City of Philadelphia - File #: 200349

• File #: 200349
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 6/4/2020
• In control: Committee on Rules
• Final action: 10/15/2020
• Title: Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," to amend certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by creating the "/AME, American Street Overlay District," all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
• Indexes: OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/26/2020	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/15/2020	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
10/8/2020	2	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
10/8/2020	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/8/2020	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/1/2020	1	Committee on Rules
10/1/2020	1	Committee on Rules
10/1/2020	1	Committee on Rules
10/1/2020	2	Committee on Rules
9/10/2020	1	CITY COUNCIL	RECOMMITTED	Pass	17:0
9/10/2020	1	CITY COUNCIL	MOTION
6/18/2020	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
6/18/2020	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/18/2020	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/17/2020	0	Committee on Rules
6/17/2020	0	Committee on Rules
6/17/2020	0	Committee on Rules
6/17/2020	1	Committee on Rules
6/4/2020	0	CITY COUNCIL

Title
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," to amend certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by creating the "/AME, American Street Overlay District," all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
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 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
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? 14-526. /AME, American Street Overlay District.
(1) Applicability.
The American Street Overlay District shall consist of all lots located in the area bounded by Lehigh Avenue, 2nd Street, Huntingdon Street, Philip Street, Berks Street, 2nd Street, Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philip Street, Oxford Street, Bodine Street, Montgomery Avenue, 3rd Street, Norris Street, Bodine Street, Diamond Street, 3rd Street, Dauphin Street, Bodine Street, Cumberland Street, and 3rd Street.
(2) Use Regulations.
For lots with frontage along American Street, where the proposed use includes a Multi-Family Household Living use, the following standards shall apply, in addition to those of the applicable base zoning district:
(a) All of the ground floor frontage along American Street must be occupied by a use other than residential and other than parking within the first 30 ft. of building depth, measured from the front building line; provided that:
(.1) Regulated uses, as set forth in ? 14-603(13) (Regulated Uses), shall be prohibited from the ground floor frontage; and
(.2) Any portion of the ground floor intended to meet the requirements of this subsection (a) shall be designed and constructed to permit a finished ceiling height of at least 14 ft., except that this requirement shall not apply to existing structures.
(b) At least 20% of all dwelling units on the lot shall be provided and maintained as affordable at the Moderate Income level of affordability, as defined and regulated in ? 14-702(7) (...