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Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by permitting sidewalk sales in the Sixth Councilmanic District by owners or tenants of abutting buildings, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted bill permits owners or tenants of buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth Councilmanic District to sell goods on the sidewalk next to their buildings when the sales support a business located there. Displays must stay within three feet of the building and leave at least six feet of clear pedestrian space; this activity is exempt from the section’s other requirements, including its license requirement.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
January 23, 2001
Sponsors
JLJoan L. Krajewski
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§9-205. Sidewalk Sales.

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(8) Prohibited Conduct. No person or vendor shall :

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(p) exhibit, display, offer for sale or sell any goods, wares, or merchandise or place or allow any stand to remain on the sidewalks of the following streets or any other location which the Council shall from time to time ordain:

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(.327) The Sixth Councilmanic District.

This prohibition shall not apply to sidewalk vending by an owner or tenant of an abutting building, provided that: (i) such vending is accessory to a business conducted by such owner or tenant in the abutting building; and (ii) no merchandise display or other stand shall be placed on the sidewalk except within three feet of the abutting building, and in no event shall a stand be placed on the sidewalk if it reduces the unobstructed pedestrian right-of-way to less than six feet. Such permitted sidewalk vending shall be exempt from all other provisions of this Section 9-205, including, but not limited to, the license requirement of subsection 9-205(3).

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

  4. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  6. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred