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City Council Eyes Special Parking Permits for Overcrowded Neighborhood Streets in Philadelphia Suburbs

Official:Amending Chapter 12-2700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Permit Parking Districts," by creating a new Section providing for the establishment of Special Permit Parking Districts in certain areas of the City where there is insufficient on-street parking and where special parking regulations are needed, adding definitions and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Jones

Introduced: October 7, 2010

: Committee on Streets and Services

neighborhood parking transportation

No one voted on this bill

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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Plain-Language Summary

This bill proposes to create 'Special Permit Parking Districts' in areas with insufficient on-street parking and special regulations are needed. It adds definitions for permit types and makes technical changes.

What This Bill Does

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Creation of Special Permit Parking Districts: The bill creates a new type of permit parking district called "Special Permit Parking Districts" in areas with insufficient on-street parking and special regulations are needed.
New definitions: The bill adds definitions for permit types, including the requirements for parking permits in permit parking districts.
Exclusion of certain blocks: The bill excludes blocks with more than 50% actual commerce and/or institutional use of property on the ground floor level from the permit parking district provisions.
Technical changes: The bill makes technical changes to the existing Chapter 12-2700 of The Philadelphia Code, "Permit Parking Districts."