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File #: 260165    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 3/5/2026 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Section 14-545 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled /SEV, Seventh District Overlay District by adding provisions from the /AME, American Street Overlay District, and the /NCA, Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District, North Delaware Avenue, removing the /AME, American Street Overlay District from the Zoning Code, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Lozada
Indexes: SEVENTH DISTRICT OVERLAY DISTRICT
Code sections: 14-541 - /PAK, PACKER AVENUE OVERLAY DISTRICT
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 26016500
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Amending Section 14-545 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled /SEV, Seventh District Overlay District by adding provisions from the /AME, American Street Overlay District, and the /NCA, Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District, North Delaware Avenue, removing the /AME, American Street Overlay District from the Zoning Code, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

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

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TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING

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CHAPTER 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS

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? 14-503. /NCA, Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District.

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(8) North Delaware Avenue.

(a) Applicability.

The requirements of this North Delaware Avenue /NCA Overlay district apply to commercially zoned properties within the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, the Delaware River, Lehigh Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Norris Street, Memphis Street, Palmer Street, Frankford Avenue, Girard Avenue, and 5th Street, as shown on the following North Delaware Avenue map for illustrative purposes only.

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? 14-526. [/AME, American Street Overlay District.

(1) Applicability.

The American Street Overlay District shall consist of all lots located in the area bounded by Lehigh Avenue, 2nd Street, Huntingdon Street, Philip Street, Berks Street, 2nd Street, Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philip Street, Oxford Street, Bodine Street, Montgomery Avenue, 3rd Street, Norris Street, Bodine Street, Diamond Street, 3rd Street, Dauphin Street, Bodine Street, Cumberland Street, and 3rd Street.

(2) Use Regulations.

For lots with frontage along American Street, where the proposed use includes a Multi-Family Household Living use, the following standards shall apply, in addition to those of the applicable base zoning district:

(a) All of the ground floor frontage along Am...

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