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 Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: May 2, 2013
: Committee on Finance
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 would exempt duplex dwellings from paying a $300 annual fee for neighborhood sanitation and cleaning services.
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