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 March 19, 2026 meeting.
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This bill aims to protect tenants in Philadelphia by adding rules against landlord retaliation and harassment, and by making it clearer what rights tenants have to a safe and livable home.
Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," to modify the requirements related to good cause for ending a tenancy, add protections against retaliation and harassment for tenants and tenant organizations, specify tenants' rights related to the implied warranty of habitability and provide a legal presumption related to breaches of the implied warranty of habitability, create a tenant right to organize, specify deadlines for asserting claims, and establish and enhance enforcement mechanisms, remedies, damages, and protections, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECOMMITTED
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This bill aims to improve property owner accountability by clarifying licensing requirements and creating a proactive inspection program.
Amending Chapter 9-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Property Licenses and Owner Accountability," to clarify licensing requirements, authorize the Department to create a Proactive Inspection program, require public reporting related to Code compliance, and establish remedies, damages, and protections for tenants, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill changes city rules to pay the Director of the Office of Prison Oversight and members of the Philadelphia Prison Community Oversight Board.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," to provide for compensation of the Director of Office of Prison Oversight and members of the Philadelphia Prison Community Oversight Board, and amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," to add a new chapter, providing for the powers and duties of Office of Prison Oversight and Philadelphia Prison Community Oversight Board and the manner in which other officers, employees and agencies shall fulfill their respective responsibilities with respect to the Office and Board, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill allows the installation, ownership, and maintenance of structures that extend into public spaces, such as sidewalks or streets, under certain conditions.
Authorizing the installation, ownership and maintenance of right-of-way encroachments in various parts of the City, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill changes the direction of traffic on Hermit Street between Manor Street and Manayunk Avenue.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Hermit Street between Manor Street and Manayunk Avenue.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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The City of Philadelphia is considering a bill that would allow the city to install, own, and maintain structures or features on certain blocks of Ogontz Avenue.
Authorizing the City of Philadelphia to install, own, and maintain right-of-way encroachments on the 7600, 7700, and 7800 blocks of Ogontz Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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The city has given permission to the owner of a newsstand at 34th Street and Convention Avenue to install underground electrical conduits to supply power to the newsstand.
Authorizing Mukeshkumar Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand at the northwest corner of 34th Street and Convention Avenue and Civic Center Boulevard to construct, use, and maintain conduits in, under, and across the northwest corner of 34th Street and Convention Avenue and Civic Center Boulevard for the purpose of supplying electrical service to said newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This enacted bill authorizes Imperial/Aramingo Limited to install, own, and maintain an enclosed elevator that would extend about seven feet into the public footway along Aramingo Avenue near 3400 Aramingo Ave., while leaving at least 11 feet 9 inches of unobstructed walkway.
Authorizing the installation, ownership and maintenance of an elevator encroachment in the vicinity of 3400 Aramingo Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Avenue of the Arts, Inc.
Authorizing the installation, ownership, and maintenance of various encroachments along the 300 Block of South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill allows a business at 1001 S 10th St to have a sidewalk cafe, which means they can use some of the sidewalk for outdoor seating.
Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 1001 S 10th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill aims to regulate the direction of traffic on certain streets in Philadelphia, specifically Adams Avenue and Leiper Street.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on Adams Avenue between Wingohocking Street and Frankford Avenue, as well as Leiper Street between Adams Avenue and Ruan Street.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill allows the city to install cameras at the intersection of School House Lane and Henry Avenue to automatically enforce red light laws.
Amending Chapter 12-3000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use of an Automated Red Light Enforcement System to Prevent Red Light Violations," by authorizing the installation of red light enforcement systems at the intersection of School House Lane & Henry Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill aims to regulate the direction of traffic on West Lippincott Street between 22nd Street and 23rd Street.
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on West Lippincott Street, between 22nd Street and 23rd Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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The Mayor is asking City Council to appoint Kya Kerner to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
March 18, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am transmitting for the consideration of your Honorable Body a draft of a Resolution entitled: RESOLUTION Appointing Kya Kerner to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. This Resolution has my approval and therefore I respectfully request that this Honorable Body give it your favorable consideration. Respectfully, Cherelle L. Parker Mayor
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The Mayor has sent a resolution to City Council to appoint Ken Weller to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
March 18, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am transmitting for the consideration of your Honorable Body a draft of a Resolution entitled: RESOLUTION Appointing Ken Weller to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. This Resolution has my approval and therefore I respectfully request that this Honorable Body give it your favorable consideration. Respectfully, Cherelle L. Parker Mayor
READ AND FILED
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The Mayor of Philadelphia is asking City Council to appoint Felicia Wilson to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
March 18, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am transmitting for the consideration of your Honorable Body a draft of a Resolution entitled: RESOLUTION Appointing Felicia Wilson to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. This Resolution has my approval and therefore I respectfully request that this Honorable Body give it your favorable consideration. Respectfully, Cherelle L. Parker Mayor
READ AND FILED
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The Mayor has sent a resolution to City Council to appoint Bekir Gunaydin to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
March 18, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am transmitting for the consideration of your Honorable Body a draft of a Resolution entitled: RESOLUTION Appointing Bekir Gunaydin to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District. This Resolution has my approval and therefore I respectfully request that this Honorable Body give it your favorable consideration. Respectfully, Cherelle L. Parker Mayor
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The Philadelphia City Council is considering a resolution that allows the Philadelphia Land Bank to sell a property at 2726 N.
March 16, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am transmitting for the consideration of your Honorable Body a draft of a Resolution entitled: RESOLUTION Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 2726 N.15th Street located in the 8th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code. This Resolution has my approval and therefore I respectfully request that this Honorable Body give it your favorable consideration. Respectfully, Cherelle L. Parker Mayor
READ AND FILED
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