Official:Amending Title 14, entitled "Zoning and Planning", to add definitions for certain architectural features that are commonly located on residential buildings, and to permit said architectural features on residential buildings located in residentially zoned districts, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Mariano
Introduced: March 31, 2005
Signed: June 2, 2005
: Committee on Rules
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law adds definitions for certain architectural features like bay windows and cornices to Philadelphia's zoning code, allowing them on residential buildings in zoned districts.
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