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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 October 31, 2007 meeting.

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Showing 91-104 of 104 actions from October 31, 2007

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070559

The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Traffic Code to allow vehicles to be towed or immobilized for up to 72 hours when they are illegally parked in spaces reserved for physically handicapped people or severely disabled veterans, or when they block any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp.

Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing for the removal or immobilization of vehicles illegally parked in reserved spaces for the physically handicapped and severely-disabled veterans and of vehicles blocking any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070559

The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Traffic Code to allow vehicles to be towed or immobilized for up to 72 hours when they are illegally parked in spaces reserved for physically handicapped people or severely disabled veterans, or when they block any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp.

Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by providing for the removal or immobilization of vehicles illegally parked in reserved spaces for the physically handicapped and severely-disabled veterans and of vehicles blocking any part of a curb cut or handicapped ramp.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070544

This enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Lavender Street.

Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Lavender Street.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070544

This enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Lavender Street.

Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Lavender Street.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070544

This enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Lavender Street.

Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Lavender Street.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070543

The enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs to be placed and maintained at the intersection of Avalon Street and Outlook Street, following PennDOT regulations.

Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Outlook Street.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070543

The enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs to be placed and maintained at the intersection of Avalon Street and Outlook Street, following PennDOT regulations.

Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Outlook Street.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070543

The enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs to be placed and maintained at the intersection of Avalon Street and Outlook Street, following PennDOT regulations.

Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Avalon Street and Outlook Street.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070513

This enacted ordinance revises part of City Plan No.

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 163 by placing two variable width rights-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes on the City Plan, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070513

This enacted ordinance revises part of City Plan No.

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 163 by placing two variable width rights-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes on the City Plan, under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Bill 070513

This enacted ordinance revises part of City Plan No.

Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 163 by placing two variable width rights-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes on the City Plan, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Council Action2007-10-31
Resolution 070378

This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to investigate poor drainage and structural defects in sidewalk cutouts in Center City and elsewhere in Philadelphia.

Authorizing City Council's Committee on Streets and Services to investigate why the sidewalk cutouts throughout Center City are not adequately draining and to investigate whether or not there are other locations throughout the City where the sidewalk cutouts are structurally defective; and to determine how the problem of the sidewalk cutouts can be corrected and to have them corrected.

RECESSED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Procedural2007-10-31
Resolution 070378

This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to investigate poor drainage and structural defects in sidewalk cutouts in Center City and elsewhere in Philadelphia.

Authorizing City Council's Committee on Streets and Services to investigate why the sidewalk cutouts throughout Center City are not adequately draining and to investigate whether or not there are other locations throughout the City where the sidewalk cutouts are structurally defective; and to determine how the problem of the sidewalk cutouts can be corrected and to have them corrected.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2007-10-31
Resolution 070378

This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to investigate poor drainage and structural defects in sidewalk cutouts in Center City and elsewhere in Philadelphia.

Authorizing City Council's Committee on Streets and Services to investigate why the sidewalk cutouts throughout Center City are not adequately draining and to investigate whether or not there are other locations throughout the City where the sidewalk cutouts are structurally defective; and to determine how the problem of the sidewalk cutouts can be corrected and to have them corrected.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.