Legislation Details

File #: 260516    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 5/14/2026 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning" by amending certain provisions of the CMX-1, Commercial Mixed Use, zoning district regarding uses, dimensional requirements, and parking, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Council President Johnson, Councilmember Gauthier
Indexes: ZONING AND PLANNING
Code sections: Title 14 - ZONING AND PLANNING
Title
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning" by amending certain provisions of the CMX-1, Commercial Mixed Use, zoning district regarding uses, dimensional requirements, and parking, 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 14-600. USE REGULATIONS

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? 14-602. Use Tables

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(4) Commercial Districts.
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(a) Notes for Table 14-602-2.

[1] In the CMX-1 district, household living use regulations are as follows:

(.a) {If the lot is adjacent to a residential district, the household living regulations of the most restrictive adjacent residential district apply, except if the household living use is in an attached or semi-detached building, the household living use regulations of the residential district to which it is attached apply.} Single-family and two-family household living shall be permitted.

(.b) {If the lot is not adjacent to a residential district, single-family household living shall be permitted and two-family and multi-family household living shall be prohibited.} For any lot that meets each of the following conditions, multi-family housing shall be permitted:

(.i) The building contains a use other than residential and other than parking along one hundred percent (100%) of the ground floor frontage and within the first 30 ft. of building depth, measured from the front building line. If the property is bounded by two or more streets, only the primary frontages as designated in ? 14-701(1)(d)(.4) (Primary Frontage) shall be subject to this requirement.

(.ii) The lot area is a minimum of 750 sq. ft. per dwelling unit, provided that, whenever the calculation of permitted number of dwelling units results in a fraction of a dwelling unit, then the number of permitted dwelling units shall be rounded ...

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