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 September 20, 2007 meeting.
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The enacted bill creates a special zoning district for the area between Broad Street, Arch Street, Race Street, and 13th Street around the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section 14-1632, entitled "Convention Center Expansion Area Special District Controls," under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes CNO, LLC, and its successors and assigns to build, own, operate, and maintain multi-level bay windows and decks connected to nine residential units at 850 N.
Authorizing CNO, LLC, their successors and assigns, to own, operate, and maintain multi-level bay windows and decks as part of the residential development project at 850 N. 3rd Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Re-Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District bounded by Washington Avenue, Lombard Street, 6th Street, and the Delaware River.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section 14-908, entitled "Queen Village Neighborhood Conservation District."
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s definition of a “night club.” It proposed defining a night club as a place where 50 or more people gather mainly for social entertainment, while excluding uses that are primarily instructional rather than entertainment-focused.
Amending Section 14-102 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Definitions," by amending the definition of "Night Club," all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Bodine Street Associates and its successors to install and maintain multi-level bay windows for the residential project at 1111 N.
Authorizing Bodine Street Associates, their successors and assigns, to own, operate, and maintain multi-level bay windows as part of the residential development project at 1111 N. Bodine Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Muhammed Shaukat, who operates the newsstand at Tenth and Filbert Streets, permission to construct, use, and maintain conduits under and across the public right-of-way to provide electrical and telephone service to the newsstand.
Granting permission to Muhammed Shaukat, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits for fiber optic facilities in, under and across the southwest corner of Tenth Street and Filbert Street, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created Philadelphia standards for criminal-record screening by the City and certain businesses and organizations receiving City contracts, leases, concessions, franchises, or financial assistance.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by enacting a new Chapter 17-1500, entitled "Philadelphia Fair Criminal Record Standard," requiring a fair standards of criminal record screening within the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created Philadelphia standards for criminal-record screening by the City and certain businesses and organizations receiving City contracts, leases, concessions, franchises, or financial assistance.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by enacting a new Chapter 17-1500, entitled "Philadelphia Fair Criminal Record Standard," requiring a fair standards of criminal record screening within the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s refuse and littering rules to create a reward program for people who provide information leading to a court determination that someone committed short dumping.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by adding a section creating a reward program for the provision of information leading to a determination that an individual has engaged in short dumping, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s sidewalk-cafe rules to permit sidewalk cafes on both sides of Germantown Avenue between Creshiem Valley Road and Rex Avenue, as long as the section’s conditions are met.
Amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Cafes," by permitting sidewalk cafes to be maintained on Germantown Avenue, both sides, between Creshiem Valley Road, and Rex Avenue under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure authorized a $2 million transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund from the City Council to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Recreation.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Council to the Mayor - Office of Housing and Community Development and to the Department of Recreation.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill grants The Ivy Hill Cemetery Company permission to expand its cemetery or place of burial at 1201 Easton Road.
Granting permission to The Ivy Hill Cemetery Company to expand their cemetery or place of burial located at 1201 Easton Road.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s rules for prohibited signs.
Amending Chapter 10-1200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Posting of Signs," by authorizing code officials to issue a single code violation notice for multiple sign violations by the same person, in certain circumstances, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance establishes two-way traffic on 30th Street between Chestnut Street and Walnut Street, allowing movement both northbound and southbound.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on 30th Street between Market Street to Walnut Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land bounded by 30th Street, Chestnut Street, Schuylkill Avenue, and Walnut Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 30th Street, Chestnut Street, Schuylkill Avenue and Walnut Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes a no-parking restriction on the east side of 30th Street between Market Street and Walnut Street.
Establishing a no parking regulation on 30th Street between Market Street and Walnut Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Brandywine Cira South, L.P., the owner and developer of Cira Centre South, to build, own, and maintain canopies and an open-air sidewalk café extending into the public footways of Chestnut, 30th, and Walnut Streets as part of a mixed-use development.
Authorizing Brandywine Cira South, L.P., owner and developer for the Cira Centre South to construct, own and maintain various encroachments to be installed in conjunction with a mixed-use development, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance creates the 30th Street Special Controls District in the area bounded by 30th Street, Market Street, Schuylkill Avenue, and Walnut Street.
Amending Section 14-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, by adding a new section, entitled "30th Street Special Controls District," all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.