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 September 10, 2015 meeting.
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Showing 37-48 of 48 actions from September 10, 2015
The enacted measure authorized a $2 million Fiscal Year 2016 transfer from the Grants Revenue Fund to the Housing Trust Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Housing Trust Fund, the Mayor - Office of Housing and Community Development, to expand the availability of the services provided through the "Energy FIT Philly" program, whereby affordable housing is preserved through the coordination of home repair and energy services, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the City to make capital expenditures for public improvements, equipment, and permanent property on land or facilities owned by City-related agencies, including the School District of Philadelphia.
Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," for the purpose of improving the quality of life for students, teachers and all City residents by authorizing capital expenditures for improvements to property owned by the City and City-related agencies including the School District of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s Plumbing Code to require food waste grinders in the kitchen areas of newly constructed one-family, two-family, and multifamily residences.
Amending Title 4 "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Subcode "P," (The Philadelphia Plumbing Code) by adding new requirements for food waste grinders in some new residential construction; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s Property Maintenance Code to set requirements for inspections of large vacant commercial and industrial properties.
Amending Title 4 "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) of The Philadelphia Code, by adding a section requiring vacant property owners to allow access for City inspections upon reasonable notice; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The pocket-vetoed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s zoning rules for properties on both sides of Rittenhouse Square between 20th and 21st Streets.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new subsection, entitled "Rittenhouse Square Residential Area," and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized Jeffery Tubbs to construct, own, and maintain an “urban topiary”—steel tubes covered in honeysuckle vines—projecting through a fence at 1225-33 N 3rd Street.
Authorizing Jeffery Tubbs to construct, own, and maintain an "urban topiary" at 1225-33 N 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Stacy Reed, who operates a newsstand at the southwest corner of Broad and Vine Streets, to install, use, and maintain underground conduits across the street corner to provide electrical and telephone service.
Authorizing Stacy Reed, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Broad and Vine street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the southwest corner of Broad and Vine street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan in the area bounded by Jefferson Street, Twenty-Fourth Street, Oxford Street, and Twenty-Second Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 120 and 121, within an area bounded by Jefferson Street, Twenty-Fourth Street, Oxford Street, and Twenty-Second Street by placing on the City Plan Bucknell Street from Oxford Street to Jefferson Street, striking from the City Plan and vacating portions of Twenty-Third Street from Oxford Street to its terminus southwardly therefrom, placing on the City Plan an extension of Twenty-Third Street from the said terminus of Twenty-Third Street, south of Oxford Street, southwardly to Jefferson Street, striking from the City Plan a certain right-of-way reserved for public utility purposes lying within the lines of the said proposed extension of Twenty-Third Street, placing on the City Plan Bolton Street from Croskey Street to Twenty-Third Street, and relocating portions of the curblines of Oxford Street and Jefferson Street, each from Twenty-Second Street to Twenty-Fourth Street, and Bolton Street, from Twenty-Second St...
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure changes Philadelphia’s procedures for lot adjustments and subdivisions.
Amending Chapter 14-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Administration and Procedures," to add requirements related to the recording of survey plans and final plats, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s home-inspection licensing rules to require inspectors to follow the standards of their certifying professional organization.
Amending Section 9-1302 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Home Inspection License," to add required conduct for home inspectors, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s zoning permit notice rules.
Amending Chapter 14-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Administration and Procedures," to provide for permit holders to give community members notice in connection with As of Right Permits, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s rules for water and sewer system breakages.
Amending Chapter 13-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Damages From Breakage," by providing for certain duties and responsibilities of the Water Department in the event of water main breaks and providing for certain rights and protections to property-owners affected by such water main breaks, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.