Official:Amending various provisions of The Philadelphia Code, including Chapter 6-300 (entitled "Food"), Title 9 (entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions"), Chapter 10-700 (entitled "Refuse and Littering"), Chapter 11-500 (entitled "Paving"), and Chapter 19-600 (entitled "Amusement Tax"), to revise various provisions relating to fees; including for licenses and permits for food establishments, newspaper boxes, public parking lots, conducting amusements, handbill distribution and sidewalk paving; and to authorize revisions of various fees by regulation; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: February 23, 2017
Signed: March 30, 2017
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill revises various fees related to food establishments, newspaper boxes, public parking lots, conducting amusements, handbill distribution and sidewalk paving in Philadelphia. The revisions include new license fees for food establishments based on their size, type, and location. The changes also allow the city to adjust these fees through regulation.
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