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November 28, 2023 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am hereby returning unsigned Bill Number 230574, passed by City Council on November 16, 2023, by Councilmember Jones, Jr., for Council President Clarke. Bill No. 230574 amends the Philadelphia Zoning Code by revising Chapter 14-500, "Overlay Zoning Districts," by creating the Brewerytown-Sharswood Overlay Subarea in the Lower North Planning District. This bill is intended to introduce height limits for residential development in portions of five neighborhoods. Our administration believes that the height provisions in this bill conflict with the existing Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Conservation District. The goals of this bill could be partially achieved by zoning the residential blocks to RSA-6, Residential Single-Family, which has a two-story height limit. The bill does not advance any of the Lower North District plan recommendations. For these reasons, I am returning Bill Number 23057...
AI summary
This communication reports that the mayor returned unsigned Bill 230574, a proposal to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Code by creating the Brewerytown-Sharswood Overlay Subarea in the Lower North Planning District. The proposal would set residential height limits in parts of five neighborhoods; the mayor stated that those limits conflict with the existing Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Conservation District and suggested that some goals could instead be addressed through two-story residential-single-family zoning.