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This enacted ordinance amends zoning rules for Institutional Development Districts near Germantown Avenue between Northwestern Avenue and Bells Mills Road, including parts near Hillcrest Avenue. It limits certain uses, requires at least 30 acres, caps building occupancy and total floor area, and allows specified Chestnut Hill College campus improvements to exceed some Wissahickon Watershed limits when approved plans and stormwater protections are followed.

Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to "Zoning and Planning," by amending Chapter 14-1100, entitled "Institutional Development District," by amending certain provisions of the Institutional Development District concerning permitted uses, minimum district area, gross floor area and occupied area by placing additional limitations on those provisions for Institutional Development Districts located within a certain area of the City and by providing for exceptions from certain provisions of the Wissahickon Watershed regarding impervious ground cover limitations and construction on steep slopes, under certain terms and conditions.