Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by adding special provisions regulating outdoor advertising signs in designated commercial advertising districts; designating Market Street between 13th Street and 7th Street as a commercial advertising district; and making conforming amendments to other provisions of The Philadelphia Code regulating outdoor advertising signs; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: January 28, 2010
: Committee on Rules
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 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.
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This bill regulates outdoor advertising signs in Philadelphia by creating a new commercial advertising district on Market Street between 13th and 7th Streets. It aims to reduce visual clutter and public safety hazards caused by these signs.
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