Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Legislation acted on
Matters this meeting took action on, each linking to its bill page.
- Bill 240665-AAENACTED
Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity,” by adding a new chapter concerning vehicular mobile service providers, and providing for penalties...
Roll call: 13 Yes, 3 No (member by member)
- Bill 250102ENACTED
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 220639), approved January 10, 2023, entitled “An Ordinance Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 27-S by striking from...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250148ENACTED
Amending Chapter 12-3400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Use of An Automated Speed Enforcement System to Improve Safety,” by providing for the use, administration and enforcement of automated spee...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250176ENACTED
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 118 by striking from the City Plan and vacating a widened portion of Warnock Street, on the westerly side thereof between Ber...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250177ENACTED
Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 22 Wolf St., Philadelphia, PA 19148, under certain terms and conditions.
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250203ENACTED
Establishing parking regulations in the vicinity of: Ogden street between N. 13th street and Camac street; Wood street between N. 18th street and N. 19th street; N. 21st street between Hamilton street...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250204ENACTED
To amend Bill No. 240182 (approved June 14, 2024), entitled “An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2025-2030 inclusive,” by revising various appropriation amounts and totals...
- Bill 250205ENACTED
To amend Bill No. 240181 (approved June 14, 2024), entitled “An Ordinance To adopt a Fiscal 2025 Capital Budget,” by revising various appropriation amounts and totals, all under certain terms and cond...
- Bill 250206ENACTED
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Water Fund, certain or all City offices, depar...
- Bill 250207ENACTED
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Federal Street, 13th Street, Wharton Street, and Broad Street.
- Bill 250208ENACTED
Amending Section 12-1117 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Physically Handicapped and Disabled or Severely Disabled Veteran Parking,” as it will take effect pursuant to Bill No. 240613-AA (approved...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250209ENACTED
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Traffic Code,” to clarify penalties and procedures associated with smart loading zone parking enforcement, under certain terms and conditions.
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250240ENACTED
Amending Chapter 12-900 (“Parking Regulations and Penalties”) and Chapter 12-2800 (“Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations”) of The Philadelphia Code revising penalties related to parking c...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250241ENACTED
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 220454), approved November 30, 2022, entitled “An Ordinance Authorizing the vacating of Krewstown Road from Norwalk Road to its terminus southwestwardly th...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250242ENACTED
Repealing in its entirety Bill No. 240972 (approved December 23, 2024), entitled “An Ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” by revising certain provision...
- Bill 250243ENACTED
Repealing in its entirety Bill No. 240971 (approved December 23, 2024), entitled “An Ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled Zoning and Planning, by amending certain definitions...
- Bill 250244ENACTED
Repealing in their entirety the following Ordinances, all approved December 23, 2024: Bill No. 240966 (granting the necessary authorizations for the City to help facilitate development of a new aren...
- Bill 250271ENACTED
Amending The Philadelphia Code by increasing the penalties for the prohibited parking or maintaining of semitrailers and truck tractors at residential properties, all under certain terms and condition...
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250272ENACTED
Authorizing an encroachment in the nature of planters in the vicinity of 322-40 Race St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, under certain terms and conditions.
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Bill 250274ENACTED
Authorizing an encroachment in the nature of planters in the vicinity of 219 West Rittenhouse St, Philadelphia, PA 19144, under certain terms and conditions.
Roll call: 15 Yes, 1 Absent (member by member)
- Resolution 250337ADOPTED
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 705, 709, and 713 N 35th St; 3712 and 3714 Wallace St; and 3810 Haverford Ave located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms...
- Resolution 250339ADOPTED
Authorizing the Committee on Education to create a taskforce investigating the current state of higher education as this pillar of the Philadelphia regional economy and cultural landscape undergoes ge...
- Resolution 250342ADOPTED
Calling on the Trump Administration to reverse the mass termination of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff that manages the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which distributes $4.1...
- Resolution 250343ADOPTED
Calling on the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pass the Ready to Rent Act and increase housing opportunities for Pennsylvanians by automatically sealing most eviction records.
- Resolution 250347ADOPTED
Calling on the National Football League to abandon proposed rule changes to halt the usage of the Philadelphia Eagles’ signature quarterback sneak, better known as the “Brotherly Shove” or the “Tush P...
- Resolution 250348ADOPTED
Authorizing the establishment of the Special Committee on Reform of ACT 135, the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act, to develop recommendations for reforming the Act to prevent its us...
- Resolution 250353ADOPTED
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to draft and pass bipartisan legislation that will secure necessary funding for SEPTA to prevent service closures, fare increases, and a decline in mobility an...
- Resolution 250354ADOPTED
Approving the appointment of James Lamont Rozier to the Veterans Advisory Commission.
- Resolution 250355ADOPTED
Approving the appointment of Myra Ralph to the Veterans Advisory Commission.
- Resolution 250356ADOPTED
Approving the appointment of Dave Jannette to the Veterans Advisory Commission.
- Resolution 250357ADOPTED
Approving the appointment of Darby Ford to the Veterans Advisory Commission.
- Resolution 250358ADOPTED
Approving the appointment of Angela Dunston to the Veterans Advisory Commission.
- Resolution 250361ADOPTED
Authorizing the creation of a "Special Committee on Child Separation in Philadelphia" to review child separation practices in Philadelphia's child welfare system and develop recommendations to ensure...
- Bill 250367ENACTED
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 180560), approved July 10, 2018, entitled “An Ordinance Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 250 by striking from the...
- Bill 250368ENACTED
Authorizing an encroachment in the nature of planters and benches in the vicinity of 2300 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250369ENACTED
Authorizing various encroachments in the vicinity of 2700 S 10th St., Philadelphia, PA 19148, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250370ENACTED
Authorizing an encroachment in the nature of a staircase in the vicinity of 1855 Gladstone Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250371ENACTED
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Powelton Avenue, Preston Street, Filbert Street, and 41st Street, a...
- Bill 250372ENACTED
Amending Section 14-533 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled “/MIN, Mixed Income Neighborhoods Overlay District,” to expand applicable areas of the overlay in the vicinity of 49th Street and Woodland Av...
- Bill 250373-AENACTED
Amending Chapter 9-3500 of Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards,” to amend definitions, add clarifications, and enhance remedies, all under certain term...
- Bill 250374ENACTED
Authorizing encroachments in the nature of a sidewalk café in the vicinity of 115 E Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19125, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250375IN COUNCIL
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for a mandatory annual appropriation for the Transit...
- Bill 250376IN COUNCIL
Adding Chapter 21-3500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Transit Access Fund,” to establish the purposes for which appropriations to the Transit Access Fund may be used, and to establish public repo...
- Bill 250377ENACTED
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 306 by striking from the City Plan and vacating Brill Street from Richmond Street to Salmon Street, striking from the City Pl...
- Bill 250378ENACTED
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Fox Chase Road, Castor Avenue, Hoffnagle Street, and Alma Street.
- Bill 250379ENACTED
Amending an Ordinance (Bill No. 877), approved September 16, 1994, by amending an exhibit thereto, in order to increase the limit of the amount of funding any entity may receive in any fiscal year fro...
- Bill 250380IN COUNCIL
Amending Section 19-1301.1 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Homestead Exclusion,” to increase the amount of the homestead exclusion, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250381ENACTED
Authorizing an encroachment in the nature of pedestrian lights in the vicinity of 416-38 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250382ENACTED
Establishing parking regulations on the 1000 block of Ludlow Street between 10th Street and 11th Street, under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250383HELD IN COMMITTEE
Regulating the direction of movement of traffic on North 20th Street between Erie Avenue and West Tioga Street, all under certain terms and conditions.
- Bill 250384ENACTED
Establishing a one-way regulation on Winona Street, from Laurens Street to Morris Street, eastbound.
- Resolution 250385ADOPTED
Condemning the act of arson committed against Governor Shapiro at the historic Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, and expressing gratitude to first responders for their heroic efforts responding to th...
- Resolution 250386ADOPTED
Calling for the Committee for Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings to examine the feasibility of a Citywide daylighting initiative, and help determine best practices to protect cyclist...
- Resolution 250387ADOPTED
Celebrating the selection of The Upcycled Self: A Memoire on the Art of Becoming Who We Are by Tariq Trotter for the 2025 One Book, One Philadelphia program.
- Resolution 250388ADOPTED
Honoring and congratulating the first graduating class of the West Philadelphia Zoo Scholars program for their outstanding accomplishments, leadership, and dedication to the values of conservation, co...
- Resolution 250389ADOPTED
Declaring April 2025 as Second Chance Month in the City of Philadelphia.
- Resolution 250390ADOPTED
Recognizing and honoring the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance (PCA) and the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) for their collaborative efforts in providing healing and justice to child ab...
- Resolution 250391ADOPTED
Honoring and congratulating Principals from the 7th Councilmanic District for their excellence in leadership as recipients of the 2025 Lindback award for Distinguished Principals.
- Resolution 250392ADOPTED
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 3101 N. 8th Street in the Fifth Councilmanic Dist...
- Resolution 250393ADOPTED
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1412, 1416, 1421, 1429, 1435 N. 17th Street located in the 5th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadel...
- Resolution 250394ADOPTED
Authorizing the Council Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings to investigate rail operators’ responsibilities for cleanup, maintenance, and beautification of transit entry...
- Resolution 250395ADOPTED
Honoring and expressing gratitude to Philly Black Pride for its ongoing work to center and support underserved Black and Brown folks in the LGBTQ+ community, and recognizing Thursday, April 24th throu...
- Resolution 250396ADOPTED
Urging the General Assembly to pass legislation allowing cities of the first class to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, an essential step toward ensuring that all Philadelphians are able to keep...
- Resolution 250397ADOPTED
Authorizing The Committee on Labor and Civil Service and The Committee on Parks and Recreation to hold joint hearings investigating the City’s enforcement of the Healthy Outdoor Public Spaces (HOPS) L...
- Resolution 250398IN COUNCIL
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for a mandatory annual appropriation through the Transit Access Fund; and providing for the submission of the proposed amendment...
- Resolution 250399ADOPTED
Honoring SEPTA transit workers, the unsung heroes of Philadelphia, for their essential daily work to transport Philadelphians throughout the City, no matter the conditions.
- Resolution 250400ADOPTED
Honoring the life and legacy of His Holiness, Pope Francis, the 266th Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, known for his commitment to peace, social justice, and humility, on the occasion of...
- Resolution 250401ADOPTED
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 2045 E. Auburn Street, 2054 E. Auburn Street, 205...
- Resolution 250402ADOPTED
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 100 Emily Street, 2315 S. Marshall Street, 518 Pierce Street, 2549 S. 3rd Street, 2117 S. 6th Street located in the 1st Councilmanic District in ac...
- Resolution 250403ADOPTED
Appointing Chris Cullom to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- Resolution 250404ADOPTED
Appointing Allan Domb to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- Resolution 250405ADOPTED
Appointing Jim Pearlstein to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- Resolution 250406ADOPTED
Reappointing Carol Watson to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- Resolution 250407ADOPTED
Reappointing Tina Byles Williams to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- Resolution 250408ADOPTED
A Resolution directing the City Pension Funds to review and act on investments in El Salvador, ensuring transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibility in light of recent developments.
- Resolution 250409ADOPTED
Recognizing Monique Moore Pryor’s vision, leadership, and unwavering dedication to the Free Library Foundation of Philadelphia and ensuring that the Free Library of Philadelphia remains a beacon of ho...
- COMMUNICATION 250410PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution appointing Chris Cullom to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- COMMUNICATION 250411PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution appointing Allan Domb to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- COMMUNICATION 250412PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution appointing Jim Pearlstein to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- COMMUNICATION 250413PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution reappointing Carol Watson to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- COMMUNICATION 250414PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution reappointing Tina Byles Williams to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
- COMMUNICATION 250415PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 100 Emily Street, 2315 S. Marshall Street, 518 Pierce Street, 2549 S. 3rd Street, 2117 S. 6th Street located in the 1st C...
- COMMUNICATION 250416PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 2045 E. Auburn Street,...
- COMMUNICATION 250417PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1610 S. 56th Street located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philad...
- COMMUNICATION 250418PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 4947-49, 4951, 4953, 4955, 4957, 4967, 4969-73, 4979, 4981, 4983, 4985, 4987, 4989, 4989 ½, 4991, 4991 ½ W. Girard Avenue...
- COMMUNICATION 250419PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1412, 1416, 1421, 1429, 1435 N. 17th Street located in the 5th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chap...
- COMMUNICATION 250420PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 3101 N. 8th Street in t...
- COMMUNICATION 250421PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1520-40 Venango Street and 1600-20 Venango Street located in the 8th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms o...
- COMMUNICATION 250422PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a Resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 423-27, 429-39 (incl. 429-39 Rear) East Ashmead Street; 226, 260, 278, 313 (a/k/a 313-15) East Bringhurst Street; 49 East...
- COMMUNICATION 250423PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a message advising you that on April 22, 2025, I signed the following bill, which was passed by Council at its session on April 10, 2025: Bill No. 240333
- COMMUNICATION 250424PLACED ON FILE
Transmitting a message advising you pursuant to Sections 4-604 and 2-307 of the Home Rule Charter, I am today transmitting to the Council the recommendation of the City Planning Commission on the foll...