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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

Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the September 21, 2011 meeting.

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Showing 1-18 of 21 actions from September 21, 2011

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110564

This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate legally open portions of Ashland Street between Adams Avenue and Frankford Creek.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 55 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Ashland Street from a point approximately four-hundred one feet southwest of Adams Avenue to the northeasterly channel line of the Frankford Creek and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Ashland Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110564

This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate legally open portions of Ashland Street between Adams Avenue and Frankford Creek.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 55 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Ashland Street from a point approximately four-hundred one feet southwest of Adams Avenue to the northeasterly channel line of the Frankford Creek and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Ashland Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110564

This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate legally open portions of Ashland Street between Adams Avenue and Frankford Creek.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 55 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Ashland Street from a point approximately four-hundred one feet southwest of Adams Avenue to the northeasterly channel line of the Frankford Creek and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Ashland Street being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110553

The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s sidewalk-sales rules in the Ninth District area bordered by and including Olney Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue, Broad Street, and Fifth Street.

Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Sidewalk Sales," and vending in residential areas, within the Ninth District, by deleting a provision allowing sidewalk sales and vending in the area bordered by and including Olney avenue, Cheltenham avenue, Broad street, and Fifth street, both sides.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110553

The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s sidewalk-sales rules in the Ninth District area bordered by and including Olney Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue, Broad Street, and Fifth Street.

Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Sidewalk Sales," and vending in residential areas, within the Ninth District, by deleting a provision allowing sidewalk sales and vending in the area bordered by and including Olney avenue, Cheltenham avenue, Broad street, and Fifth street, both sides.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110553

The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s sidewalk-sales rules in the Ninth District area bordered by and including Olney Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue, Broad Street, and Fifth Street.

Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Sidewalk Sales," and vending in residential areas, within the Ninth District, by deleting a provision allowing sidewalk sales and vending in the area bordered by and including Olney avenue, Cheltenham avenue, Broad street, and Fifth street, both sides.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110551

This enacted bill authorizes closing a portion of Unruh Avenue, from about 1,077 feet southeast of Wissinoming Street to the Delaware River pierhead line, to vehicular traffic.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by closing to vehicular traffic a portion of Unruh Avenue extending from a point approximately one-thousand seventy-seven feet southeast of Wissinoming Street southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, under certain terms and conditions.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110551

This enacted bill authorizes closing a portion of Unruh Avenue, from about 1,077 feet southeast of Wissinoming Street to the Delaware River pierhead line, to vehicular traffic.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by closing to vehicular traffic a portion of Unruh Avenue extending from a point approximately one-thousand seventy-seven feet southeast of Wissinoming Street southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110551

This enacted bill authorizes closing a portion of Unruh Avenue, from about 1,077 feet southeast of Wissinoming Street to the Delaware River pierhead line, to vehicular traffic.

Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 278 by closing to vehicular traffic a portion of Unruh Avenue extending from a point approximately one-thousand seventy-seven feet southeast of Wissinoming Street southeastwardly to the Pierhead Line of the Delaware River, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Council Action2011-09-21
Bill 110549

This lapsed bill would have allowed an authorized towing company to remove an illegally parked vehicle from hospital property without first issuing a ticket.

Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by providing that a vehicle may be towed from the premises of a hospital without first being ticketed, under certain terms and conditions.

RECESSED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110549

This lapsed bill would have allowed an authorized towing company to remove an illegally parked vehicle from hospital property without first issuing a ticket.

Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by providing that a vehicle may be towed from the premises of a hospital without first being ticketed, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110549

This lapsed bill would have allowed an authorized towing company to remove an illegally parked vehicle from hospital property without first issuing a ticket.

Amending Section 9-605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Towing," by providing that a vehicle may be towed from the premises of a hospital without first being ticketed, under certain terms and conditions.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110482

This enacted bill establishes Marion Street as one-way northbound between West Ashmead Street and Hansberry Street.

Establishing a one-way regulation on Marion Street, from West Ashmead Street to Hansberry Street, northbound.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110482

This enacted bill establishes Marion Street as one-way northbound between West Ashmead Street and Hansberry Street.

Establishing a one-way regulation on Marion Street, from West Ashmead Street to Hansberry Street, northbound.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110482

This enacted bill establishes Marion Street as one-way northbound between West Ashmead Street and Hansberry Street.

Establishing a one-way regulation on Marion Street, from West Ashmead Street to Hansberry Street, northbound.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110481

This enacted bill establishes a permanent one-way traffic regulation on North Lambert Street between 65th Avenue and Chelten Avenue, with traffic traveling southbound.

Establishing a one-way regulation on North Lambert Street, from 65th Avenue to Chelten Avenue, southbound.

REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110481

This enacted bill establishes a permanent one-way traffic regulation on North Lambert Street between 65th Avenue and Chelten Avenue, with traffic traveling southbound.

Establishing a one-way regulation on North Lambert Street, from 65th Avenue to Chelten Avenue, southbound.

HEARING HELD

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Procedural2011-09-21
Bill 110481

This enacted bill establishes a permanent one-way traffic regulation on North Lambert Street between 65th Avenue and Chelten Avenue, with traffic traveling southbound.

Establishing a one-way regulation on North Lambert Street, from 65th Avenue to Chelten Avenue, southbound.

HEARING NOTICES SENT

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.