City of Philadelphia - File #: 230443

• File #: 230443
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 5/25/2023
• In control: Committee on Rules
• Final action: 6/22/2023
• Title: Amending Section 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts" by creating a new subsection entitled "Warrington Affordable Housing Overlay District," all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Gauthier
• Indexes: OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/14/2023	1	MAYOR	NO ACTION TAKEN
6/22/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL
6/15/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL
6/15/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL
6/15/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL
6/14/2023	0	Committee on Rules	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/14/2023	0	Committee on Rules	HEARING HELD
6/14/2023	0	Committee on Rules	AMENDED
6/14/2023	1	Committee on Rules	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
5/25/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL

Title

Amending Section 14-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Overlay Zoning Districts” by creating a new subsection entitled “Warrington Affordable Housing Overlay District,” all under certain terms and conditions.

Body

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1.   Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 14.  ZONING AND PLANNING

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CHAPTER 14-500.  OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS

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§ 14-522. [Reserved.] /WAH, Warrington Affordable Housing Overlay District.

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(1)  Applicability.

The /WAH, Warrington Affordable Housing Overlay District shall apply to lots with more than 50,000 sq.ft. of land area, in the area bounded by Warrington Avenue, 50^th Street, Springfield Avenue, and a Railroad Right-of-Way.

(2)  Accessory Parking.

Accessory Parking lots shall be permitted.

(3)  Landscaping.

(a)  The provisions of § 14-803(5) (Parking Landscape and Screening) shall not apply to eligible properties within the /WAH Overlay District where the proposed development has an Occupied Area of 35% of the lot, or less. 

(b)  The following landscaping regulations for parking lots shall apply:

(.1)  Where there is no structure located between a parking lot and a street frontage, the applicant shall provide a minimum 5-foot wide buffer.  Such buffer shall consist of at least one shade tree per 20 linear feet and four shrubs per 20 linear feet and may include a fence up to six (6) feet in height.

(.2)  Interior parking lots shall provide a landscaped area calculated as a minimum of five percent (5%) of the total area of all parking spaces and driveways that provide access to parking spaces and drive aisles.

(4)  Vehicle Access Points.

Properties within the /WAH Overlay District, shall be permitted up to two, twenty-four (24) feet curb cuts on a single street frontage, on one street abutting the lot.

(5)  The provisions of this § 14-522 (/WAH, Warrington Affordable Housing Overlay District) shall expire two years after becoming law.

SECTION 2.   This Ordinance shall become effective immediately.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics indicate new matter added.

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