City of Philadelphia - File #: 060706

• File #: 060706
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/21/2006
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Final action: 12/14/2006
• Title: Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the composition of the City Planning Commission, and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco
• Indexes: CITY PLANNING, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/14/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
12/14/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
12/7/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED; CONSIDERATION AT NEXT STATED COUNCIL MEETING
12/6/2006	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/6/2006	0	Committee on Law and Government	REPORTED FAVORABLY
12/6/2006	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ

Title
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the composition of the City Planning Commission, and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
Body
WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. §13106), an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now, therefore,

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,

That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:

ARTICLE III EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH - ORGANIZATION

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CHAPTER 8 INDEPENDENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

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§3-800. City Planning Commission.

The City Planning Commission shall be composed of six appointed members and the Managing Director, the Director of Finance and the City Representative. Of the appointed members, at least five shall be persons who hold no other public office, position or employment of profit, one shall be an architect, one shall be an urban planner, one shall be a traffic engineer, one shall be an attorney experienced in land use issues, and two shall be representatives of Philadelphia community groups that participate in land use issues.

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APPENDIX

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CHAPTER A-2

§A-200. Schedule.

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(6) The amendment to Section 3-800 of this Charter providing for the composition of the City Planning Commission shall take effect January 7, 2008. Members of the Planning Commission who hold office on January 6, 2008 shall continue to hold office until their successors have been appointed, provided that the Mayor may reappoint any such member who meets one of the required categories of membership set forth in amended Section...