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 May 1, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 19-27 of 27 actions from May 1, 2008
This enacted ordinance changes the City Plan by vacating about 40 feet of Clifton Street south of Irving Street to a dead end.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Clifton Street southward from Irving Street and by reserving, and placing on the City Plan, a right-of-way for drainage and public utility purposes within the lines of Clifton Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes an earlier 2006 ordinance involving the vacation of parts of Jefferson Street, Heston, and Paxon Street and the possible reservation of rights-of-way for gas, water, and drainage lines.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 051234) approved February 16, 2006, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 266 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Jefferson Street and Heston, each from 52nd Street to Paxon Street; by striking from the City Plan and vacating Paxon Street from Jefferson Street to Columbia Avenue; and by reserving and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for gas main purposes, water main purposes, and drainage purposes within the beds of the streets being stricken by this Ordinance, if necessary, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove from the official City Plan and vacate the legally open portions of Twenty-Third Street from Allegheny Avenue to the Norristown Branch railroad right-of-way.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 129 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Twenty-Third Street from Allegheny Avenue northwardly to its terminus at the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Norristown Branch of the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Longacre Holdings, LLC, owner of 1509 Mifflin Street, permission to operate a four-table open-air sidewalk cafe for up to 16 occupants at the northwest corner of Mifflin and Hicks Streets.
Granting permission to Longacre Holdings, LLC, owner of the property 1509 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the northwest corner of Mifflin Street and Hicks Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill removes 5100 Pennypack Street from the areas under the care and jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission.
Amending Chapter 15-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fairmount Park," by removing 5100 Pennypack Street from the areas under the care and jurisdiction of the Fairmount Park Commission, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Procurement Commissioner to enter into a contract to pave Delaware Avenue between Lewis Street and Orthodox Street.
Authorizing the paving of Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Orthodox Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the Mayor to sign a mutual aid agreement between Philadelphia and New Jersey.
Authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City, to execute a Mutual Aid Agreement by and between the City of Philadelphia and the State of New Jersey, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure requires the Philadelphia Department of Records to check whether the person transferring real estate matches the recorded owner before recording most deeds.
Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," by adding a new Chapter providing that prior to the recording of any deed, a check of record ownership be conducted by the Department of Records, appropriate documentation be submitted to the Department with certain deeds and requirements for the delivery of deeds to the Department of Records be met; providing for notification to the record owner of the recording of any deed; providing for exemptions and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance continued the Roxborough neighborhood improvement district for five years, through June 30, 2013, and kept the Roxborough Development Corporation as its manager.
Continuing a neighborhood improvement district beyond the date of termination of such district in an area that generally includes both sides of Ridge Avenue from Main Street to 7220 Ridge Avenue and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Ridge Avenue and which is known as the Roxborough District ("District"); continuing the designation of the Roxborough Development Corporation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with the Roxborough Development Corporation relating to the District; and authorizing the Roxborough Development Corporation to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee t...
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.