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Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," to provide for the procedures for the Administrative Review process; 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:
TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING.
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CHAPTER 14-300. ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES.
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§ 14-303. Common Procedures and Requirements.
Procedures that are common to several types of applications for permits, approvals, or variances are provided for in this section.
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(16) Administrative Review.
(a) The recipient of a variance or special exception issued by the Zoning Board may request in writing to L&I a minor administrative adjustment to the variance or special exception, provided the variance or special exception has not expired as set forth in §14-303(10) and provided no more than 180 days have passed since its issuance or no more than 180 days have passed since the enactment of this bill. Exception. A minor administrative adjustment which comes at the request of a City department or agency, may occur outside of the 180 days required by this section, provided that a formal written request on behalf of the City department or agency, accompanies the administrative adjustment application on the corresponding department or agency's letterhead, and is attested to by an employee of that City department or agency.
(.1) Upon the filing of such a request, the Commission shall provide to the applicant contact information for each Registered Community Organization ("RCO") whose registered boundaries include the applicant's property and for the District Councilperson whose district includes the applicant's property. The applicant shall promptly send a copy of its request for administrative adjustment to each such RCO; to the District Councilperson; and to all persons or entities that e...
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