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Amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," by restricting off-street parking in residential districts, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s rules for off-street parking in residential districts. It requires a Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate to provide off-street parking for certain new or existing one-family and duplex homes in R-9, R-9A, R-10, and R-10A districts when nearby attached homes do not have parking and the proposed homes lack access to a rear street or driveway.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
November 3, 2005
Sponsors
FJFrank J. DiCiccoFJFrank J. DiCicco
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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:

(a) With every one-family and duplex dwelling erected in any Residential District after the effective date of this ordinance, there shall be provided on the same lot an area or garage containing one parking space for each family, with adequate access to a street or driveway connecting with a street, for the use of the occupants of the dwelling, except where four or less new dwelling units are constructed in "R-9" Residential, "R-9A" Residential, "R-10" and "R-10A" Residential Districts adjacent to an within a row of existing attached dwellings where the proposed dwellings do not have access to a rear street or driveway and where the adjacent dwellings do not contain parking on the lots,

in which case a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate shall be required in order to provide any off-street parking.

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(c) For existing one-family and duplex dwellings in R-9, R-9A, R-10 and R-10A districts, where the adjacent dwellings do not contain parking on the lots, a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate shall be required in order to provide any off street parking.

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Explanation:

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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 Rules

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Amended

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred