Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," to add a section requiring a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate to operate a telemarketing business, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kenney
Introduced: February 20, 2003
: 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 requires telemarketing businesses in Philadelphia to obtain a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate before operating. Some exemptions apply.
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