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 5, 2025 meeting.
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Showing 55-72 of 89 actions from June 5, 2025
The City of Philadelphia is allowed to buy a property near Cobbs Creek from certain city agencies.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire fee simple title or a lesser real estate interest in and to all or a portion of the property bounded by Cobbs Creek, 75th Street (extended), Buist Avenue, and 78th Street and owned by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, the Philadelphia Land Bank, or the Philadelphia Housing and Development Corporation, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill prohibits stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on public streets for short dumping, and allows the city to use cameras to enforce this rule.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of a motor vehicle on a public street or as otherwise prohibited for purposes of short dumping and authorization of enforcement through a camera-based enforcement system, and designating penalties and impoundment, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes the official lines and grades of Ludlow Street between 10th and 11th Streets.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating certain portions of the curb lines of Ludlow Street from Tenth Street to Eleventh Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes the rules for building homes in the Fifth District Overlay area of Philadelphia.
Amending Section 14-529 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "/VDO, Fifth District Overlay District" by removing exceptions for minimum residential lot area and floor area, height, and dwelling unit density bonus eligibility, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes the zoning rules for a specific area in Philadelphia, affecting the types of buildings and businesses that can be built there.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Roy Street, 11th Street, Allegheny Avenue, and Germantown Avenue.
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This bill allows the city to remove a planned water main path from the city's plans, which is located north of Montgomery Avenue and between Broad Street and Fifteenth Street.
Authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 123 and abandonment of a certain right-of-way reserved for water main purposes located north of Montgomery Avenue and extending from Broad Street to Fifteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill sets parking rules for specific streets in Philadelphia, including Anchor, Kennedy, Salem, Franklin, N.
Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: Anchor street between Horrocks Street and Large street; Kennedy street between Penn street and Saul street; Salem street between Torresdale avenue and Womwrath street; Franklin street between Cayuga street and Wingohocking street; N. 8th street between Wingohocking street and Cayuga street; N. 7th street between Butler street and Pike street; Bristol street between Marshall street and N. 7th street; Bristol street between N. 6th street and Marshall street; Mascher street between Montgomery avenue and Cecil B Moore avenue.
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This bill allows the city to remove a portion of Cresson Street from the city map, specifically the part between Ridge Avenue and Osborn Street.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 230 by striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portion of Cresson Street from Ridge Avenue to Osborn Street, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill creates a one-way traffic rule on Winona Street, allowing cars to travel only eastbound from Laurens Street to Morris Street.
Establishing a one-way regulation on Winona Street, from Laurens Street to Morris Street, eastbound.
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This bill increases the amount of funding that organizations can receive each year from the Philadelphia Activities Fund.
Amending an Ordinance (Bill No. 877), approved September 16, 1994, by amending an exhibit thereto, in order to increase the limit of the amount of funding any entity may receive in any fiscal year from the Philadelphia Activities Fund.
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This bill requires the city to notify City Council members when a building or area is given a historical designation.
Amending section 14-1000 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled Historic Preservation, requiring notification to City Council Members of historical designations in the City of Philadelphia.
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This bill changes the rules for certain economic development areas in Philadelphia, allowing for extensions of benefits like tax breaks under specific conditions.
Amending Chapter 19-3200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Keystone Opportunity Zone, Economic Development District, and Strategic Development Area," to provide for additional extensions of certain benefits, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill creates an Anti-Displacement Fund to help prevent tenants from being forced out of their homes.
Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," to hereby authorize the creation of an Anti-Displacement Fund, to establish violations for displacement, and to authorize the Department of Planning and Development to administer the Anti-Displacement Fund; and amending Section A-505, entitled "Cease Operations Order" to add notice requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill allows the city to remove a portion of Bristol Street from the city map, specifically from Second Street to Hunting Park Avenue.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 226 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Bristol Street from Second Street to Hunting Park Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes the rules for filing permit applications that are similar to previous ones that were denied or dismissed by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising the One Year Rule which limits the filing of permit applications that are substantially similar to a prior application with respect to which an appeal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment has been denied or dismissed; and making related changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes the rules for building homes in certain areas of Philadelphia to make it easier to create affordable housing.
Amending Section 14-533 of The Philadelphia Code ("/MIN, Mixed Income Neighborhoods Overlay District") to exempt from certain requirements of that Section residential development under programs designed to create affordable homeownership, which programs mandate deed restrictions and agreements establishing ongoing affordability requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill ends the Development Impact Tax in Philadelphia under certain terms and conditions.
To amend Chapter 19-4400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Development Impact Tax," to end imposition of the tax, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes the rate of the Realty Transfer Tax, which is a tax paid when properties are sold in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by revising the rate of the tax, all under certain terms and conditions.
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