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The ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Fire Code to create a Vacant Property Task Force and require a citywide inventory and database of vacant buildings and structures. It establishes joint inspections by Licenses and Inspections and the Fire Department, including fire-hazard evaluations and pre-fire plans, and allows notices, fines, and city-ordered repairs or demolition when vacant properties violate safety requirements.

Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode F (The Philadelphia Fire Code), by adding certain provisions related to fire safety and prevention and inventory of vacant buildings or structures; by adding certain provisions related to databases and website information of vacant properties; by adding certain provisions related to the creation, powers, and duties of a vacant property task force; by adding certain enforcement powers; and other related items; all under certain terms and conditions.