City of Philadelphia - File #: 060704

• File #: 060704
• 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 empower the City Planning Commission to extend the time period within which it must provide recommendations to Council on pending legislation affecting zoning, the City's physical development plan, land subdivision, or authorizing the purchase or sale of real estate, 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	Referred
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
9/21/2006	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to empower the City Planning Commission to extend the time period within which it must provide recommendations to Council on pending legislation affecting zoning, the City's physical development plan, land subdivision, or authorizing the purchase or sale of real estate, 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 II LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The Council - Its Election, Organization, Powers and Duties

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CHAPTER 3 LEGISLATION

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§2-307. Legislation Affecting Zoning, Physical Development Plan, Land Subdivision, or Authorizing the Purchase or Sale of Real Estate.

The Council shall not enact any bill which shall in any manner affect any zoning ordinance, the Physical Development Plan of the City, plans of streets and revisions of such plans, and land subdivision plans or any bill which would authorize the acquisition or sale of City real estate without first receiving the recommendation thereon through the Mayor of the City Planning Commission. The approval of the Commission shall be presumed unless its recommendations are received within forty-five days from the introduction of any bill affecting plans of streets and revisions of such plans, and land subdivision plans, and within thirty days from the introduction of any other bill subject to this section, except that with resp...