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 February 2, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 19-27 of 27 actions from February 2, 2012
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Labor and Civil Service Committee and Licenses and Inspections Committee to hold joint public hearings on construction industry practices and weaknesses in the City’s inspection and enforcement procedures.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service and the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold joint public hearings to review and investigate construction industry practices to identify any weaknesses in the City's current inspection and enforcement procedures and explore appropriate remedies, and in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have required sellers to notify buyers about any retaining wall on property being sold and the buyer’s responsibility for it.
Amending Section 11-506 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Alleys, Driveways, and Retaining Walls," by requiring that the buyer, prior to the sale of real estate, be notified of the existence of any retaining wall within the boundaries of the real estate being conveyed; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance requires estimated annual energy costs to be disclosed when certain City-owned properties with one or two homes are sold.
Amending Title 16 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Property," to provide for estimated annual energy cost disclosures upon the sale of certain City-owned residential properties, 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 School District of Philadelphia to seek contracts for advertising on the exteriors of school buses it owns or controls.
Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," to authorize and regulate the placement of advertising on school buses owned or controlled by the School District of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have renamed Fairhill Square Park at 4th Street and Lehigh Avenue as Willie Colon Festival Park.
Renaming and designating Fairhill Square Park at 4th Street & Lehigh Avenue as the Willie Colon Festival Park with the Joaquin Rivera "Proceres De Filadelfia" Plaza.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have repealed the Councilmanic District Development Program and replaced it with a Philadelphia Land Bank authorized to acquire, manage, and transfer vacant property.
Repealing Chapter 16-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic District Development Program," and replacing it with a new Chapter 16-500, entitled "Philadelphia Land Bank," that authorizes the creation of a land bank and provides for its appointment, powers, and duties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance revises the City Plan by vacating portions of Spruce Street and Twenty-sixth Street in the area between Twenty-fifth Street, Delancey Place, and the Schuylkill River.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 308 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Spruce Street from Twenty-fifth Street to the Pierhead & Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River, striking from the City Plan and vacating Twenty-sixth Street from Spruce Street to Delancey Place, and placing on the City Plan rights-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of the said streets being stricken and incorporating the vacated areas of said streets under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance grants SEPTA permission to build, own, and maintain open-air passenger shelters and related sidewalk features at 33rd Street, Dauphin Street, and Ridge Avenue.
Granting permission to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, 1234 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to construct, own and maintain open-air passenger shelters and other miscellaneous encroachments on the public sidewalk located at 33rd Street, Dauphin Street and Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance sets a limit of 12 adult dogs and cats combined on residential properties, including no more than two unsterilized dogs and two unsterilized cats.
Amending Chapter 10-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Animals," to provide for limits on the numbers of dogs and cats, sterilized and unsterilized, permitted on residential properties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.