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
Procedural actions actions from the April 15, 2010 meeting.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing about repeated failures of Philadelphia’s Police Department radio system.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate and determine the cause of the repeated failures of the City of Philadelphia's Police Department Radio System.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on infant mortality in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings to investigate the emergence of infant mortality as an epidemic in Philadelphia, the causes of infant mortality; the racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of infant mortality; and to evaluate infant mortality prevention and reduction initiatives in order to reduce the rates of infant mortality.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance added a Philadelphia tax on retail sales of tobacco and tobacco-related products, including cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe and loose tobacco, and rolling papers.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Tobacco and Tobacco-Related Products Tax," under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s zoning rules for a specified area near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by amending Section 14-1611, entitled "Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls," by exempting certain building features from being considered as part of the height of a building within a specified area subject to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Marianos Chris Fetfatzes, owner of 738 MOC Inc.
Authorizing Marianos Chris Fetfatzes, owner of 738 MOC Inc. (aka Hawthornes), 1108 Fitzwater Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to construct, own and maintain an encroachment in the form of an open-air café on the sidewalk located at 738-742 South 11th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Property Maintenance Code to add all commercial corridors and neighborhood commercial properties throughout the First Councilmanic District, except those already covered by the East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by amending Section PM-704.0, entitled "Building Standards Applicable to Designated Areas," by adding portions of the First Councilmanic District to the list of areas covered, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes HACE Community Development Corporation to construct, own, and maintain eight trash receptacles and twelve artificial metal palm trees along both sides of 5th Street between Lehigh Avenue and Indiana Avenue.
Authorizing HACE Community Development Corporation, 167 West Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140, to construct, own and maintain eight trash receptacles and twelve artificial metal palm trees, on the east and west footway of 5th Street, from Lehigh Avenue to Indiana Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City of Philadelphia to lease, for 50 years, the parcel at the northeast corner of South 20th and Shunk Streets from the City Trusts Board.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, as lessee, to enter into a ground lease agreement with the City of Philadelphia Board of Directors of City Trusts, as lessor, for a parcel of land located at the northeast corner of South 20th and Shunk Streets, for continued use of the parcel for a branch library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance establishes a no-parking-anytime restriction on both sides of McMenamy Street between Cottage Street and Jackson Street.
Establishing a no parking anytime regulation on McMenamy Street, between Cottage Street and Jackson Street, both sides.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution approved Philadelphia’s annual program statement and budget for spending Neighborhood Transformation Initiative bond proceeds during Fiscal Year 2010.
Approving the annual Program Statement and Budget for the expenditure of the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Bond Proceeds for Fiscal Year 2010.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes how members of Philadelphia’s Board of Revision of Taxes are paid.
Amending Section 20-304, entitled "Compensation for Members of Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils," by revising the compensation for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes, 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 ordinance changes how members of Philadelphia’s Board of Revision of Taxes are paid.
Amending Section 20-304, entitled "Compensation for Members of Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils," by revising the compensation for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes how members of Philadelphia’s Board of Revision of Taxes are paid.
Amending Section 20-304, entitled "Compensation for Members of Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils," by revising the compensation for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes how members of Philadelphia’s Board of Revision of Taxes are paid.
Amending Section 20-304, entitled "Compensation for Members of Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils," by revising the compensation for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes, 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 enacted ordinance changes how members of Philadelphia’s Board of Revision of Taxes are paid.
Amending Section 20-304, entitled "Compensation for Members of Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils," by revising the compensation for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain land within an area bounded by Knox Street, Wyneva Street, Wayne Avenue, Logan Street, Pulaski Avenue, and Manheim Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Knox Street, Wyneva Street, Wayne Avenue, Logan Street, Pulaski Avenue, and Manheim Street.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain land within an area bounded by Knox Street, Wyneva Street, Wayne Avenue, Logan Street, Pulaski Avenue, and Manheim Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Knox Street, Wyneva Street, Wayne Avenue, Logan Street, Pulaski Avenue, and Manheim Street.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain parcels within the area bounded by Germantown Avenue, Chelten Avenue, Kenyon Street, Schoolhouse Lane, Wissahickon Avenue, and Rittenhouse Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Germantown Avenue, Chelten Avenue, Kenyon Street, Schoolhouse Lane, Wissahickon Avenue, and Rittenhouse Street.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.