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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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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Meeting date
March 3, 2011
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Wage and Net Profits Tax rules by revising tax rates for residents and non-residents who earn wages or business income connected to Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by revising certain tax rates and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adopts Philadelphia’s operating budget for Fiscal Year 2012 and provides funding from multiple city funds to departments, boards, commissions, and agencies.
Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2012.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adopts Philadelphia’s Fiscal 2012 Capital Budget, totaling $3,010,170,000, for capital projects during the fiscal year from July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.
To adopt a Fiscal 2012 Capital Budget.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill adopts Philadelphia’s Capital Program for Fiscal Years 2012 through 2017.
To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2012-2017 inclusive.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created a one-year moratorium on permits for buildings taller than two stories, and for additions or roof decks extending above a building’s second story, on residentially zoned properties in Point Breeze between Washington Avenue, Broad Street, Moore Street, and 25th Street.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new Section prohibiting the issuance of any permit for the construction of buildings, additions or roof decks, exceeding a certain height, on certain properties within the Point Breeze area of the City and providing that such prohibition shall expire after a specified period of time, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed the Philadelphia Zoning Maps for certain land within an area bounded by Warfield Street, the Schuylkill Expressway, Reed Street, a railroad right-of-way, and Moore Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Warfield Street, the Schuylkill Expressway, Reed Street, a Railroad R.O.W., and Moore Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance creates the 52nd Street Business District for Sidewalk Vending on both sides of 52nd Street between Arch and Walnut Streets, allowing up to 56 designated sidewalk vendor locations.
Amending Section 9-206 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Neighborhood Business Districts," by creating the 52nd Street Business District for Sidewalk Vending; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have regulated sidewalk vending on the south side of Market Street between 48th and 49th Streets.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by regulating vending along the South side of Market Street between 48th Street and 49th Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The pocket-vetoed bill would have created a real estate tax credit for owners of residential condominiums, cooperatives, and planned community units who paid for refuse, recycling, or bulk-item collection because they did not receive those City services at no cost.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide a credit against the tax for owners of condominiums and cooperatives and planned community units who do not receive regular City refuse, recycling and bulk item collection services; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s property maintenance rules to exempt certain vacant lots from separate licensing, including contiguous lots under common ownership, lots maintained as gardens, and properties acquired through the Emergency Nuisance Abatement Program for two years.
Amending Chapter 1, Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) and Chapter 4-200.0, Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section PM-102.0, entitled "Licensing," to provide for exemptions for certain vacant property uses; and by amending Section A-906 of Subcode "A," entitled "Property Maintenance Code Fees," to reduce the license fees charged to own a vacant lot, vacant building or vacant wharf; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance extended the deadline to November 13, 2012, for meeting the conditions attached to a 2002 authorization involving the vacation of part of Brill Street and a triangular section of Harbison Avenue.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance approved November 13, 2002, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 258 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Brill Street from Torresdale Avenue to Harbison Avenue, by striking from the City Plan and vacating a certain triangular section of Harbison Avenue, and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, and gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure provided for a May 17, 2011 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to create an independent Jobs Commission.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of an independent Jobs Commission; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for land within the area bounded by Milnor Street, Levick Street, the Delaware River, and Robbins Street.
Amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within the area bounded by Milnor Street, Levick Street, the Delaware River, and Robbins Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain parcels in the area bounded by Tacony Street, Dark Horse Street, the Delaware River, Frankford Creek, and Bridge Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps to provide for changes to the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Tacony Street, Dark Horse Street, the Delaware River, Frankford Creek, and Bridge Street, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance to replace “handicap” with disability and add protections based on domestic or sexual violence victim status, familial status, and genetic information.
Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices," by changing the title to "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," by replacing "handicap" with disability as a protected status, by adding domestic or sexual violence victim status, familial status, and genetic information to the prohibited bases for discrimination; by amending the definition of discrimination, employer, life partnership, public accommodation and other terms, and by adding or deleting other definitions; by narrowing certain exemptions with respect to employment preferences; by amending the prohibition against housing discrimination to include commercial property and real property; by reordering and clarifying the complaint, mediation and hearing procedures of the Commission; by amending and clarifying the remedies available to the Commission upon a finding of a violation; and by changing the order of sections and making other changes, all under certain terms an...
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have created Philadelphia rules requiring certain employers to provide paid sick leave to eligible employees.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PRINTED AND PLACED ON NEXT FIRST READING CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
February 17, 2011
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—2427 Montgomery Avenue, 1632 West Susquehanna Avenue, 2830 North 11th Street, and 2765-67 North 29th Street—to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Twenty-eighth, Thirty-second and Thirty-seventh Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and congratulating the African American Museum in Philadelphia on its 35th anniversary.
Recognizing and Congratulating the African American Museum in Philadelphia on its 35th Anniversary.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.