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File #: 250707    Version: Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 9/11/2025 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: Final action: 11/20/2025
Title: Amending Chapter 19-4400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Development Impact Tax," to clarify the exemption for rental housing projects, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Council President Johnson, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson
Code sections: 19-4400 - Development Impact Tax
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 25070700, 2. Bill No. 25070701, As Amended in Committee, 3. CertifiedCopy25070701
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
12/3/20251 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/20/20250 CITY COUNCIL READ AND PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/20250 CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/20250 CITY COUNCIL READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/13/20250 CITY COUNCIL ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20250 Committee on Rules HEARING NOTICES SENT   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20250 Committee on Rules HEARING HELD   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20250 Committee on Rules AMENDED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/20250 Committee on Rules REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
10/15/20250 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Re-Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available
9/11/20250 CITY COUNCIL Introduced and Referred   Action details Meeting details Not available

Title

Amending Chapter 19-4400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Development Impact Tax,” to clarify the exemption for rental housing projects, all under certain terms and conditions.

 

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

 

SECTION 1.  Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:

 

TITLE 19.  FINANCE, TAXES AND COLLECTIONS

 

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CHAPTER 19-4400.  DEVELOPMENT IMPACT TAX

 

 

§ 19-4401. Imposition of Tax.

 

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(3)   Exemptions. No tax required by this Chapter shall be imposed upon the following improvements:

 

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                             (d)   Improvements that the Department of Planning has certified are either:  

 

                                              (.1) made in connection with a rental-housing project funded in whole or part by a loan or grant from the City, which project will be bound by either a restrictive covenant or a regulatory or other agreement with the City that provides [requires that] that all units must [satisfy] meet the [standards for] definition of Moderate Income rental housing set forth in Section 14-702(7)(a)(.1)(.a) of the Code; or

 

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SECTION 2. Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be retroactive to July 1, 2025.

 

 

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Explanation:

 

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics indicate new matter added.

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