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Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled Officers and Employees by amending Chapter 20-500 entitled Councilmanic Districts by amending Section 20-501 entitled Boundaries of Districts by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 20. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
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CHAPTER 20-500 COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS
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§20-501. Boundaries of Districts.
Pursuant to Section 2-201 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter which mandates that City Council redistrict the City within six months after the publication by the United States Census Bureau of the population of the City at each decennial census, the City of Philadelphia is hereby redistricted and the following Councilmanic Districts are established:
District No. 1
[First; Second; Fifth; Twenty-fifth; Thirty-first Wards; and the First, Second, Fourth through Seventh, Tenth through Twelfth Divisions of the Eighteenth Ward; and the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-fourth Divisions of the Thirty-third Ward; and the Eighth through Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth through Eighteenth, Nineteenth and the Twenty-first Divisions of the Forty-fifth Ward; and the First through Twelfth, Fifteenth through Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth through Twenty-eighth, Thirtieth through Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh through Fortieth, Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth Divisions of the Thirty-ninth Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-seven thousand eight hundred ninety-one.]
1st Ward: All divisions.
2nd Ward: All divisions.
5th Ward: 1-14, 16-19, 21-22 divisions.
18th Ward: 5-7, 10-12 divisions.
23rd Ward: 14 and 15 divisions.
25th Ward: All divisions.
31st Ward: 1, 3-8, 10-19 divisions.
39th Ward: 1, 3, 5-11, 15, 18-23, 25-28, 30-35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46 divisions.
45th Ward, 8-11, 13, 14, 16-19, 21, 24 divisions.
62nd Ward: 1-6, 8, 9, 13 divisions.
Approximate population: 154,610
District No. 2
[Twenty-sixth; Thirtieth; Thirty-sixth; Fortieth; Forty-eighth Wards; and the First, Second, Seventh, Ninth, Thirteenth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Divisions of the Eighth Ward; and the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-ninth, Forty-first and Forty-fourth Divisions of the Thirty-ninth Ward; and the Third, Eighth, Ninth, and Twenty-second Divisions of the Fifty-first Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-eight thousand one.]
8th Ward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 27, 28 divisions.
26th Ward: All divisions.
30th Ward: All divisions.
36th Ward: All divisions.
39th Ward: 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 24, 29, 36, 39, 41, 44 divisions.
40th Ward: All divisions.
48th Ward: All divisions.
Approximate population 153,056
District No. 3
[Third; Sixth; Twenty-fourth; Twenty-seventh; Forty-sixth; Sixtieth Wards; and the Third, Fourth, Sixth through Eighteenth Divisions of the Forty-fourth Ward; and the First, Second, Fourth through Seventh, Tenth through Twenty-first, Twenty-third through Twenty-eighth Divisions of the Fifty-first Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-eight thousand three hundred sixty-two.]
3rd Ward: All divisions.
6th Ward: All divisions.
24th Ward: All divisions.
27th Ward: All divisions.
44th Ward: 3-18 divisions.
46th Ward: All divisions.
51st Ward: All divisions.
60th Ward: All divisions.
Approximate population: 150,097
District No. 4
[Fourth; Twenty-first; Thirty-fourth; Thirty-eighth; Fifty-second Wards, and the First, Second, Fifth, and Nineteenth Divisions of the Forty-fourth Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-seven thousand seven hundred twenty-five.]
4th Ward: All divisions.
21st Ward: All divisions.
34th Ward: All divisions.
38th Ward: All divisions.
44th Ward: 1,2 divisions.
52nd Ward: All divisions.
Approximate population: 151,073
District No. 5
[Fifteenth; Sixteenth; Twentieth; Twenty-eighth; Twenty-ninth; Thirty-second; Forty-seventh Wards; and the Third through Sixth, Eighth, Tenth through Twelfth, Fourteenth through Twenty-sixth, Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Divisions of the Eighth Ward; and the First, Second, Third through Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and the Ninth through Eleventh Divisions of the Fourteenth Ward; and the First through Fifteenth, and the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Divisions of the Thirty-seventh Ward; and the Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth through Sixteenth, Twenty-first, and the Twenty-fifth Divisions of the Forty-third Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-seven thousand nine hundred fifty-eight.]
5th Ward: 15, 20, 23 divisions.
8th Ward: 6, 7, 8, 10-12, 17-19, 22-26, 29, 30 divisions.
14th Ward: All divisions.
15th Ward: All divisions.
16th Ward: All divisions.
18th Ward: 1, 2, 4, 9 divisions.
20th Ward: All divisions.
23rd Ward: 3, 4, 8, 10-12 divisions.
28th Ward: All divisions.
29th Ward: All divisions
32nd Ward: All divisions.
42nd Ward: 1, 10-14 divisions.
43rd Ward: 1, 9, 10, 13-16, 21-25 divisions.
49th Ward: 2, 3, 5, 13 divisions.
Approximate population: 151, 848
District No. 6
[Forty-first; Fifty-fourth; Fifty-fifth; Sixty-second; Sixty-fourth Wards; and the First through Seventh, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-second through Twenty-fifth Divisions of the Forty-fifth Ward; and the Fourth through Ninth, Twentieth, Twenty-third, Twenty-sixth Divisions of the Fifty-seventh Ward; and the First through Ninth, Eleventh through Twenty-third Divisions of the Sixty-fifth Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-nine thousand nine.]
41st Ward: All divisions.
45th Ward: 1-7, 12, 15, 20, 22, 23, 25 divisions.
54th Ward: All divisions.
55th Ward: All divisions.
56th Ward: 29, 31, 38 divisions.
57th Ward: 4-10, 20, 23, 26, 27 divisions.
62nd Ward: 7, 10, 11, 12, 14-26 divisions, except, 11th Division. Census Tract 031800, blocks 6003 and 14th Division, Census Tract 031800, block 4002.
64th Ward: All divisions.
65th Ward: 1-9, 11-23 divisions.
Approximate population: 153,701
District No. 7
[Seventh; Nineteenth; Twenty-third Wards; and the Third, Eighth, Ninth, Thirteenth through Seventeenth Divisions of the Eighteenth Ward; and the First through Sixteenth Nineteenth, and the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Divisions of the Thirty-third Ward; and the Fourteenth through Seventeenth, Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth, and the Twenty-sixth Divisions of the Thirty-fifth Ward; and the Sixteenth, Twentieth, and the Twenty-first Divisions of the Thirty-seventh Ward; and the Second through Fourth, Sixth, and the Seventh Divisions of the Forty-second Ward; and the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth through Twentieth Divisions of the Forty-third Ward; and the First through Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth through Nineteenth, and the Twenty-third Divisions of the Fifty-third Ward; and the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Thirteenth through Sixteenth, Twentieth through Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty- sixth through Fortieth and the Forty-first Divisions of the Fifty-sixth Ward; and the Fifteenth and Twenty-second Divisions of the Sixty-third Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-nine thousand one hundred eighty-six.]
7th Ward: All divisions.
19th Ward: All divisions.
23rd Ward: 1, 2, 5-7, 9, 13, 16-23 divisions.
18th Ward: 3, 8, 13-17 divisions.
33rd Ward: All divisions.
42nd Ward: 2-9, 22, 23 divisions.
43rd Ward: 2-8, 11, 12, 17-20 divisions.
49th Ward: 1st division.
53rd Ward: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17 divisions.
56th Ward: 1, 5, 6, 13, 15, 16, 20-28, 30, 32, 34-37, 39-41 divisions.
62nd Ward: 11th Division. Census Tract 031800, blocks 6003 and 14th Division, Census Tract 031800, block 4002.
63rd Ward: 22nd Division.
Approximate population: 151,420
District No. 8
[Ninth; Eleventh; Twelfth; Thirteenth; Seventeenth; Twenty-second; Fifty-ninth Wards; and the First, Second, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and the Twenty- fourth Divisions of the Forty-third Ward; and the First and Third Divisions of the Forty-ninth Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-eight thousand one hundred twenty-nine.
9th Ward: All divisions.
11th Ward: All divisions.
12th Ward: All divisions.
13th Ward: All divisions.
17th Ward: All divisions.
22nd Ward: All divisions.
49th Ward: 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 15 divisions.
59th Ward: All divisions.
Approximate population: 149,976
District No. 9
[Tenth; Fiftieth; Sixty-first Wards; and the Fourth through Thirteenth, Eighteenth through Twenty-first, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty- eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and the Thirty-second Divisions of the Thirty-fifth Ward; and the First, Fifth, Eighth through Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth, and the Twenty-fifth Divisions of the Forty-second Ward; and the Second, Fourth through Twenty-sixth Divisions of the Forty-ninth Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-nine thousand three hundred twenty-seven.]
10th Ward: All divisions.
35th Ward: 1, 2, 4, 6-31 divisions.
42nd Ward: 15-21, 24, 25 divisions.
49th Ward: 7-10, 16-25 divisions.
50th Ward: All divisions.
53rd Ward: 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23 divisions.
61st Ward: All divisions.
Approximate population: 151, 793
District No. 10
[Fifty-eighth; Sixty-sixth Wards; and the First, Second, Third Divisions of the Thirty-fifth Ward; and the Twelfth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-second Divisions of the Fifty-third Ward; and the Third, Fourth, Seventh through Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Seventeenth through Nineteenth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-third, Divisions of the Fifty-sixth Ward; and the First through Third, Tenth through Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Divisions of the Fifty-seventh Ward; and the First through Fourteenth, Sixteenth through Twenty-first, and the Twenty-third through Twenty-fifth Divisions of the Sixty-third Ward; and the Tenth Division of the Sixty-fifth Ward. Approximate population: one hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred eighty-nine.]
35th Ward: 3, 5, 32 divisions.
53rd Ward: 20, 21 divisions.
56th Ward: 2, 3, 4, 7-12, 14, 17-19, 33 divisions.
57th Ward: 1-3, 11-19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28 divisions.
58th Ward: All divisions.
63rd Ward:1-21, 23-25 divisions.
65th Ward: 10 division.
66th Ward: All divisions.
Approximate population: 150,032
SECTION 2. Effective Date. The new district boundaries shall apply to elections of Councilmembers whose terms of office commence on the first Monday of January, 2004, and all nominating elections therefor, and all elections thereafter.
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Explanation:
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from The Philadelphia Code.
Italics indicate new matter added to The Philadelphia Code.
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