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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Unanimous actions actions from the October 27, 2011 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 28 actions from October 27, 2011
The adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped to hold public hearings about allegations involving Linda Ann Weston and three other people suspected of holding four adults with intellectual disabilities and several juveniles captive.
Authorizing Council's Committee on the Disabled and Handicapped to hold public hearings for the purpose of examining and investigating the incidences involving Linda Ann Weston and three additional persons suspected of holding four mentally disabled adults and several juveniles captive with the intent to commit fraud by cashing the Social Security checks of those held in captivity.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn resolution would have approved the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia filing amendments with Pennsylvania state agencies to change its name to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Approving the filing of Articles of Amendment with the Pennsylvania Department of State and Department of Community and Economic Affairs to change the name of the "Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia" to "Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority."
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of 1943 Watkins Street, including its buildings and improvements, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced (By Request) and Ordered Placed on Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted resolution recognizing November 11, 2011, as Veterans Day in Philadelphia and calling on Philadelphians to honor current and former members of the United States Armed Forces.
Honoring veterans of the United States Armed Forces, in Philadelphia and across the country, in accordance with the observation of Veterans Day on November 11, 2011.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer conditional ownership of the vacant properties at 5331 Walnut Street and 4007 Wyalusing Avenue to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixth and Sixtieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution also naming Haverford Avenue from Fifty-second Street to Fifty-eighth Street “Geneva Black Way.” The resolution recognizes Geneva Black’s more than 40 years of community service in Haddington and her work founding and leading Haddington Multi-Services for Older Adults, which provides support and services to older adults.
Also naming Haverford Avenue from Fifty-second Street to Fifty-eighth Street "Geneva Black Way."
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended Temple University’s Institutional Development District Master Plan to allow a roughly 280,000-square-foot Science Education and Research Building on the block bounded by 11th, Berks, 12th, and Norris Streets.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of Temple University, located on the block bounded by 11th Street, Berks Street, 12th Street, and Norris Street, by allowing for the construction of a new building addition for use as the Science Education and Research Building, and amending the Institutional Development District Master Plan for the block bounded by Montgomery Avenue, 11th Street, Berks Street, and Warnock Street, by allowing for the construction of a new building for use as a mixed-use parking garage.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants SEPTA permission to build, own, and maintain a passenger boarding platform, shelter, walkway, landscaping, signs, lighting, and related facilities on the public sidewalk at Frankford Avenue and Delaware Avenue.
Granting permission to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to construct, own and maintain a passenger boarding platform, passenger shelter and other miscellaneous encroachments on the public sidewalk located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Delaware Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have repealed and replaced Philadelphia’s zoning and planning code and made related changes to the city’s zoning maps, including converting existing district and special-purpose designations into new districts.
Repealing Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," and replacing it with a new Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning"; and making conforming changes to the Zoning Maps of the City; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to remove Markle Street from the official City Plan between Ridge Avenue and a point about 401 feet northeast of Ridge Avenue.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 228 by striking from the City Plan Markle Street from Ridge Avenue to a point approximately four-hundred one feet northeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill establishes Hartwell Lane as a one-way street traveling eastbound between Germantown Avenue and Shawnee Street.
Establishing a one-way regulation on Hartwell Lane, from Germantown Avenue to Shawnee Street, eastbound.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes zoning rules for eligible mixed-use projects along Germantown Avenue between Evergreen Avenue and Willow Grove Avenue.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by amending Section 14-1613 entitled the "Germantown Avenue Special District Controls," by providing certain exceptions and controls for eligible mixed use projects, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain properties in the area bounded by Germantown Avenue, Hartwell Lane, Shawnee Street, and Southampton Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Germantown Avenue, Hartwell Lane, Shawnee Street, and Southampton Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia zoning designations for land at 1925–33 W.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land known and numbered as 1925-33 W. Venango Street thru to Pacific Street located within an area bounded by Broad Street, Lehigh Avenue, 24th Street, Fox Street, Hunting Park Avenue and Erie Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have established a parking regulation on both sides of 15th Street between Jackson Street and Wolf Street.
Establishing a parking regulation on 15th street, both sides, Jackson street to Wolf street.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have established two-hour parking on both sides of 15th Street between Moore and Mifflin Streets, from 8:00 a.m.
Establishing a parking regulation o 15th street, both sides, Moore street to Mifflin street.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance renamed Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax as the Business Income and Receipts Tax and the Business Privilege License as the Commercial Activity License.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," to rename the Business Privilege Tax the Business Income and Receipts Tax and the Business Privilege License the Commercial Activity License, and making conforming amendments throughout The Philadelphia Code, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s parking-violation rules by changing when extra fees and costs apply for unanswered parking tickets and notices of violation.
Amending Chapter 12-2800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations," by providing that additional fees and costs shall be imposed for failure to answer a parking ticket only when a notice of violation, issued with respect to such ticket, has not been answered within a specified period of time, increasing certain penalties and costs, revising the time period required to answer a parking ticket and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.