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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Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the July 2, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 19-33 of 33 actions from July 2, 2008
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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...
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the paving of Cates Way.
Authorizing the paving of Cates Way, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.