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
Unanimous actions actions from the October 31, 2013 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 44 actions from October 31, 2013
This enacted ordinance amends the Philadelphia Presbytery Homes and Services for the Aging’s institutional master plan to allow a two-story addition of approximately 73,122 total square feet.
To amend the Institutional (Special Purpose) District Master Plan of the Philadelphia Presbytery Homes and Services for the Aging for the construction of an addition to house the Witherspoon Senior Apartments.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to enter into ground lease and sublease agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for land bounded by South Broad Street, Castle Avenue, 15th Street, and Morris Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into ground lease and sublease agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for certain land and improvements located on a parcel of land bounded by South Broad Street to the east, Castle Avenue to the south, 15th Street to the west, and Morris Street to the north, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a tax credit for businesses that purchased and installed a video surveillance camera directed at the public right-of-way and registered it with the Philadelphia Police Department’s SafeCam program.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," by providing a "Video Surveillance Camera Tax Credit" for costs incurred to purchase and install a video surveillance camera.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Baldwin Street, between Phil-Ellena Street and Sharpnack Street, from one-way to two-way traffic.
Regulating the direction of traffic on Baldwin Street, from Phil-Ellena Street to Sharpnack Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance revises Philadelphia’s property-maintenance rules for graffiti visible from public areas, including graffiti on certain private items located in public rights-of-way.
Amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) of The Philadelphia Code, by revising provisions relating to graffiti removal, penalties and enforcement, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Lloyd's Whiskey Bar to build and operate an open-air sidewalk café at 529 E.
Authorizing Lloyd's Whiskey Bar to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 529 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes TELA Partners, doing business as Fairmount Coffee Company, to build, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 888 North 26th Street.
Authorizing TELA Partners dba Fairmount Coffee Company to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 888 North 26th Street, Philadelphia, PA, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill raises Philadelphia recording fees by $5 for deeds, mortgages, mortgage satisfactions and releases or assignments, and other listed documents such as powers of attorney and Uniform Commercial Code filings.
Amending Section 10-1001 of The Philadelphia Code ("Fees of Commissioner of Records") to raise the fee for recording documents, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s zoning and planning rules, including definitions, civic design review, the Center City and East Falls overlays, permitted uses, residential building standards, and parking and loading requirements.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising certain provisions, including provisions relating to definitions, civic design review, the Center City Overlay District, the East Falls Neighborhood Commercial Overlay District, use categories and regulations, certain residential district dimensional standards, and parking and loading regulations for certain residential and commercial districts, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City of Philadelphia to amend its sublease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to add about 2,168 square feet at 111 North 49th Street for use as a women’s shelter and related purposes.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an amendment to the sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for use by the City, of an additional portion of the premises located at 111 North 49th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by the City, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget to set aside an additional $45 million for a contribution to the School District of Philadelphia.
Amending an Ordinance approved June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, by making certain additional appropriations needed to meet the unanticipated emergency created by the availability of a state grant to help with the fiscal crisis of the School District of Philadelphia, in accordance with Section 2-301(a) of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget to set aside an additional $45 million for a contribution to the School District of Philadelphia.
Amending an Ordinance approved June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, by making certain additional appropriations needed to meet the unanticipated emergency created by the availability of a state grant to help with the fiscal crisis of the School District of Philadelphia, in accordance with Section 2-301(a) of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that vacate portions of Swanson Street and Fitzwater Street, adjust the Delaware Expressway’s right-of-way, and reserve rights-of-way for sewer, drainage, water main, and other public utility purposes.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 71 and 238 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Swanson Street from Catharine Street to its terminus northwardly therefrom, striking from the City Plan and vacating Fitzwater Street from Christopher Columbus Boulevard to its terminus westwardly therefrom, reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and water main purposes within the lines of Swanson Street being stricken, placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes and public utility purposes extending from the terminus of Catharine Street, west of Swanson Street, to the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, and relocating the easterly right-of-way line of the Delaware Expressway, from Catharine Street to a point north of Fitzwater Street, in order to conform with the lines established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes and directs the Philadelphia Department of Streets’ Board of Surveyors to change the name of Shelborne Street, between Lardner Street and Cottman Avenue, to Shelbourne Street.
Authorizing and directing the changing of the name of Shelborne Street, from Lardner Street to Cottman Avenue, to Shelbourne Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance establishes a "No Truck Parking Anytime" regulation on both sides of Champlost Avenue, between Front Street and Hammond Avenue.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on Champlost Avenue, from Front Street to Hammond Avenue, both sides.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s rules for curb markets.
Amending Section 9-201 of The Philadelphia Code ("Curb Markets") to provide for one or more master license agreements for curb markets on South 9th Street, and making other changes applicable to all curb markets, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have amended Philadelphia’s street-vending rules to permit vending on both sides of 51st Street between and including Parkside Avenue and Columbia Avenue.
Amending Section 9-203 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to Street Vendors, within the 52nd Ward in the Fourth District by permitting vending on both sides of 51st Street in the area bordered by and including Parkside Avenue and Columbia Avenue.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain areas within the boundaries of 54th Street, Lebanon Avenue, Georges Lane, and Arlington Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 54th Street, Lebanon Avenue, Georges Lane, and Arlington Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.