Official:Amending Section 9-702 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Carnivals," by revising the provisions governing the issuance of licenses to hold or conduct a carnival and, in particular, deleting the requirement that the carnival be operated on the grounds of the entity benefiting from the carnival, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Mariano
Introduced: April 5, 2001
Voted: December 31, 2003
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
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 amends a law governing carnivals in Philadelphia. It removes the requirement that carnivals must be held on the grounds of a specific entity (like a school or church) and allows them to be operated elsewhere.
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