Official:Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM", entitled The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code, by requiring the registration of placement of solar panels on roofs, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: March 6, 2014
: Committee on the Environment
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 requires property owners to register solar panel installations on their roofs with the Fire Department.
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