Official:Amending Title 16 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to the "Public Property" by adding a new section 16-600 entitled "Development Districts" to grant the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia the authority to create development districts that will waive the certain procedural challenges to condemnation within a development district, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: September 14, 2000
: Committee on Rules
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill creates a new section in the Philadelphia Code allowing the Redevelopment Authority to create 'development districts' where they can waive procedural challenges for condemning vacant properties, with the goal of revitalizing neighborhoods.
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