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Council proposed restricting vending in Center City to specific areas.

Official:Amending the Ordinance approved January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1205-AA), which, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, designates the locations in Center City at which vending is permitted, by deleting all permitted vendor locations on the East side of Seventeenth street between Arch street and John F. Kennedy boulevard, on the North side of John F. Kennedy boulevard between Seventeenth street and Eighteenth street, and the West side of Eighteenth street between Arch street and John F. Kennedy boulevard, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke

Introduced: February 28, 2002

: Committee on Streets and Services

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No one voted on this bill

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.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill would remove existing vendor locations in Center City, Philadelphia, and designate new ones.

What This Bill Does

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Deletes all existing permitted vendor locations on the East side of Seventeenth Street between Arch Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard.
Deletes all existing permitted vendor locations on the North side of John F. Kennedy Boulevard between Seventeenth Street and Eighteenth Street.
Deletes all existing permitted vendor locations on the West side of Eighteenth Street between Arch Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard.
Presumably, the bill would also designate new vendor locations in Center City, Philadelphia, to replace those deleted, but the specific locations are not specified in the provided text.