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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 19-36 of 77 actions from October 29, 2008

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080651

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.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080651

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 NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080648

The enacted ordinance prohibits parking or standing watercraft trailers or watercraft on Philadelphia roadways to display them for sale or for commercial washing, greasing, or repair, except for emergency repairs.

Amending Title 12 The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by amending Section 12-102, entitled "Definitions," by amending Section 12-902, entitled "Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited," to prohibit the standing or parking on the roadway of watercraft trailers or watercraft for the purpose of display for sale or for commercial washing, greasing or repair, by amending Section 12-2405, entitled "Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice," to provide for towing for certain violations, and by amending Section 12-2809, entitled "Civil Penalties and Costs," to provide for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080648

The enacted ordinance prohibits parking or standing watercraft trailers or watercraft on Philadelphia roadways to display them for sale or for commercial washing, greasing, or repair, except for emergency repairs.

Amending Title 12 The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by amending Section 12-102, entitled "Definitions," by amending Section 12-902, entitled "Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited," to prohibit the standing or parking on the roadway of watercraft trailers or watercraft for the purpose of display for sale or for commercial washing, greasing or repair, by amending Section 12-2405, entitled "Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice," to provide for towing for certain violations, and by amending Section 12-2809, entitled "Civil Penalties and Costs," to provide for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080648

The enacted ordinance prohibits parking or standing watercraft trailers or watercraft on Philadelphia roadways to display them for sale or for commercial washing, greasing, or repair, except for emergency repairs.

Amending Title 12 The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by amending Section 12-102, entitled "Definitions," by amending Section 12-902, entitled "Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited," to prohibit the standing or parking on the roadway of watercraft trailers or watercraft for the purpose of display for sale or for commercial washing, greasing or repair, by amending Section 12-2405, entitled "Removal or Immobilization of Parked Vehicles; Notice," to provide for towing for certain violations, and by amending Section 12-2809, entitled "Civil Penalties and Costs," to provide for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080644

This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan and abandon a 40-foot-wide drainage right-of-way running from B Street to Tioga Street.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 158 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes which extends southeastwardly from the easterly side of "B" Street to the northerly side of Tioga Street, under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080644

This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan and abandon a 40-foot-wide drainage right-of-way running from B Street to Tioga Street.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 158 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes which extends southeastwardly from the easterly side of "B" Street to the northerly side of Tioga Street, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080644

This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan and abandon a 40-foot-wide drainage right-of-way running from B Street to Tioga Street.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 158 by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes which extends southeastwardly from the easterly side of "B" Street to the northerly side of Tioga Street, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080643

The enacted ordinance amended a 2004 ordinance concerning the revision of City Plan lines and grades near Fairhill Street and Annsbury Street.

Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 040569) approved July 1, 2004, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 205 in the vicinity of Fairhill Street and Annsbury Street, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080643

The enacted ordinance amended a 2004 ordinance concerning the revision of City Plan lines and grades near Fairhill Street and Annsbury Street.

Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 040569) approved July 1, 2004, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 205 in the vicinity of Fairhill Street and Annsbury Street, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080643

The enacted ordinance amended a 2004 ordinance concerning the revision of City Plan lines and grades near Fairhill Street and Annsbury Street.

Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 040569) approved July 1, 2004, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 205 in the vicinity of Fairhill Street and Annsbury Street, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080641

The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Eighteenth Street between Cambria Street and Indiana Avenue from the City Plan while preserving a right-of-way there for drainage and water mains.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 128 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Eighteenth Street from Cambria Street to Indiana Avenue and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Eighteenth Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080641

The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Eighteenth Street between Cambria Street and Indiana Avenue from the City Plan while preserving a right-of-way there for drainage and water mains.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 128 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Eighteenth Street from Cambria Street to Indiana Avenue and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Eighteenth Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080641

The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Eighteenth Street between Cambria Street and Indiana Avenue from the City Plan while preserving a right-of-way there for drainage and water mains.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 128 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Eighteenth Street from Cambria Street to Indiana Avenue and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Eighteenth Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080640

This lapsed bill would have revised the City Plan for part of Clearview Street between Johnson Street and a nearby dead end, removing a 20-foot-wide section from the plan and reducing the street’s planned width from 60 feet to 40 feet.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 204 by striking from the City Plan the northeasterly twenty feet wide portion of Clearview Street from Johnson Street to a dead end approximately sixty-four feet southeast of Brinton Street, and relocating the curblines of such portion of Clearview Street to establish a twenty feet wide cartway and ten feet wide footway areas on either side of the street, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080640

This lapsed bill would have revised the City Plan for part of Clearview Street between Johnson Street and a nearby dead end, removing a 20-foot-wide section from the plan and reducing the street’s planned width from 60 feet to 40 feet.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 204 by striking from the City Plan the northeasterly twenty feet wide portion of Clearview Street from Johnson Street to a dead end approximately sixty-four feet southeast of Brinton Street, and relocating the curblines of such portion of Clearview Street to establish a twenty feet wide cartway and ten feet wide footway areas on either side of the street, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080639

This enacted ordinance authorizes the Mt.

Authorizing the Mt. Airy Revitalization Corporation to construct, own, and maintain, a sign on the traffic island of Wadsworth Avenue at the intersection with Cheltenham Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2008-10-29
Bill 080639

This enacted ordinance authorizes the Mt.

Authorizing the Mt. Airy Revitalization Corporation to construct, own, and maintain, a sign on the traffic island of Wadsworth Avenue at the intersection with Cheltenham Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.