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
Procedural actions actions from the November 14, 2024 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 28 actions from November 14, 2024
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the 300th anniversary of the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, a trade guild and steward of Carpenters’ Hall.
Recognizing the 300th Anniversary of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. The Nation's oldest trade guild and the stewards of Carpenters' Hall.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on Governor Josh Shapiro and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to redirect some federal highway infrastructure funds to local transit agencies such as SEPTA.
Calling on Governor Josh Shapiro and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to stave off fare hikes and service cuts to SEPTA by flexing federal infrastructure funds from state highway projects to local transportation authorities.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution thanks the Pennsylvania General Assembly for passing Act 103, known as the “Putting the Brakes on Street Racing” bill.
Thanking the Pennsylvania General Assembly for passing Act 103, the "Putting the Brakes on Street Racing" bill
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution declares the third week of every November as “Restorative Justice Week” in Philadelphia, in recognition of the international campaign.
Declaring the Third Week of Every November as "Restorative Justice Week" in the City of Philadelphia in Honor of the International Campaign "International Restorative Justice Week".
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes November 17, 2024, as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in Philadelphia.
Recognizing November 17, 2024 as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes Council’s Public Safety and Parks and Recreation committees to hold hearings about Philadelphia’s interdepartmental protocol for managing fires in public parks and nearby neighborhoods.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Public Safety and Parks and Recreation to hold hearings to examine the interdepartmental protocol, administered by Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, the Philadelphia Fire Department, and the Office of Emergency Management, for urban-fire management in public parks and park adjacent neighborhoods, considering the recent unprecedented droughts and wildfires across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer ownership, without payment, of various properties in the 3rd Councilmanic District to the Philadelphia Land Bank.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to various properties located in the 3rd Councilmanic District, including on the following streets: N. 35th Street, N. 38th Street, Aspen Street, Brown Street, N. DeKalb Street, Ogden Street, Sloan Street, and Union Street, pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth Land Bank Act.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of 18 listed properties in the 3rd Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3924 Cambridge Street, 3909 Pennsgrove Street, 1110, 1112, 1113, 1118, 1128 State Street, 3900, 3902, 3904, 3906, 3911, 3912, 3919, 3921 3926 Wyalusing Avenue located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted legislation also names the 3900 block of Chestnut Street “Dr.
Also naming the 3900 block of Chestnut Street as "Dr. Audrey E. Evans Way" to honor the life and memory of Dr. Audrey E. Evans and her invaluable contributions to pediatric oncology and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 320 N.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 320 N. 41st Street and 323 N. Holly Street located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted, this resolution honors and celebrates The Philadelphia Tribune on its 140th anniversary as the oldest continuously published newspaper owned and operated by African Americans.
Honoring and celebrating The Philadelphia Tribune, an advocate and trailblazer for the African American community, on the occasion of its 140-year anniversary as the oldest, continuously published newspaper, owned and operated by African Americans.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill, which is currently in committee, would revise Philadelphia’s zoning rules for electric-vehicle parking and electrical supply.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning" by revising provisions for electric vehicle parking and electrical supply requirements and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The ordinance creates smart loading zones on specified sections of Walnut, Sansom, and Chestnut Streets, where vehicles may load for up to one hour at 10 cents per minute, and allows camera-based enforcement for certain double-parking, loading-zone, and residential permit violations.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to create smart loading zones and a camera-based enforcement systems for designated parking violations, revise the procedures for identifying and handling stolen vehicles prior to towing, amend the parking violations subject to towing, and make related technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance creates the Philadelphia Chinatown Overlay District for certain properties in specified zoning districts and boundaries.
Amending Section 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by amending Section 14-502, entitled "CTR/Center City Overlay District and 14-702, Floor Area, Height, and Dwelling Unit Density Bonuses, and creating Section 14-542, entitled "/PCH, Philadelphia Chinatown Overlay District," and making related changes all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Department of Streets’ Board of Surveyors to revise the mapped street lines and grades for portions of Southampton Road, Southampton-Byberry Road, and The Roosevelt Boulevard near the Philadelphia-Bucks County Line.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 383, 384, 385, and 386 by relocating portions of the houselines and curblines of Southampton Road from The Roosevelt Boulevard to points northwestwardly therefrom, relocating portions of the easterly houseline and the curblines of Southampton-Byberry Road from The Roosevelt Boulevard to points southeastwardly and southwardly therefrom, and relocating portions of the curblines of The Roosevelt Boulevard from Southampton and Southampton-Byberry Roads to the Philadelphia-Bucks County Line, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill, which is currently in committee, would require stadium retail and food-and-beverage concession workers at stadiums on City-owned or City-related agency property to receive prevailing wages and certain benefits.
Amending Philadelphia Code Section 17-107 to add Stadium Concessions Employees as a class of workers entitled to receive prevailing wages, as defined by the City Code, from persons receiving City contracts or leasing land from the City or a City-related agency, adding and modifying definitions, and establishing when such requirements are effective , all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Zoning Maps for land within an area bounded by Erie Avenue, 9th Street, Hutchinson Street, Ontario Street, Sedgley Street, 6th Street, Glenwood Avenue, and Broad Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Erie Avenue, 9th Street, Hutchinson Street, Ontario Street, Sedgley Street, 6th Street, Glenwood Avenue, and Broad Street
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s Zoning Maps for certain properties in the area bounded by Oxford Street, Cadwallader Street, Jefferson Street, Germantown Avenue, and 4th Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Oxford Street, Cadwallader Street, Jefferson Street, Germantown Avenue, and 4th Street.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.