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
March 11, 2010
The adopted resolution calls on Philadelphia’s property assessment agencies to allow property owners appealing an assessment to request an in-person inspection of the property’s exterior and interior.
Calling on the Board of Revision of Taxes and the agencies that will replace the BRT if the voters of Philadelphia abolish it, to adopt regulations authorizing a property owner who is appealing an assessment to request an in-person inspection of the outside and inside of his or her property as part of the appeal process; and providing that a property owner who refuses to permit inspection of the inside of his or her property by an assessor shall be precluded from appealing the pending assessment of that property.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City to transfer conditional ownership of four City-owned properties—3251 N.
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 Eighteenth and Nineteenth 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution designating March 2010 as National Music Education Month, also called Music in Our Schools Month.
Proclaiming the Month of March 2010 as "National Music Education Month" (aka) "Music in our Schools Month."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, without payment, conditional ownership of 10 City-owned properties in the Thirteenth Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 Thirteenth Ward 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·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia to organize the Philadelphia Energy Authority under Pennsylvania’s Municipalities Authorities Act.
Authorizing the City of Philadelphia to organize an authority to be known as The Philadelphia Energy Authority, pursuant to the terms of the "Municipalities Authorities Act," of 2001, June 19, P.L. 287, No. 22, as amended, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill increases the annual license fee for owning a vacant lot, vacant building, or vacant wharf, pier, or dock from $300 to $750.
Amending Chapter 4-200.0, Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Text of Subcodes," by amending Section A-906, entitled "Property Maintenance Code Fees," to increase the license fees charged to own a vacant lot, vacant building or vacant wharf, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law revises Philadelphia’s zoning rules for Passive Recreation Districts (REC-P).
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-703.2, entitled "Passive Recreation District (REC-P)," by revising the rules and regulations that apply within passive recreation districts, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s community development rules so City Council approval was required when the Office of Housing and Community Development proposed changes affecting 2% or more of a year’s Community Development Block Grant funds, instead of 10% or more.
Amending Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," by amending Section 21-1105, entitled "City Council Oversight and Plan Approval," all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Community Development rules to require at least 5% of the city’s annual federal Community Development Block Grant funds to support economic development for mixed-use projects on or near commercial corridors.
Amending Chapter 21-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Community Development," by amending Section 21-1108, entitled "Economic Development," to increase the percentage of funds that must be allocated to economic development, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s rules for permits for parades, processions, and assemblages.
Amending Section 12-1109 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Permits Required for Parades, Processions and Assemblages," by conditioning the issuance of such permits on the applicant's agreement to reimburse the City for additional costs the City incurs as a result of the activity for which the permit is issued, subject to a maximum reimbursement amount; by making such maximum reimbursement amount retroactive; and by requiring refunds to persons who reimbursed the City for costs in excess of such maximum amount, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes changes to the City Plan that widen portions of South Street near the Schuylkill River and add a variable-width drainage right-of-way.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 11-S, 42, 269, and 308 by relocating the houselines and curblines of South Street from a point approximately one-hundred seventy feet northwest of Convention Avenue to the northwesterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River and from the southeasterly Pierhead and Bulkhead Line of the Schuylkill River to Twenty-seventh Street so as to increase the width of South Street for the purpose of constructing a new bridge crossing the Schuylkill River and by placing on the City Plan a variable width right-of-way for drainage purposes adjacent to the southwesterly side of South Street northwest of Schuylkill Avenue and authorizing the opening of the said widened portions of South Street extending through property owned by the City.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes zoning rules in the area bounded by 42nd Street, Walnut Street, Sansom Street, and a line connecting Walnut and Sansom Streets 156 feet west of 41st Street.
Amending Section 14-304 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "C-3 Commercial District," amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," and amending Section 14-1405 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Off-street Loading," all under certain terms and conditions .
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) to follow Pennsylvania Act 44 of 2009.
Amending Section 22-310 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by conforming the City's DROP program to the requirements of Pennsylvania Act No. 44 of 2009 (H.B. 1828), which restricts the DROP eligibility of elected officials.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have defined a supermarket as a permanent food store larger than 10,000 square feet that primarily sells packaged food.
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by defining "Supermarkets," and excluding Supermarkets from the definition of Chain Restaurants, thereby exempting Supermarkets from menu labeling requirements applicable to Chain Restaurants, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
March 4, 2010
Philadelphia City Council designated March 8, 2010, as “International Women’s Day” in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming March 8, 2010 as "International Women's Day."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have approved a revised five-year financial plan for Philadelphia covering fiscal years 2011 through 2015, along with proposed changes for fiscal year 2010.
Providing for the approval by the Council of the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2011 through 2015, and incorporating proposed changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2010, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an ordinance of this Council approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1563-A), by and between the City and the Authority.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have proposed a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment creating an Office of Inspector General, appointed by the Mayor, to investigate alleged fraud, corruption, and misconduct involving City government, contractors, City-funded recipients, and certain City transactions.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the creation of an Office of Inspector General, to provide for the powers and duties of such Office, to establish requirements for certain City officials and employees in connection with the work of the Inspector General, and to otherwise provide for incorporation of the Inspector General into the City government; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution proposed amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to let City Council establish standards for the political activities of City officers and employees and set penalties for violations.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to restrictions on the political activities of City officers and employees, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.