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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Other actions actions from the June 19, 2008 meeting.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes paving Health Sciences Drive, East Service Drive, and West Service Drive in the specified sections near Civic Center Boulevard, Convention Avenue, and Health Sciences Drive.
Authorizing the paving of Health Sciences Drive from Civic Center Boulevard to Convention Avenue, East Service Drive from Civic Center Boulevard to Health Sciences Drive, and West Service Drive from Civic Center Boulevard to Health Sciences Drive, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance establishes one-way traffic movement on three road segments: Civic Center Boulevard is westbound between Health Sciences Drive and Convention Avenue, Convention Avenue is northbound between those points, and Health Sciences Drive is eastbound.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Civic Center Boulevard between Health Sciences Drive and Convention Avenue, and on Convention Avenue between Civic Center Boulevard and Health Sciences Drive, and on Health Sciences Drive between Civic Center Boulevard and Convention Avenue.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan by adding Health Sciences Drive, East Service Drive, and West Service Drive, creating utility and drainage rights-of-way, and revising the curblines and grades of Civic Center Boulevard.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 269 by placing on the City Plan Health Sciences Drive from Civic Center Boulevard to Convention Avenue, placing on the City Plan East Service Drive and West Service Drive each from Civic Center Boulevard to Health Sciences Drive, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various purposes adjacent to Health Sciences Drive, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes at the intersection of Civic Center Boulevard and Convention Avenue, and revising the curblines and grades of Civic Center Boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the beds of Health Sciences Drive, East Service Drive, and West Service Drive.
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This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Keystone Opportunity Zone rules to provide up to seven additional years of certain tax exemptions, abatements, or credits for 2930 Chestnut Street in the West Philadelphia subzone after the existing benefits period ends, if the property is occupied by a qualified business.
Amending Chapter 19-3200, entitled "Keystone Opportunity Zone And Economic Development District," by providing for the extension of benefits for certain properties in certain subzones, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land within the area bounded by State Road, Poquessing Creek, the Delaware River, and Grant Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by State Road, Poquessing Creek, The Delaware River and Grant Avenue.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 109 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portion of Melon Street from Thirty-Fifth Street westward to a dead end, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted measure amended Philadelphia rules for permits that temporarily close sidewalks or roadway lanes.
Amending Chapter 11-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Construction, Encroachments And Projections Over, On And Under Streets," by adding a new Section that requires that certain conditions be placed on any permit that authorizes the temporary closing of a sidewalk or roadway lane; in particular, placing a time period on the validity of such permits, and prohibiting the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on such closed sidewalks or roadway lanes with certain exceptions; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted bill approves amendments to the redevelopment and relocation plans for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area near Front and Spring Garden Streets.
Approving the thirty-seventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the twenty-ninth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-seventh amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately eleven (11) properties for residential and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes paving the relocated section of Harlan Street between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets.
Authorizing the paving of the relocated Harlan Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove a roughly 99-foot portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street from the official City Plan and reserve a public-utility right-of-way within that area.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes within the lines of Leithgow Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance revises the City Plan in the area northeast of Susquehanna Road and northwest of Verree Road to establish rights-of-way for gas mains and other public utility uses extending toward Verree Road and Grant Avenue.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 350, in the area northeast of Susquehanna Road and northwest of Verree Road, by placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for gas main purposes and public utility purposes, and a right-of-way for gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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