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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Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the November 17, 2011 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 103 actions from November 17, 2011
This adopted resolution expresses Philadelphia City Council’s support for Pennsylvania House Bills 1876 and 1990.
Supporting House Bills 1876 and 1990 which seek to strengthen the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's abuse reporting law by requiring those who are aware of sexual offenses and abuse to report it to law enforcement.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution appointed Jeffrey B.
Appointing Jeffrey B. Goldstone to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The resolution reappoints Mathew Schure to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Reappointing Mathew Schure to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution reappointed Bernie Prazenica to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Reappointing Bernie Prazenica to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints John Smithson to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Appointing John Smithson to the Board of Directors of the City Avenue Special Services District of Philadelphia and Lower Merion.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of three City-owned vacant properties—2038 North Lawrence Street, 220 West Sergeant Street, and 158 West Tioga Street—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 Seventh, Eighteenth and Nineteenth 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned properties at 2646 and 2648 Manton Street 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 and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants Alan Krawitz, operator of the Say Cheese Philadelphia lunch truck, permission to install and maintain electrical wires and conduits in, under, and over the east sidewalk of W.
Granting permission to Alan Krawitz owner and operator of Say Cheese Philadelphia lunch truck located on the East side of W. Norris Street between N. 12th Street and N. 13th Street (approximately 70 yards from the corner of N. 12th Street and W. Norris Street), to install, use and maintain certain electrical wires, conduits and appurtenances in, under and over the east footway of the east side of W. Norris street between N. 12th Street and N. 13th Street for the purpose of supplying electricity to said lunch truck, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law requires notice to be posted on City-owned land parcels of at least 10,000 square feet before they are transferred.
Amending Chapter 16-200 of The Philadelphia Code ("Sales, Leases, and Other Grants of City-Owned Buildings and Facilities") to require that notice of the pending transfer of City-owned lands and lands owned by certain quasi-public agencies be posted on such lands prior to their transfer, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended the Institutional Development District Master Plan for the Aria Health System–Torresdale Campus at 10800 Knights Road, formerly Frankford Hospital.
To amend the Institutional Development District Master Plan of the Aria Health System - Torresdale Campus (formerly Frankford Hospital), located at 10800 Knights Road, by allowing for the construction of a building addition to be used for emergency and outpatient services.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have created special rules for large advertising signs in a Commercial Advertising District bounded by 13th Street, Arch Street, 12th Street, and Filbert Street, including limits on sign size, height, location, and lighting.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," and Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding special provisions regulating advertising signs in designated Commercial Advertising Districts; designating the area bounded by 13th Street, Arch Street, 12th Street, and Filbert Street as a Commercial Advertising District, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance repealed and replaced Philadelphia’s zoning and planning rules in Title 14 of the City Code.
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.
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Administrative Code with technical changes to building and zoning permits, appeals, penalties, and related procedures.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, Subcode "A," The Philadelphia Administrative Code, to make certain technical amendments, to further provide for penalties, and to transfer the current schedule of fees relating to zoning matters from the Zoning Code to the Administrative Code and to revise such schedule; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the owners of 200 Market Street to legalize and maintain an existing raised platform for restaurant seating in the west sidewalk of South 2nd Street.
Authorizing The Bruce Loyd Trust, Andrew M. Ullman, Trustee and Sandra Schwalb, owners of property located at 200 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19106 ("Property"), to legalize, own and maintain an existing raised platform encroachment for accessory restaurant seating at the Property, in the right-of-way located on the west footway of South 2nd Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance repeals Bill No.
Repealing an Ordinance (Bill No. 110083), entitled "An Ordinance amending Section 14-1607 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special District Controls for the Center City Commercial Area," and Section 14-1605 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulated Uses," and Section 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "'C-4' Commercial and 'C-5' Commercial Districts," by adding to all Sections special provisions relating to the area bounded by Chestnut Street, 12th Street, 13th Street, and Sansom Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by further providing conditions under which an employee or any designated beneficiary may be disqualified from receiving any retirement or other benefit or payment.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Margaret Vann, owner of Rainbow Learning Center at 750 E.
Authorizing Margaret Vann, owner of Rainbow Learning Center, 750 E. Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19134, ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain an encroachment of a fenced in play area located at 750 E. Erie Avenue ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorized the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire, for nominal consideration, about 11.5 acres along the east bank of the Schuylkill River between Sears Street and South 34th Street, including land near the eastern end of the Grays Ferry Bridge.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire certain land located generally along the east bank of the Schuylkill River between Sears Street (as extended westward to the Schuylkill River) and South 34th Street, including land in the vicinity of the eastern end of Grays Ferry Bridge; and further to acquire certain interests in real estate along Grays Ferry Avenue between the eastern end of the Grays Ferry Bridge and South 34th Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.