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Amending Section 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," to add an overlay district pertaining to the activity of mobile service units, all under certain terms and conditions.

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This bill, which is held in committee, would amend Philadelphia’s zoning code to create a Mobile Medical Service Providers Overlay District covering specified wards and divisions. It would prohibit mobile medical services provided from vehicles in those areas, while excluding services such as emergency medical response, crisis teams, overdose and infectious-disease response, vaccinations, pediatric care, veterinary care, dental care, vision care, and mammograms.

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Status
HELD IN COMMITTEE
Introduced
May 8, 2025
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Overlay Zoning Districts,” is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS

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§ 14-544. /MMS, Mobile Medical Service Providers Overlay District

(1)

Boundaries. The Mobile Medical Service Providers Overlay District shall apply to any lot or public right of way located within:

(a)

All divisions of the 41st Ward; all divisions in the 45th Ward, divisions 7, 10, 14-16, and 19-22 of the 54th Ward; all divisions in the 55th Ward; divisions 34 and 40 of the 56th Ward; all divisions in the 57th Ward; all divisions in the 64th Ward; and all divisions in the 65th Ward, as shown for illustrative purposes only on the following Map A.

(2)

Mobile Medical Service Providers. Services provided from a vehicle which entail the diagnosis or treatment of disease or any ailment of the human body. For purposes of this section, mobile medical services do not include: emergency medical services provided by emergency medical responders as defined in 35 Pa. C.S. § 8103; services from community mobile crisis teams, emergency overdose response; infectious disease response; public health vaccination; pediatric services; veterinary services; dental services; vision services; or mammogram services.

(3)

Community mobile crisis response team. Teams operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services (DBHIDS) for the purpose of providing community-based emergency behavioral health services.

(4)

Emergency Overdose Response: Mobile medical services dispatched upon a declaration of the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health for the purpose of responding to a geographically specific cluster of overdose events to provide services to impacted individuals and prevent additional morbidity and mortality.

(5)

Infectious Disease Response: Mobile medical services dispatched upon a declaration of the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health responding to a cluster of infectious diseases case reports for the purpose of providing services to impacted individuals and prevent additional morbidity and mortality.

(6)

Prohibited Use. Mobile Medical Service Providers are a prohibited use in these locations.

Map A

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

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File history

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  1. Committee on Rules

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  2. Committee on Rules

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  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred