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Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by revising Chapter 9-4400, entitled "Responsible Business Operations," to add the sale of tobacco in violation of 18 Pa. C.S. ? 6305 to the list of nuisance behaviors, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This bill updates Philadelphia's rules for businesses to include selling tobacco to minors as a nuisance behavior. It affects businesses that sell tobacco products and aims to prevent sales to people under 18. The change is part of the city's efforts to regulate business operations.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
February 27, 2025
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SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER 9-4400. RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OPERATIONS

§ 9-4401. Definitions.

(3) Nuisance Behavior

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Behavior that interferes with the health, safety or welfare of the community, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)

Illegal consumption or sale of alcoholic beverages;

(b)

Illegal sale of tobacco products in violation of state law.

(c)

[(b)] Illegal drug activity;

(d)

[(c)] Unlawful street or sidewalk obstruction;

(e)

[(d)] Gambling and illegal gaming activities;

(f)

[(e)] Public urination or defecation;

(g)

[(f)] Litter in the right-of-way, including the sidewalk or street;

(h)

[(g)] Prostitution;

(i)

[(h)] Owning, operating or conducting a vehicle chop shop in any building or structure, including a lot or curtilage, for the purpose of dealing in stolen vehicles or stolen vehicle parts or illegally obtaining and altering vehicles or vehicle identification numbers of vehicle parts;

(j)

[(i)] Vehicles parked on the sidewalk;

(k)

[(j)]Use of street parking spaces or sidewalk for open storage, sale, or rental of goods, or storage or repair of inoperable vehicles;

(l)

[(k)] Unlicensed or unlawful firearms possession by a patron;

(m)

[(l)] Short dumping;

(n)

[(m)] Unlawful junk dealer operations;

(o)

[(n)] Disorderly conduct and related behavior;

(p)

[(o)] Conduct that violates the provisions of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code (47 P.S. §§ 1-101 et seq.) pertaining to unlawful acts relative to liquor and licensees (47 P.S. § 4-493);

(q)

[(p)] Obstruction of an investigation of nuisance behavior;

(r)

[(q)] Repeated or continuing violations of any other City ordinance and/or regulations;

(s)

[(r)] Any other activity that constitutes a public nuisance under The Philadelphia Code.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter to be deleted.

Italics

indicate new matter added.

End

File history

Sometimes city council's record keeping is not complete. This timeline reflects the information on the council's legistar website.
  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read and ordered placed on next week's second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

  3. Committee on Licenses and Inspections

    Details not published

    No details have been published for this item. Legistar notes that this meeting's minutes have not been finalized.
  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred