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
Unanimous actions actions from the November 5, 2009 meeting.
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Showing 19-30 of 30 actions from November 5, 2009
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to permit a farmers’ market on the sidewalk and curb lane along the west side of Wadsworth Avenue between Bayard Street and Pickering Street.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding as a permissible location the West side of Wadsworth Avenue between Bayard Street and Pickering Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania Health System permission to install and maintain three information signs and five planters on the public sidewalk along the 3400 block of Civic Center Boulevard.
Granting permission to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3624 Market Street, Suite 575 West, Philadelphia, PA 19104, for the installation of information signs and planters on the public sidewalk located on the 3400 block of Civic Center Boulevard, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill changed the zoning designations for certain properties within the area bounded by 12th Street, Catharine Street, Fawn Street, and Clymer 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, Catharine Street, Fawn Street, and Clymer Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s zoning maps for certain areas of land bounded by Eighth Street, Filbert Street, Ninth Street, and Market Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Eighth Street, Filbert Street, Ninth Street and Market Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended zoning rules for the City Avenue Regional Center and City Avenue Village Center.
Amending Section 14-1637 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Avenue Regional Center and City Avenue Village Center Special District Controls," including by making changes relating to minimum spacing and buffer areas, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Board of Surveyors in the Department of Streets to vacate Edom Street, also known as Eadom Street, between Arendell Avenue and Linden Avenue.
Authorizing the vacating of Edom Street (also known as Eadom Street) from Arendell Avenue to Linden Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s rules to require an Economic Opportunity Plan for development projects and contracts funded through federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act when the City’s anticipated cost exceeds $250,000.
Amending Chapter 17-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Economic Opportunity Plans," by providing that Economic Opportunity Plans be included on all development projects or contracts bid pursuant to federal stimulus funds allocated to the City of Philadelphia pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to Philadelphia’s City Plan at Second Street and Germantown Avenue, including a triangular cut-back area at the northwest corner and relocated curblines to create curb extensions and improve pedestrian safety and traffic flow.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by placing on the City Plan a cut-back area at the northwest corner of Second Street and Germantown Avenue and by relocating portions of the curblines at and near the intersection of Second Street and Germantown Avenue, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of the bed of the said cut-back area.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member 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.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure creates special zoning rules for the Overbrook Farms Transit-Oriented Center district.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adopting a new Section, entitled "Overbrook Farms Transit-Oriented Center Special District Controls," under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.