Official:Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," by adding new provisions providing for an "adopt-a-block" program under which an entity that has agreed to fund the private cleaning of City sidewalks may erect signs indicating that such entity has "adopted" the block for sidewalk cleaning; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: November 20, 2003
Signed: December 18, 2003
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill creates an 'adopt-a-block' program that allows organizations to fund and clean city sidewalks in exchange for posting signs indicating their involvement.
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