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File #: 240336    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: IN COMMITTEE
File created: 4/25/2024 In control: Committee on Rules
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning" by adding definitions; and creating a new Chestnut Hill Lower East /NCO in the area generally bounded by the SEPTA Chestnut Hill East Line, Cresheim Valley Drive, Germantown Avenue, Winston Road, Moreland Avenue, Devon Street, Ardleigh Street, and Springfield Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Bass
Code sections: Title 14 - ZONING AND PLANNING
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 24033600
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Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning" by adding definitions; and creating a new Chestnut Hill Lower East /NCO in the area generally bounded by the SEPTA Chestnut Hill East Line, Cresheim Valley Drive, Germantown Avenue, Winston Road, Moreland Avenue, Devon Street, Ardleigh Street, and Springfield Avenue, 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:

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TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING

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CHAPTER 14-200. DEFINITIONS

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? 14-203. Definitions.

For purposes of this Zoning Code, the following definitions shall apply; words, phrases, and terms not defined herein, but defined in Title 4 (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), shall be construed as defined in Title 4.

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(98) Dormer. A roofed structure that contains one or more windows and projects beyond the plane of a mansard roof.

[98] (98.1) DPR.

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(180.1) Mansard Roof. An exterior wall that is faced with roofing material and that slopes away from the building frontage at an angle of at least 15 degrees measured from the vertical plane.

[180.1] (180.2) Manufactured Home (in a Floodplain Area).

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CHAPTER 14-500. OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS

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? 14-504. /NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.

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(7) Chestnut Hill Lower East

(a) Applicability.

The East Mermaid Lane/NCO applies to RSA-3-zoned properties in the area bounded by the SEPTA Chestnut Hill East Line, Cresheim Valley Drive, Germantown Avenue, Winston Road, Moreland Avenue, Devon Street, Ardleigh Street, and Springfield Avenue, as shown on the following map for illustrative purposes only.


(b) Zoning Regulations for Residential Structures.

(.1) Building Setback Line.

The front facade of a building shall be no farther from the street than the farthest front facade of the principal building on e...

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