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Amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," by restricting the installation, construction or erection of garages in residential districts, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s rules for parking in residential districts. It would have required a Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate before a garage could be built, installed, or erected on a blockface where at least 80% of homes did not have a legally permitted garage.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
September 22, 2005
Sponsors
FJFrank J. DiCicco
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:

§14-1402. Parking in Residential Districts.

(1) Provision for Parking:

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(c) No garage shall be constructed, installed or erected on any covered blockface without a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate. A covered blockface is any blockface in a Residential District on which eighty percent (80%) or more of the lots on which dwellings sit do not have a lawfully permitted garage.

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Explanation:

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File history

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  1. Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Hearing notices sent

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass