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 26, 2015 meeting.
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Showing 1-15 of 15 actions from February 26, 2015
The adopted resolution honors and recognizes Candace V.
Honoring and recognizing Candace V. Mitchell, co-founder and CEO of Myavana in the Fourth Councilmanic District for her entrepreneurial skills, ingenuity and her contributions to the community and economy of Philadelphia as an innovative woman business owner as we further recognize March as Women's History Month.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes and commends Fair Trade Philadelphia for promoting fair pay and economic opportunity for workers, farmers, and artisans, along with environmentally sustainable production.
Recognizing and commending Fair Trade Philadelphia for its commitment to economic Equality for workers and sustainable production practices for the environment.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution supporting Pennsylvania House Bill 229, which would make cyber harassment of a child a punishable offense under state law.
Supporting House Bill 229 which creates a punishable offense for the cyber harassment of a child in Pennsylvania and to raise awareness of the need for accountability for cyber bullying in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted legislation authorizes the City's Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of the City-owned property at 2906 North Rosehill Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 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 adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of the City-owned properties at 2009 and 2021 Oakford Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, 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 Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 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 Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of the City-owned properties at 5221 Chester Avenue and 5354 Irving Street to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the building and improvements thereon, situate in the Fifty-first and Sixtieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with the terms of Chapter l6-400 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 withdrawn proposal would have changed the deadline to June 1, 2015, for tax-exempt organizations to submit required statements and documents for real estate tax exemptions for Tax Year 2016.
Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City-County Consolidation," Chapter 2-300, entitled "Property Assessment," Section 2-305, entitled "Office of Property Assessment; Chief Assessment Officer; Powers and Duties," by setting the deadline to apply for the exemption authorized by this Section to be June 1, 2015, for Tax Year 2016; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s rules for sidewalk vendors in Center City by eliminating previously designated vendor locations.
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by eliminating previously designated vendor locations in Center City; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited stopping vehicles on the 7400 block of Henslow Place between 10:00 p.m.
Establishing a no stopping regulation on the 7400 block of Henslow Place.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have amended Philadelphia’s business income and receipts tax rules to create a job training sponsorship credit.
Amending Section 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," to add a new subsection, "Job Training Sponsorship Credit," providing a credit for certain contributions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for land between Eleventh, Susquehanna, Tenth, and Diamond Streets.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Eleventh Street, Susquehanna Street, Tenth Street, and Diamond Street. Further to approve the Master Plan for Temple University by adding the site bounded by Eleventh Street, Susquehanna Avenue, Tenth Street, and Diamond Street; and the site bounded by Broad Street, Master Street, Thirteenth Street, Girard Avenue, Watts Street, and Thompson Street; to their Institutional (Special Purpose) District and approving various construction projects.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s rules for granting real estate tax exemptions to purely public charities and certain other entities.
Amending Section 2-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Office of Property Assessment; Chief Assessment Officer; Powers and Duties," by modifying the documentation requirements for real estate tax exemption, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain land within the area bounded by Montrose Street, 17th Street, Carpenter Street, and 18th Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Montrose Street, 17th Street, Carpenter Street, and 18th Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance expands Philadelphia’s energy and water use benchmarking and reporting requirement to any building with at least 50,000 square feet of indoor space, unless the Office of Sustainability exempts it by regulation.
Amending Section 9-3402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Benchmarking Energy and Water Use", to expand the buildings for which the benchmarking and reporting of energy and water usage data is required, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain areas within the area bounded by the listed streets, replacing the existing zoning designations shown on Maps A1–A16 with the designations shown on Maps B1–B16.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Front Street, Oxford Street, Frankford Avenue, Norris Street, Aramingo Avenue, Fletcher Street, Moyer Street, Berks Street, Girard Avenue, Columbia Avenue, Beach Street, Delaware Avenue, Frankford Avenue, and Girard Avenue.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.