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.
Action types
Council actions
Unanimous actions actions from the October 16, 2008 meeting.
Meeting dates
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Showing 19-36 of 40 actions from October 16, 2008
Recognizing and Honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on the Occasion of its 90th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixth and Twenty-seventh Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), a company that knows how to promote all-things fun in Philly, and its partners.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," by imposing restrictions on off-street parking in front of residential buildings, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue, for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter authorizing City Council to provide, by ordinance, for bid preferences in the awarding of public contracts for businesses whose products, services or operations demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Roberts Avenue, Wissahickon Avenue, Hunting Park Avenue and Fox Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 20-301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payment of Salaries," and Section 22-307, entitled "Payment of Retirement Benefit," to require that all payments of salaries and pension benefits be made by electronic fund transfer (direct deposit) to a financial institution designated by the recipient, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by "B" Street, Erie Street, "G" Street and Tioga Street.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-839, entitled "Unlawful Sale or Transfer of Firearms," creating mandatory penalties for the illegal sale of firearms in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by amending Section 10-818, entitled "Firearms in Public Places," by creating mandatory penalties for the illegal public carrying of firearms in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-1619, entitled "Frankford Avenue Special District Controls."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting the exhibiting, displaying or selling of any washing machine, clothes dryer, refrigerator, ice box or other household appliance measuring more than one cubic foot on City sidewalks.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," to transfer certain occupational classifications from the definition of Service Contracts to the definition of building or construction work, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Bill No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-2400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Hotel Room Rental Tax," by providing for an additional excise tax on hotel room rentals and designating the expenditures for which such tax will be used, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.