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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
January 21, 2016
The enacted measure extends Philadelphia’s real estate tax exemption program for longtime owner-occupants of residential properties.
Amending Chapter 19-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties," by extending the time for which such exemptions are available, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance prohibits truck parking at any time on both sides of Torresdale Avenue between Linden Avenue and Ashburner Street, and on both sides of Megargee Street between Torresdale Avenue and Frankford Avenue.
Establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of Torresdale Avenue, from Linden Avenue to Ashburner Street and both sides of Megargee Street, from Torresdale Avenue to Frankford Avenue.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorized the Managing Director to contract with the Support Center for Child Advocates to provide legal and related services to children in dependency and other proceedings through June 30, 2017.
Authorizing the Managing Director to contract with the Support Center for Child Advocates for the provision of professional services to the City for representing children in certain legal matters, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds safety rules for self-propelled mobility devices such as hoverboards and one-wheeled electric transporters.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to provide requirements regarding the safe operation of self-propelled mobility devices and to provide for enforcement and penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land within the area bounded by Ridge Avenue, 16th Street, Ogden Street, 15th Street, Poplar Street, Carlisle Street, and Brown Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Ridge Avenue, 16th Street, Ogden Street, 15th Street, Poplar Street, Carlisle Street, and Brown Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law changes Philadelphia’s “Green Roofs” Tax Credit by updating the definition of a green roof and making other technical changes.
Amending Subsection 19-2604(8) of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "'Green Roofs' Tax Credit," to amend definitions and make other technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The ordinance requires contractors and subcontractors working on certain City contracts to follow Workforce Diversity requirements, including submitting workforce plans and demographic payroll information, keeping employment records, and allowing City inspections.
Amending Section 17-107 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contractors: Labor-Management Relationships," by requiring the City's Labor Standards Unit to enforce the City's contract requirements for Workforce Diversity and by providing penalties for contractor failure to make good faith efforts to meet Workforce Diversity goals, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have changed Philadelphia’s rules for special assembly occupancies, including nightclubs, bars, restaurants, banquet halls, and similar venues that provide social entertainment.
Amending Section 9-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Assembly Occupancies," by providing for additional types of activity to be regulated, amending the application procedures and increasing the fee for a Special Assembly Occupancy license and for Promoter registration, clarifying the role of the Police Department in approvals of licenses, and making other technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have repealed a 2015 ordinance concerning a pedestrian walkway and utility rights-of-way along former Thompson Street, from Watts Street to Thirteenth Street.
Repealing an Ordinance (Bill No. 150894) entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the striking from City Plan No. 119 and abandoning of a certain pedestrian walkway reserved within the bed of former Thompson Street, from Watts Street to Thirteenth Street, and the modifying of a certain right-of-way for drainage purposes, water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes, also reserved within the bed of said former Thompson Street, by abandoning the right-of-way as to water main purposes, gas main purposes, and public utility purposes, but retaining the said right-of-way on the City Plan as a right-of-way for drainage purposes only, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required businesses that primarily clean, repair, or restore structures damaged by water, fire, mold, or other causes to obtain a Philadelphia license.
Amending Chapter 9-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Trades," to add Section 9-1009 entitled "Restoration Contractor License," to require restoration contractors to obtain a City license and comply with other requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution sets the rules for how Philadelphia City Council operates, including meeting schedules, public access, committee responsibilities, voting, legislation procedures, and the roles of Council leadership and staff.
To provide Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution sets the rules for how Philadelphia City Council operates, including meeting schedules, public access, committee responsibilities, voting, legislation procedures, and the roles of Council leadership and staff.
To provide Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution sets the rules for how Philadelphia City Council operates, including meeting schedules, public access, committee responsibilities, voting, legislation procedures, and the roles of Council leadership and staff.
To provide Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Meeting date
January 4, 2016
This communication records Philadelphia City Council’s January 4, 2016 stated meeting and inauguration ceremony.
1 1 2 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 3 STATED MEETING 4 5 6 Academy of Music Broad and Locust Streets 7 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monday, January 4, 2016 8 10:00 a.m. 9 10 PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE 11 COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE L. BLACKWELL 12 COUNCILMAN ALLAN DOMB COUNCILMAN DEREK S. GREEN 13 COUNCILMAN WILLIAM K. GREENLEE COUNCILWOMAN HELEN GYM 14 COUNCILMAN BOBBY HENON COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON 15 COUNCILMAN CURTIS JONES, JR. COUNCILMAN DAVID OH 16 COUNCILMAN BRIAN J...
READ AND FILED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution sets the rules for how Philadelphia City Council operates, including meeting schedules, public access, committee responsibilities, voting, legislation procedures, and the roles of Council leadership and staff.
To provide Rules for the Government of the Council of the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Meeting date
January 3, 2016
Meeting date
December 23, 2015
The enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to approve a plan vacating a portion of Byberry Road from near Woodhaven Road to the Philadelphia-Bucks County line.
Authorizing the vacating of Byberry Road (not on City Plan) from the terminus of Byberry Road as plotted on the City Plan, approximately one-thousand one-hundred ninety-six feet eastwardly, southwardly, and southeastwardly from Woodhaven Road, to the City of Philadelphia-Bucks County Line, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance establishes a no-parking-at-any-time restriction on both sides of Delmar Street, from Mansion Street to a point 230 feet east.
Establishing a no parking regulation on Delmar Street, between Mansion Street and a point 230 feet east thereof, both sides.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.