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 May 4, 2017 meeting.
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Showing 55-57 of 57 actions from May 4, 2017
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s realty transfer tax rules to exclude transfers between stepparents and stepchildren, as well as transfers involving the spouse of a stepchild.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," to include transfers between stepparents and stepchildren as a transaction excluded from the realty transfer tax.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the deadline for filing petitions for refunds and authorized requests for credits involving money collected for the City or the School District of Philadelphia.
Amending Section 19-1703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refunds," regarding credits and due dates, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to move the eastern property line of a portion of University Avenue north of Curie Boulevard, widening the avenue by a variable amount.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 269 by relocating the easterly houseline of University Avenue, from a point approximately five-hundred forty-five feet north of Curie Boulevard to a point approximately two-hundred thirty-six feet further northwardly therefrom, a variable distance eastwardly, thereby widening said University Avenue, under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City, without cost and free and clear of all encumbrances, of the bed of the said widened portion of University Avenue.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.