PASSED

The enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s property maintenance rules to exempt certain vacant lots from separate licensing, including contiguous lots under common ownership, lots maintained as gardens, and properties acquired through the Emergency Nuisance Abatement Program for two years. It also reduced the annual license fee for a vacant lot, vacant building, or vacant wharf, pier, or dock from $750 to $300, effective for calendar year 2011 and afterward.

Amending Chapter 1, Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) and Chapter 4-200.0, Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section PM-102.0, entitled "Licensing," to provide for exemptions for certain vacant property uses; and by amending Section A-906 of Subcode "A," entitled "Property Maintenance Code Fees," to reduce the license fees charged to own a vacant lot, vacant building or vacant wharf; all under certain terms and conditions.