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Calling on the administration, along with the Philadelphia Parking Authority, to perform an audit of semitrailer and truck tractor parking across the City of Philadelphia, to investigate best practices in other jurisdictions, and to provide solutions to this growing problem in the City. Also authorizing the City Council Committee on Streets and Services to hold public hearings to assess the enforcement of semitrailer and truck tractor parking regulations.
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WHEREAS, The illegal parking of large commercial vehicles, such as semitrailers and truck tractors, continues to be a growing problem in residential neighborhoods, negatively impacting quality of life and public safety; and
WHEREAS, It has long been the law - under Section 12-901 of the Philadelphia Code - that "No person shall park a commercial vehicle on any street within one hundred feet of any property used partially or completely for residential purposes between the hours of 6:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M., except for the purpose of loading or unloading vehicles in the usual course of business with the occupiers of the residential property, or while carrying passengers for hire"; and
WHEREAS, Under these long-standing regulations, no semitrailers, truck tractors, U-Hauls, backhoes, or other commercial vehicles are permitted to be parked on residential streets between the hours of 6pm and 6am; and
WHEREAS, Because of the insubstantial enforcement of those prohibitions, Philadelphia City Council strengthened the language of Section 12-901 in 2022 to read "No person shall park a semitrailer or truck tractor on a single block of any residential street"; and
WHEREAS, Despite the stronger language incorporated under the 2022 amendments, semitrailers and truck tractors continue to plague residential neighborhoods across the City. Part of the reason continues to be inadequate enforcement of the law; and
WHEREAS, In many neighborhoods across the City, the enforcing entity is the Police Dep...
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