Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding a new section requiring a Zoning Board of Adjustment Certificate for any new construction of a commercial or retail building of a certain size; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Mariano
Introduced: May 15, 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 would require large commercial and retail buildings to get a special permit from the Zoning Board of Adjustment before construction can begin. The new rule applies to buildings over 180,000 square feet that start construction after January 1, 2004.
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