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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Council actions
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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Meeting date
January 23, 2014
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP to construct, use, and maintain an underground pedestrian tunnel beneath the Unit block of 18th Street, extending the existing underground transit concourse westward, along with an underground utility vault.
Authorizing Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP to construct, use and maintain, an underground pedestrian tunnel crossing the Unit block of 18th Street extending the existing underground transit concourse westward beneath 18th Street and an underground utility vault, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to Cuthbert Street and Eighteenth Street in Center City.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the curblines of Cuthbert Street, from Eighteenth Street to Nineteenth Street, thereby increasing the cartway width of said Cuthbert Street, and by re-grading Eighteenth Street, from John F. Kennedy Boulevard to Arch Street, and re-grading Cuthbert Street from Eighteenth Street to Nineteenth Street, thereby raising said Eighteenth Street and Cuthbert Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain properties in the area bounded by 18th Street, 19th Street, Arch Street, and Cuthbert Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 18th Street, 19th Street, Arch Street and Cuthbert Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP, the owner of 1800 Arch Street, to install security bollards, bike racks, and benches along nearby portions of Arch, 18th, 19th, and Cuthbert Streets.
Authorizing Liberty Property 18th & Arch, LP, owner of the property at 1800 Arch Street to be improved with an office tower and hotel, to install security bollards on and under Arch Street, N. 18th Street, N. 19th Street and Cuthbert Street, and bike racks and benches on and under Arch Street, adjacent to 1800 Arch Street, to construct, use, and maintain conduits on, under and across Cuthbert Street for the purposes of supplying electrical current to retractable bollards on Cuthbert Street and to construct and maintain certain overhead architectural encroachments above the 1800 block of Cuthbert Street and the 1800 block of Arch Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City to remove and vacate a portion of Croskey Street, from its terminus north of Cherry Street to about five feet south of that point, from the official 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 Croskey Street from its terminus north of Cherry Street to a point approximately five feet southwardly therefrom, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) to purchase about 2.7 acres at 5210 Lindbergh Boulevard for up to $350,000, plus settlement and other incidental costs.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) to purchase approximately Two and Seven-Tenths (2.7) acres of land situate at 5210 Lindbergh Boulevard, under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement between the City, PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC).
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required day care facilities to obtain a special certificate of inspection before being occupied.
Amending Section A-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Certificate of Inspection," to require the issuance of special certificates of inspection for the occupancy of day care facilities, and to include day care facilities in the reporting requirements regarding special certificates of inspections, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have revised Philadelphia’s parking-meter fees.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to revise the fee for the use of parking meters; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s rules for prohibited conduct to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and workplaces, with penalties for violations.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places - Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting the use of electronic-cigarettes in public places and in the workplace, and providing for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have prohibited street vending, sidewalk sales, and newsstands in the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, Callowhill Street, Broad Street, and 18th Street.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors, Section 9-205 relating to Sidewalk Sales, and Section 9-212 relating to Newsstands by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending and newsstands in the area bounded by the north side of Spring Garden, the south side of Callowhill, the east side of Broad Street, and the west side of 18th Street.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have ended Philadelphia’s mandatory custodial arrests for adults possessing 30 grams or less of marijuana, except in situations such as unverifiable identity, outstanding violations, or likely failure to obey a summons.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by providing for ending the existing procedure of mandatory custodial arrests for the crime of Marijuana possession, and by requiring the reporting of the number of arrests and related information with respect to those arrested for Marijuana possession; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
December 12, 2013
The adopted resolution initiated the process to continue the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, extend its boundaries along portions of Germantown Avenue, intersecting streets, and Bethlehem Pike, and keep Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc.
Initiating action to continue the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District in the area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 7640 to 8705, certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, and both sides of Bethlehem Pike from 10 to 105, to approve an extension to the boundaries of the District, and to continue Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association of the District; approving a preliminary plan and report for the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act, prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally continue the District.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution asks the President of Italy to maintain the Italian General Consulate’s diplomatic mission in the United States by retaining the Consul General in Philadelphia.
Respectfully requesting the President of the Republic of Italy, The Honorable Giorgio Napolitano, to maintain and support the Italian General Consulate diplomatic mission in the United States by retaining The Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Ralph's Italian Restaurant as the oldest Italian restaurant in the United States.
Honoring Ralph's Italian Restaurant as the oldest Italian restaurant in the United States.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing National Small Business Weekend.
Recognizing National Small Business Weekend.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution confirms the reappointment of Emily Schapira, formerly Emily Schiller, to the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority.
Confirming the reappointment of Emily Schapira, formerly Emily Schiller, as a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Energy Authority, to serve in the term ending January 1, 2019.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings about the social and economic benefits of early childhood education in Philadelphia.
Calling on the City of Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings concerning the social and economic benefits of early childhood education in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted City Council Resolution recognizing and honoring the 114th annual Army-Navy football game, held on December 14, 2013, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
Recognizing and honoring the 114th playing of the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday, December 14, 2013 in Philadelphia at Lincoln Financial Field.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.