosevelt Boulevard, Southampton Road, Carter Road, and the Philadelphia-Bucks County Line, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the beds of all streets proposed to be placed on the City Plan by authority of this Ordinance and of a certain unopened portion of the bed of Southampton Road.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have submitted a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters to create an Inspector General’s Office.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating the office of the Inspector General, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have approved a development plan for a commercial entertainment district in the area generally bounded by Delaware Avenue, Shackamaxon Street extended, the Delaware River, and Ellen Street extended.
Approving the Plan of Development for a Commercial Entertainment District in the area generally bounded by Delaware Avenue, Shackamaxon Street (extended), the Delaware River and Ellen Street (extended).
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized changes to City plan lines and grades in an area near Delaware Avenue and the Delaware River, including vacating part of Shackamaxon Street and revising rights-of-way for sewer, water, drainage, and other utilities.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 146 and 271 within an area bounded by Delaware Avenue, Shackamaxon Street, a right of way for sewer maintenance within the lines of former Shackamaxon Street, the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, a certain property line approximately 99 feet northeast of Ellen Street, Penn Street, and Ellen Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed the zoning designations for land between Delaware Avenue, Shackamaxon Street (Extended), the Delaware River, and Ellen Street (Extended).
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Delaware Avenue, Shackamaxon Street (Extended), the Delaware River, and Ellen Street (Extended); making certain designations relating to gross floor area, height regulations and off-street parking; and providing that provisions relating to the Commercial Entertainment District shall control over certain other provisions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into a sublease with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the City’s use of space on the third floor of the Curtis Center at 601 Walnut Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of The City of Philadelphia, to enter into a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the City's use of space located on the 3rd floor of the Curtis Center, 601 Walnut Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.