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File #: 250151    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 2/27/2025 In control: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by revising Chapter 9-4400, entitled "Responsible Business Operations," to add the sale of tobacco in violation of 18 Pa. C.S. ? 6305 to the list of nuisance behaviors, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Phillips, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Lozada, Councilmember Young, Councilmember Harrity, Councilmember Driscoll, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Squilla
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 25015100
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Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by revising Chapter 9-4400, entitled "Responsible Business Operations," to add the sale of tobacco in violation of 18 Pa. C.S. ? 6305 to the list of nuisance behaviors, under certain terms and conditions.

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SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS

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CHAPTER 9-4400. RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OPERATIONS

? 9-4401. Definitions.
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(3) Nuisance Behavior. Behavior that interferes with the health, safety or welfare of the community, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Illegal consumption or sale of alcoholic beverages;

(b) Illegal sale of tobacco products in violation of state law including selling tobacco to minors, selling loose cigarettes out of a pack and other offenses pursuant to 18 Pa. C.S. ? 6305.

(c) [(b)] Illegal drug activity;

(d) [(c)] Unlawful street or sidewalk obstruction;

(e) [(d)] Gambling and illegal gaming activities;

(f) [(e)] Public urination or defecation;

(g) [(f)] Litter in the right-of-way, including the sidewalk or street;

(h) [(g)] Prostitution;

(i) [(h)] Owning, operating or conducting a vehicle chop shop in any building or structure, including a lot or curtilage, for the purpose of dealing in stolen vehicles or stolen vehicle parts or illegally obtaining and altering vehicles or vehicle identification numbers of vehicle parts;

(j) [(i)] Vehicles parked on the sidewalk;

(k) [(j)]Use of street parking spaces or sidewalk for open storage, sale, or rental of goods, or storage or repair of inoperable vehicles;

(l) [(k)] Unlicensed or unlawful firearms possession by a patron;

(m) [(l)] Short dumping;

(n) [(m)] Unlawful junk dealer operations;

(o) [(n)] Disorderly conduct and rel...

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