City of Philadelphia - File #: 110259-A

• File #: 110259-A
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/7/2011
• In control: Committee on Streets and Services
• Title: Amending Section 9-407 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tour Passenger Carriers," to provide for tour passenger loading zones of a specified size in certain locations and in certain numbers, to provide for the removal of limitations on the number of loading zones a tour passenger carrier can occupy at one time, to provide for changes to the amount of certain fees by regulation, and to provide for certain reporting requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember DiCicco
• Indexes: TOUR BUSES
• Code sections: 9-407 - Tour Passenger Carriers

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/9/2011	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/23/2011	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/16/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/16/2011	2	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
6/16/2011	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
6/9/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/9/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
6/9/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/2/2011	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/2/2011	0	Committee on Streets and Services	HEARING HELD
6/2/2011	0	Committee on Streets and Services	AMENDED
6/2/2011	1	Committee on Streets and Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
4/7/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Amending Section 9-407 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tour Passenger Carriers," to provide for tour passenger loading zones of a specified size in certain locations and in certain numbers, to provide for the removal of limitations on the number of loading zones a tour passenger carrier can occupy at one time, to provide for changes to the amount of certain fees by regulation, and to provide for certain reporting requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Section 9-407 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 9-407. Tour Passenger Carriers.

(1) Definitions.

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(f) Tour passenger loading zone. All that [area] area, not to exceed 55 feet in length as measured along the curbline, used by a tour bus or amphibious tour vehicle for the loading and unloading of passengers.

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(3) License Issuance. Licenses shall be issued upon the following:

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(b) The applicant pays a non-refundable application fee of one hundred ($100) [dollars;] dollars, or such other amount as the Department may establish by regulation; and

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(e) The applicant, after being notified by the Department that his application has been provisionally approved:

(.1) agrees to the approved tour route pursuant to subsection 9-407(3)(c) and the tour passenger loading zones pursuant to subsection 9-407(7); and

(.2) [after March 1, 2007,] pays an initial license fee of five thousand ($5000) [dollars.] dollars, or such other amount as the Department may establish by regulation. [No fee shall be required prior to this date.]

(4) License Renewal; Change of License Information.

(a) The Department shall send to each person licensed under this Section, at a time reasonably in advance of the end of each license year, a renewal license. The licensee must return the renewal license to the Department, together with payment of...