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File #: 230443    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 5/25/2023 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: 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
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 23044301, As Amended.pdf, 2. CertifiedCopy23044301
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.

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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:

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, 50th 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 Ove...

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