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City Council Votes to Exempt Duplex Dwellings from Annual Sanitation Fee Hike

Official:Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," to exempt duplex dwellings from the annual fee of three hundred dollars ($300) per property for neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services.

Sponsor: Councilmember Sanchez

Introduced: March 24, 2011

: Committee on Finance

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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 would exempt duplex dwellings from paying an annual $300 fee for neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services.

What This Bill Does

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Exempts duplex dwellings from paying an annual $300 fee for neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services.
Defines a duplex dwelling as a dwelling occupied as the home or residence of two families, under one roof, each family occupying a single unit.
Does not change the definition of single-family dwellings, which are still subject to the $300 annual fee.
Removes the definition of debris, which had been defined as any material resulting from the demolition of any structure, including stones, bricks, rocks, concrete, gravel or earth.