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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Meeting date
July 8, 2005
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded generally by Oregon Avenue, 20th Street, the Walt Whitman Bridge Approach and I-76.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Water Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the owner of 2401 Walnut Street for a 40-foot-wide right-of-way.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement with the owner of a property and his successors at 2401 Walnut Street for the grant of a forty feet wide right-of-way to the City for drainage, sewer and water main purposes, partially within and partially five feet north of the existing Sansom Street right-of-way from Twenty-fourth Street to the CSX Transportation Railroad, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance grants Longacre Holdings, LLC, owner of 1509 Mifflin Street, permission to operate a sidewalk café with four tables for up to 16 occupants at the northwest corner of Mifflin and Hicks Streets.
Granting permission to Longacre Holdings, LLC, owner of the property 1509 Mifflin Street, Philadelphia, PA, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk café on the northwest corner of Mifflin Street and Hicks Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, for nominal consideration, a City-owned tract with buildings and improvements near University Avenue, Guardian Drive, and Curie Boulevard to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a deed conveying fee simple title to a certain tract of City-owned land situate in an area generally located on the east side of University Avenue between Guardian Drive and Curie Boulevard, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance continues and expands Philadelphia’s program regulating newspaper and other printed-material boxes on public sidewalks.
Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-211, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of Printed Material," which created a trial period granting the City of Philadelphia regulatory authority over the maintenance, specifications and placement of newspaper boxes on the public sidewalk, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain properties in the area bounded by Penn Street, Laurel Street, the Delaware River, and the former Fairmount Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Penn Street, Laurel Street, the Delaware River and the former Fairmount Avenue.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance amended a 2003 authorization to vacate a portion of Wensley Street near the Delaware Expressway (I-95).
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 020716) approved January 23, 2003, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 197 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Wensley Street from the southeasterly line of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) more or less, to a point approximately one hundred eighty-three (183) feet southeastwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the time for compliance with the conditions stated therein.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer fee-simple ownership of City-owned land and improvements at 1049-1069 North Front Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 1049-1069 North Front Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer full ownership of the City-owned properties at 1113–1125 North 3rd Street, including the buildings on them, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 1113-1125 North 3rd Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes Philadelphia’s Water Commissioner to enter into agreements with the owners of four properties on Springbank Street for a drainage and sewer right-of-way through their land.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the owners of 6601, 6609 and 6701 Springbank Street and 6609Rear Springbank Street (part of 1021 West Hortter Street) for the grant of a right-of-way to the City for drainage and sewer purposes through the properties from Springbank Street to an existing drainage right-of-way (former Park Line Drive), under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes the Procurement Commissioner to contract for construction of a public sanitary sewer and related work.
Authorizing the construction of a sanitary sewer and appurtenant work in a proposed right-of-way for drainage and sewer purposes from Springbank Street to an existing drainage right-of-way (former Park Line Road).
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes the Water Commissioner to enter into an agreement with the owners of 6208 through 6230 Germantown Avenue to grant the City a right-of-way and easement for drainage and sewer purposes.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner on behalf of the City to enter into agreement with the owners of the properties at 6208 through 6230 Germantown Avenue for the grant of rights-of-way to the City for drainage and sewer purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s zoning code section on Yorktown Special District Controls by changing the district-boundary language.
Amending Section 14-1629 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Yorktown Special District Controls," by specifically amending Section 14-1629(3) entitled "District Boundaries"; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer ownership of a City parking lot on West Westmoreland Street, between Mascher and Howard Streets, to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to a certain parking lot approximately 130 feet in depth along the southern side of West Westmoreland Street between Mascher Street and Howard Street, with the improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer City-owned land and buildings at 2227–2251 Island Avenue and 7280–7282 Saybrook Avenue to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a nominal amount.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development a deed conveying, for nominal consideration, fee simple title to certain tracts of City-owned land located at 2227-2251 Island Avenue and 7280-7282 Saybrook Avenue, with the buildings and improvements thereon, for further conveyance at fair market value.
SIGNED
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This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to create special district controls for commercially zoned properties with frontage on Girard Avenue from the 2500 to 3200 blocks.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by providing for new special district controls for the Girard Avenue area, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted measure authorizes Philadelphia’s Housing and Community Development Director to apply for federal grants for community development, affordable housing, emergency shelters, and housing assistance for people with AIDS, as well as state grants to prevent and eliminate blight.
Authorizing the Director of Housing and Community Development (Housing Director), on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); authorizing the Housing Director to file applications with HUD to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application with HUD for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant; authorizing the Housing Director, on behalf of the City, to file an application or applications to obtain grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Housing Director and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understandi...
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance permits Moore College of Art to operate a food vending stand and up to 14 tables with chairs along its property at 1916–1934 Race Street.
Granting permission to Moore College of Art to operate and maintain a vending stand and sidewalk seating alongside its property located at 1916-1934 Race Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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