Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by amending Section 14-200 entitled "Definitions," and Section 14-900 entitled "Signs," to provide for wacky-waving, inflatable arm-flailing tube persons and to further provide for wacky-waving, inflatable arm-flailing tube persons sold by Al Harrington of Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubemen Emporium and Warehouse in Weekapaug, Rhode Island, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Henon
Introduced: April 16, 2015
: Committee on Rules
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 amends the City of Philadelphia's zoning and planning code to allow wacky-waving, inflatable arm-flailing tube persons as a type of movable sign in certain areas, with specific requirements for size, placement, and vendor.
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