Amending Chapter 12-900 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Regulations and Penalties," to confirm regulations adopted by the Department of Streets that establish and revise time-limited and other rules restricting parking, stopping and standing, including the establishment of time-restricted loading zones, in the Center City area, bounded by Spring Garden street, the Schuylkill River, Bainbridge street and the Delaware River; and to reauthorize changes and additions to such parking rules in the Center City area by the Department of Streets on an ongoing basis; all under certain terms and conditions.

Loading zones of any type, whether or not described in this Code, are hereby authorized within the area bounded as follows: Bainbridge Street, the Schuylkill River, Market Street, S 22nd Street, Chestnut Street, S 20th Street, Locust Street, West Rittenhouse Square, Rittenhouse Square, S 18th Street, Locust Street, S 17th Street, Chestnut Street, Broad Street, South Penn Square, East Penn Square, John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Broad Street, Spring Garden Street, and the Delaware River. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, including Code subsections 12-2711(2) and 12-905(1), all regulations of the Department of Streets for the establishment of these loading zones are hereby confirmed and reestablished. The Department of Streets is hereby authorized to promulgate any additional regulations consistent with this ordinance.