Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” to revise certain provisions of Chapter 14-502, entitled “/CTR, Center City Overlay District,” by amending the Supplemental Use Controls for the Old City Residential Area; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Squilla
Introduced: September 12, 2019
Signed: October 31, 2019
: Committee on Rules
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill amends zoning regulations in Center City Philadelphia to require certain buildings along specific streets to have active uses at street level and prohibit residential or parking use along 100% of ground floor frontage.
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