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 October 13, 2009 meeting.
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The enacted ordinance adds penalties for short dumping, including allowing a court to order violators to clean up dump sites or pay cleanup costs.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by providing for additional penalties and consequences for short dumping, under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds penalties for short dumping, including allowing a court to order violators to clean up dump sites or pay cleanup costs.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by providing for additional penalties and consequences for short dumping, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds penalties for short dumping, including allowing a court to order violators to clean up dump sites or pay cleanup costs.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by providing for additional penalties and consequences for short dumping, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited mobile food vendors from parking or storing their vending vehicles on public streets or rights-of-way when food was not being loaded, prepared, cooked, served, or distributed from the vehicle.
Amending Chapter 6-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food," by amending Section 6-301, entitled "Food Establishments," and amending Chapter 12-900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Regulations And Penalties," by amending Section 12-901, entitled "Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited at Certain Places", by prohibiting the parking and storage of mobile food vending vehicles on the public streets and rights-of-way whenever food is not being loaded or off-loaded, prepared, manufactured, cooked, processed, dressed, served or distributed from that vehicle, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited mobile food vendors from parking or storing their vending vehicles on public streets or rights-of-way when food was not being loaded, prepared, cooked, served, or distributed from the vehicle.
Amending Chapter 6-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food," by amending Section 6-301, entitled "Food Establishments," and amending Chapter 12-900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Regulations And Penalties," by amending Section 12-901, entitled "Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited at Certain Places", by prohibiting the parking and storage of mobile food vending vehicles on the public streets and rights-of-way whenever food is not being loaded or off-loaded, prepared, manufactured, cooked, processed, dressed, served or distributed from that vehicle, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying or selling goods, merchandise, or operating stands on both sides of Aramingo Avenue between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," to prohibit vending on both sides of Aramingo Avenue and within a one block radius on all streets intersecting Aramingo Avenue, between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying or selling goods, merchandise, or operating stands on both sides of Aramingo Avenue between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," to prohibit vending on both sides of Aramingo Avenue and within a one block radius on all streets intersecting Aramingo Avenue, between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying or selling goods, merchandise, or operating stands on both sides of Aramingo Avenue between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," to prohibit vending on both sides of Aramingo Avenue and within a one block radius on all streets intersecting Aramingo Avenue, between Lehigh Avenue and Duncan Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s Center City sidewalk-vending rules by prohibiting vending on both sides of 5th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets, and on Market Street from 4th Street to City Hall.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code by prohibiting vending on both sides of 5th Street, from Market street to Chestnut street and on Market street, from Fourth street to Fifth street.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s Center City sidewalk-vending rules by prohibiting vending on both sides of 5th Street between Market and Chestnut Streets, and on Market Street from 4th Street to City Hall.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code by prohibiting vending on both sides of 5th Street, from Market street to Chestnut street and on Market street, from Fourth street to Fifth street.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules for newspaper and printed-material boxes on public sidewalks.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-211, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material," relating to the regulation of newspaper boxes on the public sidewalk, by prohibiting the placement of a publishers' box within the vicinity of the National Museum for Jewish American History, all under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules for newspaper and printed-material boxes on public sidewalks.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-211, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material," relating to the regulation of newspaper boxes on the public sidewalk, by prohibiting the placement of a publishers' box within the vicinity of the National Museum for Jewish American History, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules for newspaper and printed-material boxes on public sidewalks.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-211, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material," relating to the regulation of newspaper boxes on the public sidewalk, by prohibiting the placement of a publishers' box within the vicinity of the National Museum for Jewish American History, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Jeffrey Papa to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2400 South 19th Street, with eight tables and 28 chairs along the sidewalks of South 19th Street and Ritner Street.
Authorizing Jeffrey Papa to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2400 South 19th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Jeffrey Papa to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2400 South 19th Street, with eight tables and 28 chairs along the sidewalks of South 19th Street and Ritner Street.
Authorizing Jeffrey Papa to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2400 South 19th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Jeffrey Papa to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2400 South 19th Street, with eight tables and 28 chairs along the sidewalks of South 19th Street and Ritner Street.
Authorizing Jeffrey Papa to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk cafe at 2400 South 19th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
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.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
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.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.