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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Procedural actions actions from the October 29, 2008 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 77 actions from October 29, 2008
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to remove Cleveland Street between Girard Avenue and Stiles Street from the official City Plan and vacate that street segment.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to remove Cleveland Street between Girard Avenue and Stiles Street from the official City Plan and vacate that street segment.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to remove Cleveland Street between Girard Avenue and Stiles Street from the official City Plan and vacate that street segment.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 120 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cleveland Street from Girard Avenue to Stiles Street, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited operating a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain aftermarket mufflers, including straight-pipe systems and hollow-core mufflers without baffles, and would have prohibited people and businesses from installing them.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting the operation of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain types of aftermarket mufflers, and by prohibiting businesses and other persons from installing such prohibited types of aftermarket mufflers, and providing for fines and penalties; and amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for the revocation of the business privilege license of a business that violates the prohibition against the installation of certain prohibited mufflers; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited operating a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain aftermarket mufflers, including straight-pipe systems and hollow-core mufflers without baffles, and would have prohibited people and businesses from installing them.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting the operation of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain types of aftermarket mufflers, and by prohibiting businesses and other persons from installing such prohibited types of aftermarket mufflers, and providing for fines and penalties; and amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for the revocation of the business privilege license of a business that violates the prohibition against the installation of certain prohibited mufflers; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn proposal would have removed Moravian Street from the City Plan between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets and reserved two rights-of-way for drainage, water, gas, and other utility facilities.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Moravian Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan two rights-of-way for drainage and utility purposes within the lines of portions of Moravian Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn proposal would have removed Moravian Street from the City Plan between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets and reserved two rights-of-way for drainage, water, gas, and other utility facilities.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Moravian Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan two rights-of-way for drainage and utility purposes within the lines of portions of Moravian Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn proposal would have removed Moravian Street from the City Plan between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets and reserved two rights-of-way for drainage, water, gas, and other utility facilities.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Moravian Street from Nineteenth Street to Twentieth Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan two rights-of-way for drainage and utility purposes within the lines of portions of Moravian Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits street vending and sidewalk sales on Spring Garden Street between 16th and 18th Streets.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Spring Garden Street.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits street vending and sidewalk sales on Spring Garden Street between 16th and 18th Streets.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Spring Garden Street.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits street vending and sidewalk sales on Spring Garden Street between 16th and 18th Streets.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Spring Garden Street.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to add an approximately 90-foot extension of Mount Vernon Street from its current terminus west of Percy Street to Tenth Street on the official City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by placing on the City Plan an extension of Mount Vernon Street from its existing terminus west of Percy Street westwardly to Tenth Street; by striking from the City Plan a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage and utility purposes laying within the lines of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; and authorizing dedication to the City of the bed of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to add an approximately 90-foot extension of Mount Vernon Street from its current terminus west of Percy Street to Tenth Street on the official City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by placing on the City Plan an extension of Mount Vernon Street from its existing terminus west of Percy Street westwardly to Tenth Street; by striking from the City Plan a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage and utility purposes laying within the lines of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; and authorizing dedication to the City of the bed of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to add an approximately 90-foot extension of Mount Vernon Street from its current terminus west of Percy Street to Tenth Street on the official City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 by placing on the City Plan an extension of Mount Vernon Street from its existing terminus west of Percy Street westwardly to Tenth Street; by striking from the City Plan a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage and utility purposes laying within the lines of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; and authorizing dedication to the City of the bed of the proposed extension of Mount Vernon Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a right-of-way reserved for gas main purposes within the lines of former Seventeenth Street from the intersection of Wood Street and Seventeenth Street to Franklintown Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a right-of-way reserved for gas main purposes within the lines of former Seventeenth Street from the intersection of Wood Street and Seventeenth Street to Franklintown Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 63 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a right-of-way reserved for gas main purposes within the lines of former Seventeenth Street from the intersection of Wood Street and Seventeenth Street to Franklintown Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill adds five Philadelphia blockfaces where one or more parking spaces may be reserved for vehicles owned by car-sharing organizations.
Amending Section 12-918 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking for Car Sharing Organizations," by adding locations, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.