Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Section 9-203 relating to Street Vendors and Section 9-205 relating to sidewalk sales, by prohibiting street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Callowhill and Sixteenth streets and creating a special vendor district on certain portions of Callowhill street, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: March 14, 2002
Signed: May 2, 2002
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill prohibits street and sidewalk vending on certain portions of Callowhill and Sixteenth streets in Philadelphia, while creating a special vendor district on a portion of Callowhill Street.
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