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Amending Section 14-529 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "/VDO, Fifth District Overlay District," to prohibit certain bonuses, all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This enacted ordinance changes zoning rules in the Fifth District Overlay District. It generally prohibits floor-area, height, and dwelling-unit-density bonuses tied to mixed-income housing or green roofs, but allows certain mixed-income housing bonuses for lots south of Spring Garden Street; lots with at least 50% residential space cannot earn those bonuses through a payment-in-lieu agreement.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
September 17, 2021
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeCherelle Parker
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING

CHAPTER 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS.

§ 14-529. /VDO, Fifth District Overlay District.

(4)

Bonuses

Lots shall not be eligible for any floor area, height, or dwelling unit density bonuses pursuant to §14-702(7) (“Mixed Income Housing”) or to §14-702(16) (“Green Roof”), except as follows:

(a)

Lots located south of Spring Garden Street where less than fifty percent of gross floor area will be in residential use shall be eligible for bonuses pursuant to §14-702(7) (“Mixed Income Housing”); and

(b)

Lots located south of Spring Garden Street where at least fifty percent of gross floor area will be in residential use shall be eligible for bonuses pursuant to §14-702(7) (“Mixed Income Housing”), provided that bonuses may not be earned by entering into a payment in-lieu agreement, as otherwise provided in § 14-702(7)(b)(.6).

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately.

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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

  4. Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Amended

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Rules

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred