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Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Vendors in Center City," by prohibiting sidewalk vending on portions of Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

AI summary

This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s rules for sidewalk vendors in Center City. It proposed prohibiting vending on the north side of Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 16th and 17th Streets, affecting sidewalk vendors and their permitted locations.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
September 26, 2002
Sponsors
Darrell L. Clarke
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS.

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CHAPTER 9-200. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES ON STREETS.

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§9-204. Sidewalk Vendors in Center City.

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(8) Vending Locations.

(a) Council shall by ordinance designate the blockfaces upon which vending shall be permitted and the maximum number of sidewalk vendor licenses that may be issued for each such blockface, subject to a total maximum of three hundred (300) sidewalk vendor locations in all of Center City. No blockface at the following locations shall be designated as a location at which vending shall be permitted:

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( ) North side of Benjamin Franklin parkway, between Sixteenth street and Seventeenth street

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File history

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  1. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred