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This enacted ordinance requires contractors and subcontractors on certain commercial and residential construction projects to report project, business, licensing, and property-owner information to the Department of Licenses and Inspections within three business days after work begins. The information must be made public, and violations can result in fines, stop-work orders, license revocation, and a one-year ban on obtaining building permits after repeated violations.

Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by amending Section 9-1004, entitled "Contractors," by requiring that certain information be reported to the Department of Licenses and Inspections for certain construction projects and providing for the posting of certain information at the construction site, providing for penalties for violations, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.