COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE ON STREETS AND SERVICES - - - Room 401, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, March 8, 2000 9:45 a.m. - - - BILL NOS. 000016, 000017, 000018, 000019, 000024, 000026, 000087 - - - PRESENT: COUNCILMAN FRANK DI CICCO, Chairman COUNCILMAN DARRELL CLARKE COUNCILMAN DAVID COHEN COUNCILMAN W. WILSON GOODE, JR. COUNCILMAN RICHARD T. MARIANO COUNCILMAN FRANK RIZZO - - - VINCENT VARALLO ASSOCIATES, INC. Registered Professional Reporters Eleven Penn Center 1835 Market Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 561-2220 I N D E X BILL NO. 000016 PAGE STEPHEN LORENZ, Streets Department .......... BILL NO. 000017 NANCY SEN, Streets Department ............... BILL NO. 000018 MARK WASHINGTON, Streets Department ......... BILL NO. 000024 NANCY SEN, Streets Department ............... BILL NO. 000026 OTIS HAGLER, JR., Department of L&I ......... THOMAS CHAPMAN, City Planning Commission ... BILL NO. 000087 PAUL LONIE, Streets Department .............. 9 3 Bill No. 000016
Good morning. This is the public hearing on the Committee of the Streets and Services. With me today are Councilmembers Cohen, Rizzo, Miller and Darrell Clarke. I'm the Chair, Councilman DiCicco. The Clerk will call the first bill. As is standard in this Committee, we will generally bring the witness for the Parking authority or -- no parking today? Okay.
Bill No. 000016, an ordinance establishing a no parking regulation on both sides of the 4300 block of Belgrade Street from 100, from 100 feet south of Gillingham Street to where Belgrade street dead-ends south of Gillingham Street.
Good morning. Please identify yourself for the record.
Good morning, Councilman DiCicco, Honorable Members of City Council. My name is Steve Lorenz, I'm with the Streets Department, Traffic Engineering and I will be presenting Bill 23 No. 000016. Councilman DiCicco, with reference to Bill No. 000016 proposing to establish a no parking regulation on both sides of the 4300 block of 4 Bill No. 000017 Belgrade Street from 100 south of Gillingham Street south to the end of the street, the following report is submitted: Belgrade street is feet wide, 5 two-way with parking on both sides. In June of 1998 6 traffic engineering posted on a trial no parking 7 from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the east and west 8 sides of the 4300 block of Belgrade Street. This 9 was done in response to a request from Councilwoman 10 Krajewski on behalf of her constituents. This 11 regulation has been in event for several months 12 without any complaints, to our knowledge. 13 Therefore, the Streets Department has no objection 14 to this proposed ordinance. 15
Thank you. 16 Any questions for this witness from this 17 Committee. 18 Anyone else here who wishes to testify 19 for or against the bill? 20 Hearing none, the Clerk will read the 21 title of the next bill. 22
Bill 000017, an ordinance 23 authorizing Catherine Aviles, owner of the 24 properties 256-258 East Allegheny Avenue, 25 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134, to construct and 5 Bill No. 000017 maintain a two-story building addition onto and over the south footway of Allegheny Avenue adjacent to the property 256 East Allegheny Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Good morning. Please identify yourself for the record.
Good morning, Chairperson. My name is Nancy Sen, I'm an engineering supervisor with the Streets Department. I'm hear to introduce Bill No. 000017, which is an ordinance authorizing Catherine Aviles, owner of the properties 256-258 East Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, to construct and maintain a two-story building addition onto and over the south footway of Allegheny Avenue adjacent to the property 256 East Allegheny Avenue, all under certain terms and conditions.
Thank you. Any questions from this witness from the Committee? Anyone else here who wishes to testify for or against the bill? Hearing none, the Clerk will read the title of the next bill.
Bill No. 000018, an 6 Bill No. 000018 ordinance establishing no truck parking regulation on Arrott Street, both sides from Leiper Street to Oakland Street.
Good morning. Please identify yourself for the record.
Good morning, the Honorable Frank DiCicco, Members of City Council, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Mark Washington Streets Department, Traffic Engineering. I'm the district traffic engineer for the City's 4th Traffic District. Councilman DiCicco, with reference to bill 000018 proposing to establish a no truck parking regulation on the north and south sides of Arrott Street in from Leiper Street to Oakland Street the following report is submitted: Arrott Street is approximately feet wide one-way 19 westbound with parking on the north side only. The 20 Streets Department has no objection to this proposed 21 ordinance. 22
Thank you. 23 Any questions for this witness from the 24 Committee? 25 Anyone else here wishes to testify for 7 Bill No. 000024 or against the bill? Hearing none, the Clerk will 1read the title of the next bill.
Bill No. 000019 has been withdrawn AT the request of the sponsor. Bill No. 000024, an ordinance granting permission to 6080 Ridge Avenue Corporation trading as Coyle's Cafe located at 6080 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the west footway of Ridge Avenue and the south footway of Conarroe Street adjacent to 6080 Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Nancy Sen, Engineering Supervisor with the Streets Department. I'm hear with bill 000024, an ordinance granting permission to 6080 Ridge Avenue Corporation trading as Coyle's Cafe located at 6080 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128, to operate and maintain an open air sidewalk cafe on the west footway of Ridge Avenue and the south footway of Conarroe Street adjacent to 6080 Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions. 8 Bill No. 000087 And the Streets Department has no objection to the passage of this ordinance.
Thank you. Any questions for this witness from the Committee? Anyone else here who wishes to testify for or against the bill? Hearing none the Clerk will read the title of the next bill. Let the record Councilmembers Mariano and Goode are now present.
Bill No. 000087, an ordinance amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill 14 No. 970348) approved July 1, 1997, entitled an ordinance authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 58 of an area bounded by Poplar Street, 12th Street, Parrish Street and Watts Street, by revising the lines and grades of Odgen Street from Watts Street to 13th Street and by striking from the City Plan and vacating Myrtle Street to 12th Street to Watts Street, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of the unopened portions of the widened portions of Odgen Street by extending the period for compliance with the 9 Bill No. 000087 authorization conditions therein.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee. My name is Paul Lonie, Survey Bureau Manager of the Department of Streets. The Department of Streets would like to offer the following testimony on Bill No. 000087: This is not an administration ordinance but an ordinance 9 requested by William McDowell, the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. The purpose of this ordinance is to extend the expiration date of an ordinance approved July 1, 1997. The purpose of that ordinance was to grant the authority to widen Odgen Street and strike Myrtle Street as part of the West Poplar Phase 2 development. This ordinance is supported by the Department of streets and is recommended to Committee for favorable action.
Thank you. Any questions for this witness from the Committee? Councilmember Clarke.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. No questions, I'd just like to ask for the suspension of the rules so we can report this out immediately. 10 Bill No. 000026
So noted. Any other questions for this witness from the Committee? Anyone else here who wishes to testify? Hearing none, the Clerk will read the title of the next bill.
Bill No. 000026, an ordinance amending Section 14-1607 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Controls for the Center City Commercial Area" by providing that nothing in that section shall prohibit the maintenance of licensed sidewalk cafes along certain portions of Chestnut Street and Walnut Street and amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Sidewalk Cafes," by requiring the main restaurant to use more than percent of its 18 interior gross floor area for seating and that all 19 food be served on non-disposable containers. 20
Good morning. 21 Please identify yourself for the record. 22
Good day, Councilman 23 DiCicco, and Members of the Committee. I am Otis 24 Hagler, Jr., Legislative Regulatory Affairs Manager 25 for the Department of Licences and Inspections. 11 Bill No. 000026 Today I'm here to provide testimony on Bill 000026 amending Sections 14-1607 and 9-208 of the Philadelphia Code to permit sidewalk cafes on Chestnut and Walnut Streets between Broad and 18th Streets. The Department of Licences and Inspections offers no objections to the passage of this bill. The bill as introduced by Councilman Clarke is an extension of a previous administration Bill No. 990726 which was passed by Council on December 16, 1999 and signed by Former Mayor Rendell on December 30, 1999. Bill 000026 if enacted will not impact negatively on the Department's ability to enforce the requirements of the bill. This concludes my testimony, I will be happy to answer any questions at this time. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'd like to offer an amendment to this bill based on recommendations by the Law Department. What we'd like to do is on No. 19 on re-number that to No. 20. On , delete 12 Bill No. 000026 Section 2 in the italics and C.
We want to delete 2 and delete the italics and C. We're going to add Section A to under 5, maintenance of sidewalk cafes. It will read as "Licensee shall maintain the sidewalk cafe in accordance with all City, State, and Federal laws, as well as any rules and regulations which pertain to the use of sidewalk cafe including but not limited to any and all City Code rules and regulations as may be required by the Department of Fire, Police, Health, Streets, Licenses and Inspections." And under new Section B, it says all food served from sidewalk calf and the following locations shall be served on non-disposable containers. And add "And no sidewalk cafes shall be in the following locations unless such cafe is directly abutting the restaurant with more than 22 percent of the interior gross floor area used for 23 seating." 24 That's it, Mr. Chair. 25
Tom, are you 13 Bill No. 000026 testifying on this bill? Please identify yourself for the record.
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. For the City Planning Commission, my name is Thomas Chapman. The Planning Commission has not consider this bill specifically. However, the Planning Commission did consider Bill 9 No. 990726 on December 2, 1999. That bill contained the same provisions that are in Bill No. 000026. The Planning Commission had recommended that the previous bill be approved. There were some -- we became aware of some concerns of area residents. It's my understanding that those concerns have been addressed with the amendments that Councilman Clarke included in 000026, and the Planning Commission's recommendation was that the bill be approved.
Just for my clarification, Bill No. 000026 as amended, would that -- that does not alter what was passed on December 2, '99, does it?
Yes, it's consistent with 14 Bill No. 000026 that. It merely expands the area.
Okay, I just wanted to make sure that we were not having two sets of sidewalk cafe bills basically for the same type of environment which is Center City. I don't want to have any confusion as the east side versus the west side.
Don't want to make things more difficult than they already are.
Thank you for your testimony. Anymore questions for these witnesses? Anyone else here who wishes to testify for or against the bill? Hearing none, this concludes the public hearing of the Committee on Streets and Services. - - - 15 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC MEETING COMMITTEE ON STREETS AND SERVICES - - - Wednesday, March 8, 2000 - - - Public Meeting conducted by the Committee on Streets and Services, held in Room 401, City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the above date, to consider action on the following: BILL NOS. 000016, 000017, 000018, 000019, 000024, 000026, 000087 - - - PRESENT: COUNCILMAN FRANK DI CICCO, Chairman COUNCILMAN DARRELL CLARKE COUNCILMAN DAVID COHEN COUNCILMAN W. WILSON GOODE, JR. COUNCILMAN RICHARD T. MARIANO COUNCILMAN FRANK RIZZO - - - 16 Public Meeting
We will now move to the public meeting of the Streets and Services. The Chair recognize is Councilmember Cohen on the Bill No. 000016.
Mr. Chairman, I move that 000016 be reported out with a favorable recommendation and with a request for suspension of Rules. (Duly seconded.)
Properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000016 be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommendation and that the Rules of Council be suspended. All those in favor of the bill signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it. The chair recognizes Councilmember Cohen for a motion on Bill No. 000017.
Mr. Chairman, I move that Bill No. 000017 be reported out with a favorable recommendation and with a request for suspension of Rules. (Duly seconded.) 17 Public Meeting
It's been properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000017 be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommendation and that the Rules of Council be suspended. All those in favor of the bill signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it. The bill is passed.
The Chair recognizes Councilmember Cohen for a motion on Bill 12 No. 000018.
Mr. Chairman, I move that Bill No. 000018 be reported out with a favorable recommendation and with a request for suspension of Rules. (Duly seconded.)
It's been properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000018 be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommendation and that the Rules of Council be suspended. All those in favor of the bill signify by saying aye. Those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. The bill is approved. 18 Public Meeting Bill No. 000019 has been withdrawn at the request of the sponsor. The chair recognizes Councilmember Cohen for a motion on Bill No. 000024.
Mr. Chairman, I move that Bill No. 000024 be reported out with a favorable recommendation and with a request for suspension of rules to permit first reading as with respect to all suspensions. (Duly seconded.)
It's been properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000024 be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommendation and that the Rules of Council be suspended. All those in favor of the bill signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it. The bill is approved. The Chair recognize Councilmember Cohen for a motion on the amendment 000026.
Mr. Chairman, I move that Bill No. 000026 be amended as read by Councilman Clarke. (Duly seconded.) 19 Public Meeting
It's been properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000026 be amended. All those in favor of the amendment signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The bill is amended. The Chair recognizes Councilmember Cohen for a motion on bill 000026, as amended.
Mr. Chairman, I move that 000026, as amended, be reported out with a favorable recommendation and with the request for suspension of rules. (Duly seconded.)
It has been properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000026, as amended, be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommendation and that the Rules of Council be suspended. All those in favor of the bill signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The ayes have it. The bill is approved. The Chair recognize is Councilmember Cohen for a motion on Bill No. 000087. 20 Public Meeting
Mr. Chairman, I move that Bill No. 000087 be reported out with a favorable recommendation and with the request for suspension of rules. (Duly seconded.)
It has been properly moved and seconded that Bill No. 000087 be reported out of Committee with a favorable recommends and that the Rules of Council be suspended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed? The bill is approved. This concludes the public meeting on the Committee of Streets and Services. Thank you. (Adjourned at 10 o'clock a.m.) - - - 21 C E R T I F I C A T I O N I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of March 8, 2000, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of the same. RE: COMMITTEE ON STREETS AND SERVICES ___________________________ Lisa C. Bradley, RPR and Notary Public