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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January 5, 2011
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s sidewalk-sales rules to prohibit vendors from displaying, offering, or selling goods, or keeping a stand, on either side of Broad Street between Washington Avenue and Bainbridge Street.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by prohibiting vending on both sides of Broad Street between Washington Avenue and Bainbridge Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance expands Philadelphia’s minimum wage and benefits standards to cover certain businesses and nonprofits that lease property or equipment from entities receiving more than $100,000 in city assistance.
Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by broadening the definition of the "City financial aid recipients" who are subject to that Chapter to include certain persons or entities who lease property or equipment from persons or entities who receive City assistance, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance increases the sidewalk path that property owners, agents, and tenants must clear of snow and ice from 30 inches to 36 inches within six hours after snowfall ends.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by increasing the path of snow to be cleared on sidewalks, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill renames and designates Franklintown Park as “Matthias Baldwin Park.” The park is located between North 18th and North 19th Streets and between Hamilton and Shamokin Streets.
Renaming and designating Franklintown Park located between N. 18th Street and N. 19th Street and between Hamilton Street and Shamokin Street as "Matthias Baldwin Park".
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes Rameshchandra Patel, who operates the newsstand at Sixteenth and Chestnut Streets, to construct, use, and maintain conduits under and across the street corner to provide electrical and telephone service to the newsstand.
Authorizing Rameshchandra Patel, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Chestnut Street, to construct, use and maintain conduits in, under and across the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Chestnut Street for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance establishes the Fox Chase Environmental Control District, covering about 34.8 acres generally known as Fox Chase Farm.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1600, entitled "Miscellaneous," by adding a new Section establishing the Fox Chase Environmental Control District, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes Frank Borda, owner of Francoluigi's Restaurant, to build and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1549 South Thirteenth Street, with 14 tables and 28 chairs along the South Thirteenth Street and Tasker Street sidewalks.
Authorizing Frank Borda, owner of Francoluigi's Restaurant, to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 1549 South Thirteenth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes Fabio Scarpelli, owner of La Golosa, Inc., to build, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café with two tables and four chairs at 806 South Sixth Street, while leaving about five feet of clear sidewalk.
Authorizing Fabio Scarpelli, owner of La Golosa, Inc., to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 806 South Sixth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes CM123, LLC, doing business as The Wishing Well, to construct, own, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 767 South Ninth Street.
Authorizing CM123, LLC t/a The Wishing Well to construct, own and maintain an open-air sidewalk café at 767 South Ninth Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Mt.
Authorizing Mt. Airy USA (MAUSA) to install, and the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (MABID) to own and maintain, four benches on the east and west footway of Germantown Avenue, from Mt. Airy Avenue to East Phil-Ellena Street, and two benches on the south footway of the unit block of West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes BIBA UC LLC, doing business as BIBA Wine Bar at 3131 Walnut Street, to legalize existing encroachments and build and maintain additional structures in the Walnut Street sidewalk right-of-way.
Authorizing BIBA UC LLC / dba BIBA Wine Bar, 3131 Walnut Street, Suite 1A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, to legalize various existing encroachments and to construct, own and maintain additional encroachments in the right-of-way located on the north footway of Walnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill approves the first amendment to the redevelopment proposal for the Franklin Town Project in the Center City Redevelopment Area, near Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets.
Approving the first amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Center City Redevelopment Area, Franklin Town Project, being the area beginning in the vicinity of Spring Garden and Twenty-first streets, which provides, inter alia, for amending the land use map and regulations to add religious institutional as a permitted use, modifying the regulations to exclude certain portions of the project area from building setbacks and adjusting height limitations, and for amending the regulations by adding provisions related to gates, fences and walls within certain portions of the project area.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at 128 North Broad Street to construct, own, and maintain sculptures, lighting, bollards, planters, and an ash urn that extend into or are placed within the public right-of-way on parts of North Broad, North Carlisle, and Cherry Streets.
Authorizing the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, located at 128 North Broad Street, to construct, own and maintain various encroachments in the right-of-way on the west side of North Broad Street between Arch and Race Streets, the east side of North Carlisle Street between Cherry and Race Streets, and the south side of Cherry Street between North Carlisle and Burns Streets, under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted bill amended a 2008 ordinance involving the vacation of part of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and the reservation of a public-utility right-of-way.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 080434) approved July 2, 2008, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a portion of Leithgow Street south of Reno Street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes within the lines of Leithgow Street being stricken, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes the Streets Commissioner to enter into an agreement with Pennsylvania to grant the City a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes near the northwest corner of Thirteenth and Arch Streets.
Authorizing the Streets Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the grant to the City of a right-of-way for sewer and drainage purposes extending through a portion of property located at the northwest corner of Thirteenth Street and Arch Street and authorizing the plotting upon City Plan No. 307 of the said right-of-way.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes removing and vacating Ridge Avenue from Vine Street to the intersection of Eighth Street and Race Street from the City Plan.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Ridge Avenue from Vine Street to the intersection of Eighth Street and Race Street and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various purposes within the lines of Ridge Avenue being stricken and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes Brandywine Realty Trust to own and maintain 14 existing electrified bollards extending into sidewalks on Juniper, Drury, and Sansom Streets.
Authorizing Brandywine Realty Trust, 555 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 19087, to legalize various existing sidewalk encroachments located on the east footway of Juniper Street between Sansom Street and Drury Street, the south footway of Drury Street at the intersection of Juniper Street, and the north footway of Sansom Street at the intersection of Juniper Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorizes revisions to Philadelphia’s City Plans for I-95 from the Vine Street Expressway to the Philadelphia-Bucks County line.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on portions of various City Plans, within the vicinity of the Delaware Expressway (I-95) from the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) to the Philadelphia - Bucks County Line by placing on the City Plan, striking from the City Plan, relocating, and revising portions of the Delaware Expressway, its right-of-way, interchanges, and ramp connections and placing on the City Plan, striking from the City Plan, vacating, abandoning, relocating, and revising the lines and grades of intersecting and adjacent streets, roads, avenues, and rights-of-way affected thereby, all in order to conform with the lines and conditions established by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
SIGNED
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