City of Philadelphia City Council Calendar Thursday, December 11, 2008

Here's what they were working on in Philly yesterday:

BILLS ON FIRST READING

080874

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Krajewski

An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Tacony Street, Homestead Street, Milnor Street extended, and Dark Run Lane.

080877

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Girard Avenue, Front Street, Spring Garden Street and Sixth Street.

080883

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance amending Sections of an Ordinance (Bill No. 080383) approved June 5, 2008, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing Arch Street Hotel Partners, LLC to construct, own and maintain various encroachments at 1421 Arch Street, all under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance and revising the extent of the encroachment, all under certain terms and conditions.

080900

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Tasco for Council President Verna (By Request)

An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 314 and 356 by placing on the City Plan an extension of Tinicum Boulevard from its existing terminus at Eighty-Sixth Street to Bartram Avenue, striking from the City Plan and vacating the legally open portions of Tinicum Avenue from Eighty-Sixth Street northeastwardly to its terminus, striking from the City Plan and vacating Eighty-Sixth Street from Bartram Avenue to Tinicum Boulevard and from Tinicum Boulevard to Tinicum Avenue, and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for public utility purposes within a portion of Eighty-Sixth Street being stricken; and authorizing the opening of the extension of Tinicum Boulevard through City property; all under certain terms and conditions.

080902

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones

An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 231 by striking from the City Plan certain unopened portions of Umbria Street from Leverington Avenue to Wright Street and placing on the City Plan Old Umbria Street and Hermitage Street within the lines of the portion of Umbria Street being stricken, all in order to conform more closely to existing conditions.

080903

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones

An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 297 by relocating, widening, and extending Keely Street from Henry Avenue northwestwardly and placing on the City Plan a cul-de-sac turnaround at the proposed northwesterly terminus of said Keely Street, authorizing dedication to the City of the bed of the widened and extended portions of Keely Street and the cul-de-sac turnaround, and changing the name of said Keely Street to Keely Court, under certain terms and conditions.

BILLS ON FINAL PASSAGE

080319-A

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Miller and Tasco

An Ordinance naming and designating Public Health Center 9 located at 131 E. Chelten Avenue as the "Mattie L. Humphrey Health Center."

080724-A

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance amending Section 14-305 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "'C-4' Commercial and 'C-5' Commercial Districts," by negating any setback over 65 feet in height for lots designated "C-5" in the area bounded by 15th Street and Arch Street (Benjamin Franklin  Parkway), Cherry Street and 16th Street and by increasing the permitted floor area for such lots building floor plate reduction.

BILLS ON SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE

080015

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Miller and Clarke

An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section to prohibit the possession or acquisition of firearms by persons charged with certain criminal offenses, during the pendency of such charges, under certain terms and conditions.

080016

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Miller and Clarke

An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section, entitled "Acquisition or Transfer of Firearms," to regulate the acquiring or transferring of any firearm within the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.

080034

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Clarke and Miller

An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-834, entitled "Sale or Transfer of Ammunition," to require all sales of ammunition for firearms to be reported to the City of Philadelphia Police Department and to require that Department to maintain a registry of such reports; all under certain terms and conditions.

080036

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Clarke and Miller

An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section, entitled  "Reporting Requirements Upon the Application for or Renewal of a License to Carry a Firearm," to provide for certain reporting requirements for the issuance or renewal of licenses to carry firearms within the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.

080209

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to transfer to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, some or all of the City's interest in certain parcels of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, located in an area bounded by North Front Street, Wildey Street, Leopard Street and Richmond Street; certain parcels of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, known as 1101-19 North Front Street, located on the east side of North Front street; and certain parcels of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, known as 1043-47 North Front Street, located on the east side of North Front Street, for further conveyance.

080381

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Delaware Avenue, Fairmount Avenue, Front Street, and Poplar Street.

080527

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Green, Greenlee and Reynolds Brown

An Ordinance amending Section 14-2007 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Historic Buildings, Structures, Sites, Objects and Districts," to permit the historic designation of the public interior portion of buildings, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

080550

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Blackwell

Resolution proposing an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the preparation of Civil Service Regulations, by prohibiting the Civil Service Commission from imposing any fee to apply for employment with the City.

080542

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Blackwell

An Ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Section 7-400 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter set forth in a Council Resolution prohibiting the Civil Service Commission from imposing any fee to apply for employment with the City; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the sp
ecial election.

080758

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Reynolds Brown, Jones and Kenney

An Ordinance amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by creating a new Chapter relating to energy conservation, by providing for certain requirements regarding the efficient operation of air conditioning  and cooling systems in certain buildings and structures, and providing for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.

080857

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Tasco (By Request)

An Ordinance amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to revise the fees for the use of parking meters in certain locations; to revise fees and charges for the immobilization and impoundment of vehicles for parking and other violations; and to revise the penalties for various parking violations; all under certain terms and conditions.

080875

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Sanchez

An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development the parcels of land owned by the City in Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania, that were formerly used by the City to operate Camp William Penn (formally known as Camp Happy), for further conveyance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for fair market value, under certain terms and conditions.

080588

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Arch Street, 18th Street, Cuthbert Street, and 19th Street, by amending Section 14-305 of the Zoning Code entitled "C-4" Commercial and "C-5" Commercial District and by amending Section 14-1611 of the Zoning Code, entitled "Benjamin Franklin Parkway Controls", under certain terms and conditions.

080837

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance amending Section 14-304 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "'C-3' Commercial District" by amending the floor area requirements for hotels, all under certain terms and conditions.

080851

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Kenney, DiCicco, Krajewski and O'Neill

An Ordinance amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," to add the Philadelphia Police and Fire Association for Handicapped Children and the Philadelphia Fire Department Historical Corporation (T/A Fireman's Hall Museum) to the list of designated payees to whom an employee may direct payroll deductions; all under certain terms and conditions.

080882

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke for Council President Verna (By Request)

An Ordinance amending Chapter 19-3200, entitled "Keystone Opportunity Zone And Economic Development District," by providing for additional properties to be added to certain subzones; providing for extensions of the term of benefits for certain properties; and making related and technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.

080897

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Krajewski

An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.

080898

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Krajewski

An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.

080899

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Krajewski

An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Water Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.

080835

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a second amendment to an existing sublease between the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development and the City for the City's use of certain office space located at 1101 Market Street, under certain terms and conditions.

080838

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property on behalf of the City of Philadelphia to transfer to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for nominal consideration, a certain parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, known as 1433-35 Poplar Street, for further conveyance.

080876

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Sanchez

An Ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to enter into a second amendment to an existing lease between RedGap Limited Partnership and the City for the City's use of certain space located at 4000 North American Street, under certain terms and conditions.

080896

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Blackwell

An Ordinance authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to purchase a certain tract of land with the improvements thereon in the area bounded by 46th Street, Market Street, Haverford Avenue, and 48th Street, subject to the terms and conditions of the Philadelphia Industrial and Commercial Development Agreement between the City, the PAID, and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, under certain additional terms and conditions.

080623

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Kenney

An Ordinance amending Section 11-611 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk and Roadway Lane Closures," by amending the provisions regulating the application for and issuance of permits for the temporary closure of a sidewalk or roadway lane, including adding new conditions to such permits, providing for building permit revocation and stop work orders for violations, by clarifying that such permits are issued by the Streets Department, and by making certain technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.

080624

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Kenney

An Ordinance amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "B" ("The Philadelphia Building Code"), by amending the provisions of Chapter 33 ("Safeguards During Construction"), including provisions relating to the protection of pedestrians, all under certain terms and conditions.

080757

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones

An Ordinance amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 060317) approved September 28, 2006, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 275 by extending Parker Avenue from its current terminus on the northeasterly side of a 66' wide right-of-way for railroad purposes, approximately 66' southwestward to the southwest side of said right-of-way, including the dedication to the City, free and clear of all encumbrances except for a right-of-way for railroad purposes, of the bed of the extension of Parker Avenue," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.

080760

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the westerly curb
line and house line of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, under certain terms and conditions.

080761

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue, for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.

080794

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Tasco for Council President Verna

An Ordinance amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 030681) approved December 18, 2003, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 24-S by placing on the City Plan a certain right-of-way for gas main purposes within the lines of former Morris Street from Thirtieth Street to Thirty-First Street, under certain terms and conditions," by deleting the requirement that the terms and conditions stated therein be complied with within a certain time period.

080796

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmembers Sanchez, Green and Jones

An Ordinance amending Bill No. 070443 (approved by Council on June 14, 2007 and signed by the Mayor on July 3, 2007), entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Office for Community Development, 222 N. 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, to construct, own and maintain raised planter clusters atop the sidewalks of the 2400, 2500 and 2600 blocks of Kensington Avenue, under certain terms and conditions," by authorizing an extension in the time in which the Archdiocese must perform its obligations under the Ordinance, all under certain terms and conditions.

080803

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember O'Neill

An Ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on both sides of Whitten Street between President Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, both sides of President Street between Whitten Street and Conwell Avenue, and both sides of Conwell Avenue between President Street and Roosevelt Boulevard.

080804

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance authorizing Edward and Veronica Leonard, their successors and assigns, to own, operate, and maintain a one story garage extension and entranceway steps on the east sidewalk of N. Pennock Street adjacent to their property located at 2718 Brown Street, under certain terms and conditions.

080833

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Krajewski

An Ordinance authorizing the construction of stormwater sewers and appurtenant work in Delaware Avenue from Lewis Street to Orthodox Street.

080834

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Tasco

An Ordinance amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to Sidewalk Sales by prohibiting sidewalk sales on Cheltenham Avenue within the Ninth District.

080836

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance authorizing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to construct, own and maintain, a marquee canopy at the St. John the Evangelist House, 1211-1213 Clover Street, under certain terms and conditions.

080852

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Krajewski

An Ordinance authorizing Kevin Goodchild to construct, own and maintain, an open-air sidewalk café and planters at 9236-9242 N. Delaware Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.

080880

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Clarke

An Ordinance authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of 22nd Street and Cherry Street.

080904

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember Jones

An Ordinance amending Section 12-901 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited at Certain Places," by permitting the overnight parking of commercial vehicles on the 600 block of Cheswick Road.

080905

INTRODUCED BY: Councilmember DiCicco

An Ordinance authorizing Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, the owner and developer of 1901 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, and its successors and assigns to construct, own and maintain various encroachments to be installed in conjunction with a warehouse development, all under certain terms and conditions.


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