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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Council actions
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the November 6, 2008 meeting.
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This enacted bill adds the Philadelphia Police and Fire Association for Handicapped Children and the Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation, which operates Fireman’s Hall Museum, to the organizations that City employees may choose to receive payroll deductions.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," to add the Philadelphia Police and Fire Association for Handicapped Children and the Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation (T/A Fireman's Hall Museum) to the list of designated payees to whom an employee may direct payroll deductions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s Commercial Entertainment District rules, including regulations for projects in the Center City area bounded by Sixth Street, Broad Street, Chestnut Street, and Arch Street.
Amending Chapter 14-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Entertainment District," by adding provisions relating to proposed projects in the Center City area and relating to public art, by providing for revised effective dates, and by making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s Commercial Entertainment District rules, including regulations for projects in the Center City area bounded by Sixth Street, Broad Street, Chestnut Street, and Arch Street.
Amending Chapter 14-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Entertainment District," by adding provisions relating to proposed projects in the Center City area and relating to public art, by providing for revised effective dates, and by making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s Commercial Entertainment District rules, including regulations for projects in the Center City area bounded by Sixth Street, Broad Street, Chestnut Street, and Arch Street.
Amending Chapter 14-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Entertainment District," by adding provisions relating to proposed projects in the Center City area and relating to public art, by providing for revised effective dates, and by making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Eleventh Street, Filbert Street, Tenth Street and Market Street.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Eleventh Street, Filbert Street, Tenth Street and Market Street.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Eleventh Street, Filbert Street, Tenth Street and Market Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed bill would have required owners, managers, and agents of food service establishments to promptly report violent crimes or imminent threats near their businesses and cooperate with police investigations.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending Section 19-2602 thereof, entitled "Licenses," to add a new subsection requiring licensees operating a food service establishment to cooperate in the reporting and investigation of violent crimes in or near the establishment, under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed bill would have required owners, managers, and agents of food service establishments to promptly report violent crimes or imminent threats near their businesses and cooperate with police investigations.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending Section 19-2602 thereof, entitled "Licenses," to add a new subsection requiring licensees operating a food service establishment to cooperate in the reporting and investigation of violent crimes in or near the establishment, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.