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 November 6, 2008 meeting.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill that would amend Philadelphia’s Air Management Code and Health Code.
Transmitting a bill amending certain Sections of Titles 3 ("Air Management Code") and Title 6 ("Health Code") of The Philadelphia Code related to license and permit fees and other charges by modifying the amount of such fees, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill that would revise permitting rules and license and permit fees for asbestos work under specified terms and conditions.
Transmitting a bill amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code ("Health Code") by revising permitting provisions and license and permit fees related to asbestos work, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing Kevin Goodchild to construct, own and maintain, an open-air sidewalk café and planters at 9236-9242 N. Delaware Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill that would change the amounts of certain license and permit fees and other charges in parts of the Philadelphia Code covering building construction and occupancy, health, businesses and professions, zoning and planning, and finance.
Transmitting a bill amending certain Sections of Titles 4 ("The Philadelphia Building Construction And Occupancy Code"), 6 ("Health Code"), 9 ("Regulation Of Businesses, Trades And Professions"), 14 ("Zoning and Planning") and 19 ("Finance, Taxes And Collections") of The Philadelphia Code related to license and permit fees and other charges by modifying the amount of such fees, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Commissioner of the Department of Licenses and Inspections.
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This communication, placed on file, transmits a proposed bill concerning burglary, theft, and robbery alarm systems.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 9-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Burglary, Theft and Robbery Alarm Systems," by revising the amounts of certain fees and penalties and the number of permissible false alarms, providing for collection of fees by alarm companies, providing for administrative adjudication, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by revising certain tax rates; all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill that would revise certain rates for Philadelphia’s Wage and Net Profits Tax and make technical changes to the related City Code chapter.
Transmitting a bill amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by revising certain tax rates and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue.
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This communication transmits a proposed bill that would revise parking-meter fees in certain locations.
Transmitting a bill amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to revise the fees for the use of parking meters in certain locations; to revise fees and charges for the immobilization and impoundment of vehicles for parking and other violations; and to revise the penalties for various parking violations; all under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Deputy Mayor of Transportation and Utilities.
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Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill No. 080743, which was passed on October 30, 2008, was signed by the Mayor on November 3, 2008.
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Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 080468-A, 080490, 080627 and 080634, which were passed by Council on October 23, 2008, were signed by the Mayor on November 5, 2008.
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Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 080548, 080585, 080632, 080636, 080649 and 080745, which were passed by Council on October 30, 2008, were signed by the Mayor on November 5, 2008.
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The adopted resolution authorizes a Parks and Recreation Task Force to help transfer the duties of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation to the new Department of Parks and Recreation.
Authorizing the creation of a Parks and Recreation Task Force to help facilitate the transfer of duties and responsibilities of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation to the new Department of Parks and Recreation, and to assist in reconstituting the Fairmount Park Commission as the Commission on Parks and Recreation.
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The adopted resolution authorizes a Parks and Recreation Task Force to help transfer the duties of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation to the new Department of Parks and Recreation.
Authorizing the creation of a Parks and Recreation Task Force to help facilitate the transfer of duties and responsibilities of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Department of Recreation to the new Department of Parks and Recreation, and to assist in reconstituting the Fairmount Park Commission as the Commission on Parks and Recreation.
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The adopted resolution congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on winning the presidency and invited him to visit Philadelphia in January 2009 before his inauguration.
Congratulating President-elect Obama and inviting him to Philadelphia to promote affordable and accessible health care as part of an affordable health care inaugural tour.
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The adopted resolution congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on winning the presidency and invited him to visit Philadelphia in January 2009 before his inauguration.
Congratulating President-elect Obama and inviting him to Philadelphia to promote affordable and accessible health care as part of an affordable health care inaugural tour.
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This enacted measure added a 1.2% excise tax to hotel room rentals in Philadelphia, collected from hotel guests by hotel operators.
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.
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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.
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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.
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