Amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Designation of Bicycle Lanes," by authorizing the Department of Streets to designate a bicycle lane, in the southbound direction, on 15th Street between Carpenter Street and Washington Avenue; and also regulating the direction of the movement of traffic on 15th Street between Carpenter Street and Washington Avenue, and establishing no-parking regulations on both sides of 15th Street from Carpenter Street to Washington Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§ 12-701. Designation of Bicycle Lanes.
*
*
*
(2)
The Department is authorized to designate a bicycle lane upon the following streets and regulate the operation and use of vehicles and bicycles upon such streets in a manner consistent with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) regulations:
*
*
*
(d) Fifteenth Street, southbound, from Carpenter Street to Washington Avenue, a five (5)-foot wide bicycle lane, and the removal of a parking lane and partial travel lane in the same portion of Fifteenth Street.
*
*
*
SECTION 2. The following two-way regulation is hereby established:
15th Street, from Carpenter Street to Washington Avenue, with the northbound lane being ten (10) feet wide, the southbound lane being eleven (11) feet wide, and a five (5)-foot wide bicycle lane in the southbound direction as authorized in Section 1 hereof.
SECTION 3. The following no-parking regulation is hereby established:
NO PARKING ANYTIME
Both sides of 15th Street from Carpenter Street to Washington Avenue.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
Explanation:
Matter added to the Code shown in
italics.
End
Timeline
File history
A file can move through several public steps, including introduction, hearings, amendments, votes and final action. This timeline puts those events in date order, groups routine entries from the same day, and attaches published member votes to the action they record.
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Pass
Official action detail
A motion was made by Councilmember Johnson that this matter be Introduced and Referred to the Committee on Streets and Services. The motion carried unanimously.
