Skip to main content
Back to search resultsBill 070016-A

Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," by prohibiting the construction or establishment of curb cuts for vehicular access to certain shopping areas, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s street rules to prohibit new curb cuts within 65 feet of residential property when they would provide vehicle or delivery-truck access from a city street to an Area Shopping Center District lot of at least 625,000 square feet. Exceptions apply when the curb cut would be the only vehicle access to an off-street parking area or would serve emergency or public-service vehicles.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
January 23, 2007
View official record ↗

Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:

TITLE 11. STREETS.

CHAPTER 11-100. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

* * *

§11-104. Curb Cuts.

(1) Definitions.

(a) City Street. A street on the City Plan, other than a State or Federal

Highway.

(2) Prohibited curb cuts. No person shall construct or establish, within sixty-five (65) feet of any residential property, a curb cut for the purpose of vehicular or delivery truck access from a City Street to any lot zoned “Area Shopping Center District” under Section 14-309, where such lot measures six hundred twenty-five thousand (625,000) square feet or more in area, unless:

(a) such curb cut would provide the only vehicular access to and from an off-street parking area; or.

(b) such curb cut would provide access only to authorized emergency vehicles as defined in Section 12-102 or to other vehicles used in providing public services, including but not limited to, vehicles used in providing water, gas, electric or telephone service.

The distance from any residential property shall be determined by measuring from the point at which the center line of the driveway intersects with the property line of the Area Shopping Center District.

* * *

End

File history

Sometimes city council's record keeping is not complete. This timeline reflects the information on the council's legistar website.
  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on final passage calendar for next meeting.

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Amended

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
  5. Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Amended

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Streets and Services

    Hearing notices sent

  6. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred