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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November 1, 2007
The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain land within the area bounded by Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Pearson Street, and I-95 Expressway.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Grant Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Pearson Street and I-95 Expressway.
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The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Code to prohibit private taxi companies from discriminating against people with disabilities.
Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices ," by providing that private entities providing taxi service shall not discriminate against individuals with disabilities by actions including, but not limited to, refusing to provide service to individuals with disabilities who can use taxi vehicles, refusing to accommodate such individuals in the use of a guide or support animal due to blindness, deafness or refusing to assist with the stowing of mobility devices, and any other assistive instrument and charging higher fares or fees for carrying individuals with disabilities and their equipment than are charged to other persons.
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Meeting date
October 31, 2007
This lapsed bill would have authorized changes to the City Plan affecting parts of Mansion Street, Fowler Street, and Cinnaminson Street, including removing certain street segments, widening part of Cinnaminson Street, and creating a cul-de-sac.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 231 and 275 by striking from the City Plan Mansion Street and Fowler Street each from Cinnaminson Street to Lemonte Street and Cinnaminson Street from a point approximately 182' southwest of Silverwood Street to a point approximately 30' southwestwardly therefrom; by widening Cinnaminson Street 4' and a variable width on the northwesterly side thereof from a property line in the vicinity of Mansion Street (to be stricken by this Ordinance) to a point approximately 700' northeastwardly therefrom and by placing a cul-de-sac at the resultant dead-end of Cinnaminson Street under certain terms and conditions including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances of the widened portion of Cinnaminson Street and the area of the portion of the cul-de-sac lying outside Cinnaminson Street as currently placed on the City Plan.
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This lapsed bill would have required all-way stop signs at the intersection of Colfax Street and Stamford Street, in a manner consistent with PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Colfax Street and Stamford Street.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to investigate poor drainage and structural defects in sidewalk cutouts in Center City and elsewhere in Philadelphia.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Streets and Services to investigate why the sidewalk cutouts throughout Center City are not adequately draining and to investigate whether or not there are other locations throughout the City where the sidewalk cutouts are structurally defective; and to determine how the problem of the sidewalk cutouts can be corrected and to have them corrected.
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Meeting date
October 30, 2007
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s residential parking rules to allow required parking to be reduced by 25% when at least two spaces are provided for the exclusive use of car-sharing organizations for every 100 residential units, or part of 100 units.
Amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," by reducing parking requirements when spaces for car sharing organizations are voluntarily provided, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning rules by removing an existing floor-area incentive for observation rooms or decks in C-4 and C-5 commercial districts.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-102 , entitled "Definitions," by amending Section 14-305, entitled "'C-4' Commercial and 'C-5' Commercial Districts," by removing the incentive gross floor area for the installation of observation rooms or decks in these districts; by amending Section 14-312, entitled "Commercial District Rules and Exceptions for All Districts," by requiring the installation of an observation room or deck on certain newly constructed buildings of a certain height; and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to define green roofs and require buildings with at least 90,000 square feet of building area to cover at least 75% of their eligible rooftop space with a green roof.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-102, entitled "Definitions," and creating a new Section 14-114 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sustainable Zoning," to require certain buildings to have a green roof, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to study whether surveillance cameras could be installed in all recreational facilities.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to determine the feasibility of installing surveillance cameras in all of the recreational facilities, as a means to further enhance the safety of all persons utilizing these facilities; and as a means to fight crime and violence in these facilities.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to study whether the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Philadelphia School Board could partner to develop community-run recreation programs in public school buildings after regular hours.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to determine the feasibility of the Department of Parks and Recreation partnering with the Philadelphia School Board for the purpose of developing community run recreation programs in public school facilities to be used after hours; such community run recreation programs would be sponsored and run by the Parks and Recreation Department.
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Meeting date
October 29, 2007
The adopted resolution authorizes Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings about the Administration’s failure to enter into contracts needed to expand the Basic Systems Repair Program in the Fourth Councilmanic District.
Authorizing Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings to investigate the Administration's failure to enter into contracts necessary to expand the Basic Systems Repair Program in the Fourth Councilmanic District as authorized by Resolution No. 070405 (adopted June 7, 2007) and Resolution No. 070744 (adopted September 20, 2007).
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The adopted resolution authorizes Council’s Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings about the Administration’s failure to enter into contracts needed to expand the Basic Systems Repair Program in the Seventh and Ninth Council Districts.
Authorizing Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings to investigate the Administration's failure to enter into contracts necessary to expand the Basic Systems Repair Program in the Seventh Council District as authorized by Resolution No. 070595 (adopted June 14, 2007) and in the Ninth Council District as authorized by Resolution No. 070588 (adopted June 14, 2007).
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to hold hearings about whether Philadelphia should impose class-size limits by ordinance.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education to hold hearings to investigate and determine the feasibility of imposing by Ordinance the requirement that the class sizes in grades K-3 not exceed twenty (20) students and in grades 4-12 class size shall not exceed twenty-five children (25).
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October 25, 2007
This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 44 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Cuthbert Street from 32nd Street to 33rd Street and by reserving and placing on City Plan a right of way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes within the lines of said Cuthbert Street being stricken from the City Plan by authority of this Ordinance, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into an agreement to sublease from the Philadelphia Municipal Authority a certain building located at 229 W. Allegheny Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey certain tracts of land with the buildings and improvements thereon located on the block bounded by West Huntingdon Street, North Fairhill Street, West Lehigh Avenue, and North Fifth Street, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for nominal consideration, for further conveyance.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning a ground lease of Belmont Mansion and related Fairmount Park buildings, grounds, and facilities to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission and the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a ground lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, under which the City would lease Belmont Mansion and appurtenant buildings, grounds and facilities (collectively, the "Belmont Mansion Complex") to PAID and pursuant to which PAID would enter into a ground sublease with the American Women's Heritage Society, under which AWHS would occupy, operate, and help maintain the Belmont Mansion Complex and develop and operate a museum about the Underground, under certain terms and conditions, accompanied by an explanatory letter from the Executive Director of Fairmount Park Commission.
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This communication transmitted a proposed bill concerning a lease of City-owned land south of Shelmire Avenue, next to the Fox Chase Cancer Center campus, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Transmitting a bill authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, and the Public Property Commissioner, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID"), to lease City-owned land south of Shelmire Avenue adjacent to the campus of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Inc. ("Fox Chase") to PAID, under which PAID will enter into a sublease with the Fairmount Park Conservacy ("Conservancy"), a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, under which the Conservancy would enter into a sub-sublease and other agreements with Fox Chase, pursuant to which Fox Chase will construct, maintain, and operate cancer research and treatment facilities on the property; and authorizing the President of the Fairmount Park Commission, the Executive Director of Fairmount Park, the Public Property Commissioner, and the City Solicitor to enter into additional agreements and take all other acti...
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