Official:Amending Chapter 9-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Activities on Streets," by amending Section 9-211, entitled "Boxes for the Distribution of News and Printed Material," relating to the regulation of newspaper boxes on the public sidewalk, by prohibiting the placement of a publishers' box within the vicinity of the National Museum for Jewish American History, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: September 24, 2009
Signed: October 29, 2009
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill prohibits newspaper boxes from being placed near the National Museum for Jewish American History in Philadelphia. This means that publishers' boxes cannot be within a certain distance of the museum's location on Market Street.
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