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Amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Maintenance and Supervision," by authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to promulgate regulations prohibiting City employees from possessing certain symbols, materials, and objects in City-owned or City-occupied facilities; all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted ordinance authorizes the Office of Human Resources, or another office designated by the Mayor, to create rules prohibiting City employees from possessing certain symbols, materials, objects, or characterizations in City-owned or City-occupied facilities. The rules may cover items that employees know, or reasonably should know, could cause anger, alarm, or resentment based on characteristics such as race, religion, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation, when they are judged likely to disrupt the workplace; the rules may include penalties and enforcement measures.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
October 12, 2017
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeBlondell Reynolds Brown
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 16 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 16. PUBLIC PROPERTY.

CHAPTER 16-300. Maintenance and Supervision.

§16-309. Prohibition of Symbols by City Employees.

(1) Prohibited Conduct. The

Office of Human Resources, or such other office as the Mayor may designate,

is authorized to promulgate regulations, penalties and enforcement means prohibiting symbols, materials,

objects, or characterizations which one knows, or has reasonable grounds to know, arouses anger, alarm or resentment in others on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation

in any or all City-owned or City-occupied facilities by City employees if, in the judgment of the Commissioner, such symbols, materials,

objects, or characterizations

would cause workplace inefficiencies and disruptions.

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its enactment.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics

indicate new matter added.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read and 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
  4. Council actionCommittee on Public Property and Public Works

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Public Property and Public Works

    Amended

    Council actionCommittee on Public Property and Public Works

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Public Property and Public Works

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass