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The enacted ordinance changes rules for Philadelphia newsstands by allowing additional products, expanding certain advertising options, and permitting movable awnings subject to size, height, safety, and operating requirements. It also adds outdoor advertising signs on newsstands to the city’s 7% excise tax on outdoor advertising transactions, affecting newsstand operators and advertisers.

Amending Section 9-212 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Newsstands," by revising the requirements for advertising and permitting the placement of awnings on newsstands and permitting the sale of additional products from newsstands; amending Chapter 11-600, entitled "Construction, Encroachments and Projections Over, On and Under Streets," by making conforming amendments regarding the placement of awnings on newsstands; and amending Chapter 19-3400, entitled "Excise Tax on Outdoor Advertising Transactions," to include outdoor advertising signs located on newsstands, all under certain terms and conditions.