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Amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Councilmanic Districts," by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance revised the boundaries of Philadelphia’s 10 City Council districts and specified the approximate population of each district. The new boundaries applied to Council members elected for terms beginning the first Monday of January 2016 and later, while leaving the terms and powers of Council members serving through that date unchanged.

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Status
ENACTED
Introduced
September 8, 2011
Sponsors
FJFrank J. DiCiccoJFJames F. KenneyW. Wilson Goode, Jr.Blondell Reynolds BrownCurtis Jones, Jr.JLJoan L. Krajewski
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 20-501 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby repealed, and a new Section 20-501 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby added, to read as follows:

§20-501. Boundaries of Districts.

Pursuant to Section 2-102 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, the following Councilmanic Districts are hereby created:

District No. 1

First Ward: All Divisions.

Second Ward: Divisions 1-8; 10-18; 23-27.

Fifth Ward: Divisions 1-14; 16; 18-19; 21-22; 24-29.

Eighteenth Ward: Division 5.

Twenty-fifth Ward: Divisions 1-13; 16-18; 21-24.

Thirty-first Ward: Divisions 1; 3-8; 10-19.

Thirty-ninth Ward: Divisions 1-3; 5-13; 15; 17-28; 30-35; 37-40; 42-43; 45-46.

Forty-fifth Ward: Divisions 7-11; 13-14; 16-19; 21-22; 24.

Approximate population: 152,305.

District No. 2

Second Ward: Divisions 9; 19-22.

Eighth Ward: Divisions 1-7; 9; 12-14; 20-21; 27-28.

Twenty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirtieth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirty-ninth Ward: Divisions 4; 14; 16; 29; 36; 41; 44.

Fortieth Ward: Divisions 1-3; 5-13; 15-27; 29-51.

Forty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 149,032.

District No. 3

Third Ward: All Divisions.

Sixth Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-seventh Ward: All Divisions.

Fortieth Ward: Divisions 4; 14; 28.

Forty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.

Forty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.

Fifty-first Ward: All Divisions.

Sixtieth Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 149,245.

District No. 4

Fourth Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-first Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-eighth Ward: Divisions 9; 16-18.

Thirty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.

Fifty-second Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 144,562.

District No. 5

Fifth Ward: Divisions 15; 17; 20; 23.

Eighth Ward: Divisions 8; 10-11; 15-19; 22-26; 29-30.

Eleventh Ward: Divisions 1; 3; 11; 19.

Fourteenth Ward: All Divisions.

Fifteenth Ward: All Divisions.

Sixteenth Ward: All Divisions.

Eighteenth Ward: Divisions 1-2; 4; 6-7; 9-12.

Twentieth Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-eighth Ward: Divisions 1-8; 10-15.

Twenty-ninth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirty-second Ward: All Divisions.

Thirty-seventh Ward: All Divisions.

Forty-third Ward: Divisions 1; 9-10; 13-16; 21-25.

Forty-seventh Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 147,968.

District No. 6

Forty-first Ward: All Divisions.

Forty-fifth Ward: Divisions 1-6; 12; 15; 20; 23; 25.

Fifty-fourth Ward: Divisions 7-22.

Fifty-fifth Ward: All Divisions.

Fifty-seventh Ward: All Divisions.

Sixty-second Ward: Divisions 17; 21-22; 24-26.

Sixty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.

Sixty-fifth Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 159,445.

District No. 7

Seventh Ward: All Divisions.

Eighteenth Ward: Divisions 3; 8; 13-17.

Nineteenth Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-third Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-fifth Ward: Divisions 14-15; 19-20.

Thirty-first Ward: Divisions 2; 9.

Thirty-third Ward: All Divisions.

Forty-second Ward: Divisions 1-11; 22-23.

Forty-third Ward: Divisions 2-8; 11-12; 17-20.

Forty-ninth Ward: Division 1.

Fifty-fourth Ward: Divisions 1-6.

Sixty-second Ward: Divisions 1-16; 18-20; 23.

Approximate population: 158,290.

District No. 8

Ninth Ward: All Divisions.

Eleventh Ward: Divisions 2; 4-10; 12-18; 20.

Twelfth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirteenth Ward: All Divisions.

Seventeenth Ward: All Divisions.

Twenty-second Ward: All Divisions.

Forty-second Ward: Divisions 12-17; 20-21.

Forty-ninth Ward: Divisions 4-5; 9-15; 19.

Fifty-ninth Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 153,695.

District No. 9

Tenth Ward: All Divisions.

Thirty-fifth Ward: All Divisions.

Forty-second Ward: Divisions 18-19; 24-25.

Forty-ninth Ward: Divisions 2-3; 6-8; 16-18; 20-22.

Fiftieth Ward: All Divisions.

Fifty-third Ward: All Divisions.

Sixty-first Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate population:

154,493.

District No. 10

Fifty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.

Fifty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.

Sixty-third Ward: All Divisions.

Sixty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.

Approximate Population: 156,971.

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall not affect the elected members of Council during the term ending the first Monday of January 2016, nor shall it affect the powers, duties or functions of their offices or of the Council or its officers during such term. The new district boundaries set forth in this Ordinance shall apply only to the nomination and election of the members of Council whose terms of office commence the first Monday of January 2016, and thereafter.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    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
    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing notices sent

  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass