Official:Amending section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code by prohibiting vending on both sides of 12th Street, from Chancellor Street to Walnut Street and codifying an Ordinance (Bill No. 1205-AA) approved January 3, 1992, as amended, designating, pursuant to subsection 9-204(8)(a) of The Philadelphia Code, the blockfaces in Center City upon which sidewalk vendors shall be permitted, and the number of sidewalk vendor licenses that may be issued for each such blockface.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: November 19, 2004
Signed: January 25, 2005
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends a section of The Philadelphia Code to prohibit vending on both sides of 12th Street from Chancellor Street to Walnut Street. It also codifies an ordinance designating specific blockfaces in Center City where sidewalk vendors are allowed and limits the total number of sidewalk vendor licenses.
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