Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Zoning and Planning,” by creating an overlay district entitled, “/KEA Kensington El Area Overlay District,” to include certain areas of land within the area bounded by Erie Avenue, Torresdale Avenue, Hunting Park Avenue, Jasper Street, Castor Avenue, Glenwood Avenue, Jasper Street, Tioga Street, and K Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Driscoll
Introduced: November 2, 2023
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 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 new zoning overlay district called /KEA Kensington El Area Overlay District in a specific area of North Philadelphia bounded by several streets. The goal is to regulate development and land use within this area under certain terms and conditions.
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