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 September 17, 2009 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 37 actions from September 17, 2009
This adopted resolution authorizes a joint City Council committee to hold hearings on two issues: how inspections by the Department of Licenses and Inspections affect tenant evictions, and how foreclosures affect renters.
Authorizing the Joint Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless and Licenses and Inspections to hold the hearings previously authorized by Resolution No. 090306 (adopted April 16, 2009) and Resolution No. 090307 (adopted April 16, 2009), concerning the impact of inspections by the Department of Licenses and Inspections on tenant evictions and the impact of foreclosures on renters.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings assessing the results of the Streets Department’s dedicated bike lane pilot program on Spruce and Pine Streets in Center City.
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings to assess the results of the Streets Department's dedicated bike lane pilot program on Spruce and Pine Streets in Center City.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold a public hearing about how publicly held and other corporations promote diversity and minority inclusion in their workplaces.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold a public hearing to assess current policies and procedures utilized by publicly-held and other corporate entities and their efforts to increase diversity and minority inclusion in the workplace, in an effort, among other things, to match the diverse population that they serve.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Joint Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Public Safety to hold a public hearing about policies, procedures, and standards in Philadelphia schools for protecting students from contagious viruses such as H1N1 (swine flu).
Authorizing City Council's Joint-Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate current policies, procedures, and standards in all Schools located in the City of Philadelphia to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of our students from contagious viruses such as the H1N1 (Swine) Flu.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Joint Committees on Legislative Oversight and Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings about leasing procedures at Philadelphia International Airport.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Legislative Oversight and Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings to examine the ongoing leasing procedures at the Philadelphia International Airport and their relation to local, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have allowed enforcement officers to issue code violation notices immediately when vacant lots were not properly maintained, including requirements related to cleanliness, weeds, drainage, and hazards.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) and Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code), by amending provisions relating Vacant Premises, by allowing for the immediate issuance of code violation notices for non maintained vacant lots, and providing for penalties pursuant to such code violations; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove the southerly 20 feet of Diamond Street from the City Plan between Tenth Street and Alder Street, reducing the planned street width from 70 feet to 50 feet.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 118 by striking from the City Plan the southerly twenty-foot-wide portion of Diamond Street from Tenth Street to Alder Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited vendors from displaying or selling goods, or leaving vending stands, on both sides of Aramingo Avenue between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Aramingo Avenue, between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The proposal, which was withdrawn from the calendar, would repeal Philadelphia Code Section 10-726 on commercial establishment waste management.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by repealing Section 10-726, entitled "Commercial Establishment Waste Management," and by making technical conforming amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain properties in the area bounded by 12th Street, Spruce Street, Camac Street, and Manning Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 12th Street, Spruce Street, Camac Street, and Manning Street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have removed Marshall Street between Bainbridge Street and Kater Street from the City Plan and reserved a right-of-way there for drainage, water mains, and other public utilities.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 97 by striking from the City Plan Marshall Street from Bainbridge Street to Kater Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various utility purposes within the lines of Marshall Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes licensing and operating rules for Philadelphia businesses that provide pedicab rides for hire.
Amending Chapter 9-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Carriers," by adding a new Section 9-410, entitled "Pedicabs," to provide for the licensing and regulation of businesses operating Pedicabs for hire, and setting forth rules of operation; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the paving of Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue to a point about 180 feet south of Penrose Avenue, provided the street is dedicated or opened for public use.
Authorizing the paving of Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue to a point southwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended a 2007 ordinance involving changes to the City Plan, the vacation of portions of Casper and Russell Streets, and related drainage and utility rights-of-way.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 070504) approved July 3, 2007, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Casper Street from Tioga Street to Russell Street, striking from the City Plan Russell Street from Casper Street southeastwardly approximately three-hundred ten feet to a dead end, and striking from the City Plan and abandoning a certain drainage right-of-way, and by reserving and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for water main purposes, drainage purposes, and public utility purposes within the beds of the streets being stricken by authority of this Ordinance, if necessary, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 42 by placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes extending from Thirty-third Street to Thirty-second Street, northeast of South Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Vilna Gaston to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 5222-24 Walnut Street.
Authorizing Vilna Gaston to construct, own and maintain, an open-air sidewalk cafe at 5222-24 Walnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s payroll-deduction rules to add the United Service Organizations of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, also known as Liberty USO, to the list of designated payees.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," to add the United Service Organizations 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.
The enacted ordinance creates the Oregon Avenue Business Corridor District, covering specified portions of Oregon Avenue, 3rd Street, 15th Street, Packer Avenue, and the 3300 block of South Galloway Street.
Amending Section 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts," by creating the Oregon Avenue Business Corridor District; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.