Official:Amending Section PM-302.2 of the Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code, entitled "Sanitation," by extending a property owner's maintenance responsibility to certain public rights-of-way abutting the property and by making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: September 22, 2005
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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 requires property owners to maintain a certain area of public rights-of-way in front of their properties, including sidewalks and alleys.
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