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 June 28, 2016 meeting.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia License Number One, Inc.
Authorizing Philadelphia License Number One, Inc., ("Owner") to install, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1200 S. 21st Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain properties in the area bounded by Grays Ferry Avenue, Kimball Street, 25th Street, and Washington Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Grays Ferry Avenue, Kimball Street, 25th Street and Washington Avenue.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s rules for newsstands so they may sell additional products, including single-serve coffee brewing cups, wrapped candy, factory-prewrapped snack foods, and non-alcoholic beverages such as water, soft drinks, and juices.
Amending Section 9-212 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Newsstands," by revising the requirements for sales from newsstands by permitting newsstands to sell additional products and services, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes the Parks and Recreation Commissioner to enter into a multi-year agreement with SEPTA for access needed to carry out improvements to JFK Plaza, also known as Love Park.
Authorizing the Parks and Recreation Commissioner to enter into an agreement to release and indemnify the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in connection with access provided by SEPTA to carry out a project for improvements to JFK Plaza, aka "Love Park," at 15th and JFK Boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance requires Philadelphia school buildings to have one functioning drinking fountain for every 100 students, or fraction of that number, with at least one fountain on each floor.
Amending Subcode "PM" of The Philadelphia Code ("The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code"), by adding certain provisions related to drinking facilities in schools; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance amends the Philadelphia Gas Works Pension Plan’s death-benefit rules.
Amending the Ordinance approved July 12, 1968, as last amended June 12, 2014, relating to pension benefits for employees working on behalf of Philadelphia Gas Works by revising the Philadelphia Gas Works Pension Plan to incorporate amendments thereto with respect to death benefits for certain plan participants; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill changes Philadelphia’s building code requirements for construction and demolition permits.
Amending Title 4 (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code), of The Philadelphia Code, by revising requirements relating to construction and demolition projects, including the expiration of permits; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted legislation revises Philadelphia’s required signs at sites involving new construction, structural alterations, or demolition.
Amending Title 4 (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code), of The Philadelphia Code, by revising signage requirements relating to construction and demolition projects; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to acquire about 8.5 acres in two parcels of Hog Island Road from Tinicum Township, along with the improvements on the property.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, acting on behalf of the City, to acquire approximately 8.5 acres of Hog Island Road from Tinicum Township, together with all improvements thereon, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property and Director of Commerce to enter into a 50-year agreement with Tinicum Township to lease and purchase about 21 acres next to Philadelphia International Airport.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property and the Director of Commerce, acting on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement to lease and purchase from Tinicum Township an approximately 21 acre parcel of land adjacent to Philadelphia International Airport, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Administrative, Fire, and Property Maintenance Codes to require building owners with fire escapes or fire escape balconies to have them inspected by a Pennsylvania-licensed professional engineer and to file inspection reports with the city.
Amending Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code), Subcode "F" (The Philadelphia Fire Code) and Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, by adding certain provisions related to maintenance and inspection of fire escapes; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes SEPTA to construct, own, and maintain one digital outdoor sign at each of several subway, elevated train, and rail entrances in Philadelphia, including in the public right-of-way.
Authorizing the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTA") to construct, own and maintain digital outdoor advertising signs, encroaching on the public right-of-way at various subway, elevated train and rail entrances in the City, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to amend the City’s sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for City use of space at 1101 Market Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into an amendment to a sublease agreement with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for the use by the City of premises located at 1101 Market Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying, offering, or selling goods, or leaving sales stands, on both sides of specified sections of Castor Avenue, Amber Street, Butler Street, and Frankford Avenue.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Castor Avenue between Glenwood Avenue and Aramingo Avenue; on both sides of Amber Street, between Tioga Street and Castor Avenue; on both sides of Butler Street, between Frankford Avenue and Aramingo Avenue; and on both sides of Frankford Avenue, between Venango Street and Butler Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance prohibits vendors from displaying, offering, or selling goods, or leaving sales stands, on either side of Allegheny Avenue between Kensington Avenue and Bath Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Allegheny Avenue between Kensington Avenue and Bath Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted bill establishes two-hour parking limits on specified sections of 13th Street and Clymer Street in the area of Wharton, Federal, 12th, Fawn, Bainbridge, Fitzwater, and Kenilworth Streets.
Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: 13th street and Wharton street and Clymer street and 12th street; 13th street and Bainbridge street and 13th street and Fitzwater street.
SIGNED
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The enacted measure approved Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2017 capital budget of up to $118.25 million, including its financing plan, for spending from September 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017.
Approving the Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Revised Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2018 through 2022.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire an abandoned swing bridge crossing the Schuylkill River below the Grays Ferry Bridge, along with related supports, abutments, land, or other property interests.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire a bridge that crosses the Schuylkill River below the Grays Ferry Bridge and to acquire rights or property interests in connection with supports for the bridge and its abutments, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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