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Keeping Troublemakers Out After Business Changes Hands

Official:Amending Section 9-4403 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Enforcement,” to provide for the continuation of nuisance business enforcement following a change in business, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson

Introduced: September 11, 2025

Signed: December 4, 2025

: Committee on Licenses and Inspections

business public safety

Plain-Language Summary

This bill ensures that nuisance businesses can be shut down even if ownership changes hands, as long as certain conditions are met.

What This Bill Does

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Continues nuisance business enforcement against a business even if its ownership changes hands, as long as certain conditions are met.
Holds the acquiring business owner responsible for compliance with any pending enforcement actions against the nuisance business.
Does not relieve a successor business from liability if it changes its name, ownership, or structure.
Applies to businesses subject to enforcement under Section 9-4403 of The Philadelphia Code.