Official:Amending Chapter 16-400 ("Vacant and Surplus Properties") to establish Development Districts wherein City-owned real estate may be transferred to the Philadelphia Land Bank or other City-related Agencies for further transfer, at a discount, for economic development purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Council President Clarke
Introduced: March 7, 2013
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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 allows the city to create 'Development Districts' where public-owned vacant properties can be transferred at a discount for economic development purposes.
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