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 December 11, 2008 meeting.
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This enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to amend the City of Philadelphia’s sublease for office space at 1101 Market Street, also known as the Aramark Building.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a second amendment to an existing sublease between the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development and the City for the City's use of certain office space located at 1101 Market Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance prohibits people and vendors from displaying or selling goods, or keeping stands, on sidewalks along Cheltenham Avenue within Philadelphia’s Ninth District.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to Sidewalk Sales by prohibiting sidewalk sales on Cheltenham Avenue within the Ninth District.
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The enacted bill authorizes the Procurement Commissioner to enter into a contract to construct stormwater sewers and related work on Delaware Avenue between Lewis Street and Orthodox Street.
Authorizing the construction of stormwater sewers and appurtenant work in Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Orthodox Street.
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This enacted bill authorizes Edward and Veronica Leonard, their successors, and assigns to own, operate, and maintain an existing one-story garage extension and entrance steps that extend into the east sidewalk of N.
Authorizing Edward and Veronica Leonard, their successors and assigns, to own, operate, and maintain a one story garage extension and entranceway steps on the east sidewalk of N. Pennock Street adjacent to their property located at 2718 Brown Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance prohibits truck parking on both sides of specified sections of Whitten Street, President Street, and Conwell Avenue.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of Whitten Street between President Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, both sides of President Street between Whitten Street and Conwell Avenue, and both sides of Conwell Avenue between President Street and Roosevelt Boulevard.
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This enacted amendment gives the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for Community Development two years, instead of one, to enter into an agreement and meet the agreement’s requirements for constructing, owning, and maintaining raised planters on the sidewalks along the 2400, 2500, and 2600 blocks of Kensington Avenue.
Amending Bill No. 070443 (approved by Council on June 14, 2007 and signed by the Mayor on July 3, 2007), entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Office for Community Development, 222 N. 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, to construct, own and maintain raised planter clusters atop the sidewalks of the 2400, 2500 and 2600 blocks of Kensington Avenue, under certain terms and conditions," by authorizing an extension in the time in which the Archdiocese must perform its obligations under the Ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance amends a 2003 ordinance concerning a gas-main right-of-way within former Morris Street between Thirtieth and Thirty-First Streets.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 030681) approved December 18, 2003, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 24-S by placing on the City Plan a certain right-of-way for gas main purposes within the lines of former Morris Street from Thirtieth Street to Thirty-First Street, under certain terms and conditions," by deleting the requirement that the terms and conditions stated therein be complied with within a certain time period.
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The enacted ordinance grants Howard Foreman, owner of Island Caribbean Restaurant at 1338–44 Rising Sun Avenue, permission to build a raised outdoor deck for restaurant seating along Rising Sun Avenue and Westmoreland Street.
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.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan by widening the west side of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, moving the house line 20 feet west and the curb line by up to 20 feet.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the westerly curb line and house line of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance amended an earlier ordinance concerning the planned extension of Parker Avenue across a railroad right-of-way and the dedication of the extended street bed to the City.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 060317) approved September 28, 2006, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 275 by extending Parker Avenue from its current terminus on the northeasterly side of a 66' wide right-of-way for railroad purposes, approximately 66' southwestward to the southwest side of said right-of-way, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances except for a right-of-way for railroad purposes, of the bed of the extension of Parker Avenue," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
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The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s building code rules for pedestrian protection at construction and demolition sites.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "B" ("The Philadelphia Building Code"), by amending the provisions of Chapter 33 ("Safeguards During Construction"), including provisions relating to the protection of pedestrians, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted measure changes Philadelphia’s rules for permits that temporarily close sidewalks or roadway lanes.
Amending Section 11-611 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk and Roadway Lane Closures," by amending the provisions regulating the application for and issuance of permits for the temporary closure of a sidewalk or roadway lane, including adding new conditions to such permits, providing for building permit revocation and stop work orders for violations, by clarifying that such permits are issued by the Streets Department, and by making certain technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for land bounded by Arch Street, 18th Street, Cuthbert Street, and 19th Street, and changes commercial-district and Benjamin Franklin Parkway height and building-coverage rules for that area.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Arch Street, 18th Street, Cuthbert Street, and 19th Street, by amending Section 14-305 of the Zoning Code entitled "C-4" Commercial and "C-5" Commercial District and by amending Section 14-1611 of the Zoning Code, entitled "Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls", under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted bill named Public Health Center 9 at 131 E.
Naming and designating Public Health Center 9 located at 131 E. Chelten Avenue as the "Mattie L. Humphrey Health Center."
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