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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Other actions actions from the October 31, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 1-9 of 9 actions from October 31, 2012
This enacted ordinance revises and clarifies Philadelphia’s zoning and planning rules, including rules for land uses, development standards, parking, building height, permits, public notice, and historic properties.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising and clarifying certain provisions and making technical changes; and amending various other Titles to make conforming changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance changes the names of two Philadelphia street segments.
Authorizing and directing the changing of the name of University Avenue, from Woodland Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street to University Avenue Extension, to Baltimore Avenue, and the changing of the name of University Avenue Extension, from University Avenue to Spruce Street, to University Avenue.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes and directs the Philadelphia Department of Streets’ Board of Surveyors to rename Preston Street, between Ludwick and Warren Streets and Lancaster Avenue, as Wallace Street.
Authorizing and directing the changing of the name of Preston Street, from Ludwick and Warren Streets to Lancaster Avenue, to Wallace Street.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s zoning rules for stream buffers, waterfront setbacks, and certain overlay districts, and approves a Philadelphia Water Department map identifying protected watercourses.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising certain provisions and definitions, and making technical changes, all relating to stream buffers, waterfront setbacks, and certain overlay districts; and further approving a Water Department Hydrology Map designating watercourses subject to waterfront setback requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove and vacate “A” Street from the City Plan between Erie Avenue and a cul-de-sac turnaround south of it.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 224 by striking from the City Plan and vacating "A" Street from Erie Avenue to a cul-de-sac turnaround southwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the City to revise the City Plan and vacate Senate Street from about 106 feet west of Rosewood Street to the street’s western terminus.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 9-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating Senate Street from a point approximately one-hundred six feet west of Rosewood Street to its terminus westwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill establishes a parking regulation on the south side of Kater Street between 17th and 16th Streets.
Establishing a parking regulation on Kater street, south side, 17th street to 16th street.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill establishes a parking regulation on the south side of Pemberton Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets.
Establishing a parking regulation on Pemberton street, south side, 22nd street to 23rd street.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance extended the deadline to April 28, 2014, for meeting the conditions tied to the City’s authorization to place Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue to a dead end on the City Plan and dedicate the street bed to the City.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 080279) approved April 28, 2008, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 52-S and 53-S by placing on the City Plan Twenty-sixth Street from Penrose Avenue southwardly approximately one-thousand eight-hundred thirty-two feet to a dead end, and the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of said Twenty-sixth Street, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
SIGNED
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