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 January 23, 2014 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 37 actions from January 23, 2014
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring St.
Honoring the St. Joseph's Preparatory School Varsity Football Team on winning the PIAA AAAA State Championship, the District XII AAAA City Championship and the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill directs the Philadelphia Department of Streets’ Board of Surveyors to change the name of Wishart Street between Seventeenth Street and Allegheny Avenue to Lippincott Street.
Authorizing and directing the changing of the name of Wishart Street, from Seventeenth Street westwardly and northwestwardly to Allegheny Avenue, to Lippincott Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill repealed Bill No.
Amending Chapter 20-304, of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Compensation for Members of Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils," by repealing Bill No. 100212, thereby returning the compensation for members of the Board of Revision of Taxes to the level existing prior to the passage of that bill; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes changes to the City Plan for part of Laurel Street between Canal Street and Delaware Avenue, including vacating an irregularly shaped portion and moving the street’s southwest property line northeast.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating an irregularly shaped portion of Laurel Street, from Canal Street to Delaware Avenue, by relocating the southwesterly houseline of said Laurel Street a variable distance northeastwardly and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the portion of Laurel Street being stricken, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure placed a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment on the November 4, 2014 ballot for voters to approve or reject.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to transfer the functions of certain City agencies with respect to penal, reformatory and correctional institutions to a newly-created Department of Prisons and Board of Trustees of Philadelphia Prisons and add certain duties to such department; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance abolishes the Board of Inspectors of the Philadelphia County Prison and transfers its powers and duties to the Department of Prisons.
Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code to provide for the powers and duties of the Department of Prisons created under Section 3-100 of the Home Rule Charter; and further amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code to provide for the salary of the Commissioner of Prisons, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s rules for farmers’ markets.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," to remove the requirement that operators of farmers' markets obtain a license from the Department of Licenses and Inspections, to provide for registration by market operators with the Department of Public Health, and to adjust various requirements for the operation of farmers' markets, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill changes Philadelphia zoning rules for certain CMX-4 and CMX-5 properties, including how buildings with three or more covered frontages meet sky-plane standards and how CMX-5 properties in the Center City/University City area can use floor-area and height bonuses.
To amend Section 14-701 of the Zoning Code, entitled "Dimensional Standards," and to amend Section 14-702(4) of the Zoning Code, entitled "Maximum Floor Area and Height Bonus Amounts," and to amend Section 14-806 of the Zoning Code, entitled "Off-Street Loading," and to amend Section 14-502 of the Zoning Code, entitled "CTR, Center City Overlay," under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP to construct, use, and maintain an underground pedestrian tunnel beneath the Unit block of 18th Street, extending the existing underground transit concourse westward, along with an underground utility vault.
Authorizing Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP to construct, use and maintain, an underground pedestrian tunnel crossing the Unit block of 18th Street extending the existing underground transit concourse westward beneath 18th Street and an underground utility vault, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to Cuthbert Street and Eighteenth Street in Center City.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the curblines of Cuthbert Street, from Eighteenth Street to Nineteenth Street, thereby increasing the cartway width of said Cuthbert Street, and by re-grading Eighteenth Street, from John F. Kennedy Boulevard to Arch Street, and re-grading Cuthbert Street from Eighteenth Street to Nineteenth Street, thereby raising said Eighteenth Street and Cuthbert Street, 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 18th Street, 19th Street, Arch Street, and Cuthbert Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 18th Street, 19th Street, Arch Street and Cuthbert Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP, the owner of 1800 Arch Street, to install security bollards, bike racks, and benches along nearby portions of Arch, 18th, 19th, and Cuthbert Streets.
Authorizing Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP, owner of the property at 1800 Arch Street to be improved with an office tower and hotel, to install security bollards on and under Arch Street, N. 18th Street, N. 19th Street and Cuthbert Street, and bike racks and benches on and under Arch Street, adjacent to 1800 Arch Street, to construct, use, and maintain conduits on, under and across Cuthbert Street for the purposes of supplying electrical current to retractable bollards on Cuthbert Street and to construct and maintain certain overhead architectural encroachments above the 1800 block of Cuthbert Street and the 1800 block of Arch Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove and vacate a portion of Croskey Street, from its terminus north of Cherry Street to about five feet south of that point, from the official City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Croskey Street from its terminus north of Cherry Street to a point approximately five feet southwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) to purchase about 2.7 acres at 5210 Lindbergh Boulevard for up to $350,000, plus settlement and other incidental costs.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) to purchase approximately Two and Seven-Tenths (2.7) acres of land situate at 5210 Lindbergh Boulevard, under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement between the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC).
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required day care facilities to obtain a special certificate of inspection before being occupied.
Amending Section A-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Certificate of Inspection," to require the issuance of special certificates of inspection for the occupancy of day care facilities, and to include day care facilities in the reporting requirements regarding special certificates of inspections, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have revised Philadelphia’s parking-meter fees.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to revise the fee for the use of parking meters; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s rules for prohibited conduct to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and workplaces, with penalties for violations.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places - Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting the use of electronic-cigarettes in public places and in the workplace, and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have prohibited street vending, sidewalk sales, and newsstands in the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, Callowhill Street, Broad Street, and 18th Street.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors, Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, and Section 9-212 relating to Newsstands by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending and newsstands in the area bounded by the north side of Spring Garden, the south side of Callowhill, the east side of Broad Street, and the west side of 18th Street.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.