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Amending Chapter 19-4400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Development Impact Tax," to clarify the exemption for rental housing projects, all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This bill changes the rules for a tax on development projects in Philadelphia, specifically to clarify which rental housing projects are exempt from the tax. The exemption applies to certain rental projects under specific terms and conditions. This change affects developers and property owners who build rental housing in the city.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
September 11, 2025
Sponsors
CPCouncil President JohnsonKatherine Gilmore Richardson
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:

TITLE 19. FINANCE, TAXES AND COLLECTIONS

CHAPTER 19-4400. DEVELOPMENT IMPACT TAX

§ 19-4401. Imposition of Tax.

(3) Exemptions. No tax required by this Chapter shall be imposed upon the following improvements:

(d) Improvements that the Department of Planning has certified are either:

(.1) made in connection with a rental-housing project funded in whole or part by a loan or grant from the City, which project will be bound by either a restrictive covenant or a regulatory or other agreement with the City that

provides

[requires that] that all units must [satisfy]

meet

the [standards for]

definition of

Moderate Income rental housing set forth in Section 14-702(7)

(a)(.1)(.a)

of the Code; or

SECTION 2. Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be retroactive to July 1, 2025.

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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

  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. 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

  4. Council actionCOUNCIL PRESIDENT

    Re-Referred

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred