Official:To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Fifth Street, Reed Street, Fourth Street, and Dickinson Street. Further to approve the Residential Mixed-Use-2 District (RMX-2) Master Plan for the site generally bounded by Fifth Street, Reed Street, Fourth Street, and Dickinson Street, formally known as the Mount Sinai Hospital.
Sponsor: Councilmember Squilla
Introduced: April 16, 2015
Signed: June 11, 2015
: Committee on Rules
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill changes the zoning in a specific area around the former Mount Sinai Hospital to allow for new residential townhome development.
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