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Amending Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Councilmanic Districts,” by revising the boundaries of the Councilmanic Districts, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 20-500 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 20-500. COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS
§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.]
First Ward: All Divisions.
Second Ward: All Divisions.
Fifth Ward: Divisions 1-14; 16-19; 21-22.
Eighteenth Ward: Division 5.
Twenty-third Ward: Divisions 1-9; 13-23.
Twenty-fifth Ward: Divisions 1-13; 16-17; 21-24.
Thirty-first Ward: Divisions 4-7; 10; 13-19.
Thirty-ninth Ward: Divisions 1-3; 5-12; 15-23; 25-28; 30-32; 34-35; 37-38; 40; 42-43; 45-46.
Forty-fifth Ward: Divisions 7; 13; 17-18; 21-22; 24.
Sixty-second Ward: Divisions 2; 4; 6; 8-9.
Approximate population: 153,683.
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.]
Eighth Ward: Divisions 1-5; 9; 13-16; 20-21; 27-28.
Twenty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirtieth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-ninth Ward: Divisions 4; 13-14; 24; 29; 33; 36; 39; 41; 44.
Fortieth Ward: All Divisions.
Forty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 149,798.
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.]
Third Ward: All Divisions.
Sixth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-seventh Ward: All Divisions.
Forty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.
Forty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.
Fifty-first Ward: All Divisions.
Sixtieth Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 151,860.
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.]
Fourth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-first Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.
Fifty-second Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 149,310.
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.]
Fifth Ward: Divisions 15; 20; 23.
Eighth Ward: Divisions 6-8; 10-12; 17-19; 22-26; 29-30.
Fourteenth Ward: All Divisions.
Fifteenth Ward: All Divisions.
Sixteenth Ward: All Divisions.
Eighteenth Ward: Divisions 1-2; 4; 6-7; 9-12.
Twentieth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-fifth Ward: Divisions 14-15; 18-20.
Twenty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-ninth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-first Ward: Divisions 1; 3; 8; 11-12.
Thirty-second Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-third Ward: Divisions 14; 16.
Thirty-seventh Ward: Divisions 1-14.
Forty-third Ward: Divisions 1; 9-10; 13-16; 22-24.
Forty-fifth Ward: Divisions 8-11; 14; 16; 19.
Forty-seventh Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 153,196.
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.]
Forty-first Ward: All Divisions.
Forty-fifth Ward: Divisions 1-6; 12; 15; 20; 23; 25.
Fifty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.
Fifty-fifth Ward: All Divisions.
Fifty-seventh Ward: Divisions 4-9; 20; 23; 26-27.
Sixty-second Ward: Divisions 1; 3; 5; 7; 10-26.
Sixty-fourth Ward: All Divisions.
Sixty-fifth Ward: Divisions 1-9; 11-23.
Approximate population: 153,656.
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.]
Seventh Ward: All Divisions.
Eighteenth Ward: Divisions 3; 8; 13-17.
Nineteenth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-third Ward: Divisions 10-12.
Thirty-first Ward: Divisions 2; 9.
Thirty-third Ward: Divisions 1-13; 15; 17-24.
Thirty-fifth Ward: Division 15.
Thirty-seventh Ward: Divisions 15-21.
Forty-second Ward: Divisions 1-11; 22-23.
Forty-third Ward: Divisions 2-8; 11-12; 17-21; 25.
Forty-ninth Ward: Division 1.
Fifty-third Ward: Divisions 1; 3-4; 6; 8; 10; 13-14; 16-19.
Fifty-sixth Ward: Divisions 1; 5-6; 13-16; 20-32; 34-41.
Sixty-third Ward: Divisions 15; 22.
Approximate population: 151,156.
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.]
Ninth Ward: All Divisions.
Eleventh Ward: All Divisions.
Twelfth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirteenth Ward: All Divisions.
Seventeenth Ward: All Divisions.
Twenty-second Ward: All Divisions.
Forty-ninth Ward: Divisions 4-5; 11-12.
Fifty-ninth Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 149,196.
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.]
Tenth Ward: All Divisions.
Thirty-fifth Ward: Divisions 1-2; 4; 6-14; 16-31.
Forty-second Ward: Divisions 12-21; 24-25.
Forty-ninth Ward: Divisions 2-3; 6-10; 13-25.
Fiftieth Ward: All Divisions.
Fifty-third Ward: Divisions 2; 5; 7; 9; 11; 23.
Sixty-first Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 153,399.
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.]
Thirty-fifth Ward: Divisions 3; 5; 32.
Fifty-third Ward: Divisions 12; 15; 20-22.
Fifty-sixth Ward: Divisions 2-4; 7-12; 17-19; 33.
Fifty-seventh Ward: Divisions 1-3; 10-19; 21-22; 24-25; 28.
Fifty-eighth Ward: All Divisions.
Sixty-third Ward: Divisions 1-14; 16-21; 23-25.
Sixty-fifth Ward: Division 10.
Sixty-sixth Ward: All Divisions.
Approximate population: 152,296.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall not affect the existing Councilpersons or the powers, duties or functions of that office, nor shall it affect the present Council or its officers. The new district boundaries shall apply only to nominations and elections of Councilpersons whose terms of office commence on the first Monday of January 2004 and thereafter.
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