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This enacted bill changed Philadelphia’s building and property-maintenance rules for shared retaining walls with two or more responsible owners. It defines when these walls are unsafe or imminently dangerous, sets basic fines for violations, and allows the Department of Licenses and Inspections to create exceptions for property, rental-suitability, and limited-lodging licenses when violations involve unsafe shared retaining walls.

Amending Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) and Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) of Title 4 and Chapter 9-3900 ("Property Licenses and Owner Accountability") of The Philadelphia Code to modify prohibitions, remedies, including fines, and licensing and certification requirements related to shared retaining walls, all under certain terms and conditions.