Official:Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code by prohibiting vending on both sides of 8th Street, from Chestnut Street to Walnut Street and by permitting vending on both sides of 8th Street, from Market Street to Chestnut Street.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: February 17, 2005
Signed: April 21, 2005
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill changes the rules for sidewalk vendors in Center City by allowing them on one side of 8th Street from Market to Chestnut, but prohibiting them on both sides from Chestnut to Walnut.
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