Official:Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Streets,” by amending Chapter 11-700, entitled “Right-of-Way Management,” by amending Section 11-701, entitled “General,” and Section 11-705, entitled “Construction,” all to provide for the creation of a University City Aerial Utility Restriction Area and to require that any new conduits, pipes, cables, wires, lines, optic fiber, associated equipment and appurtenances and other facilities located in or on the right-of-way therein be located underground, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: April 4, 2019
: Committee on Streets and Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2016–2019 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 creates a restriction area in University City where new utilities and infrastructure must be installed underground rather than overhead.
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