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PlanPhilly: A retrospective: What passed muster with City Council, and what didn't



6/28/18, Jake Blumgart

With Council in summer recess, Jake Blumgart of PlanPhilly recaps the bills below, covered during the spring session, and where they currently stand.

  • Anti-Squatting Bill

  • Inclusionary Zoning

  • Smoke Alarms For Rooming Houses

  • Callowhill Business Improvement District

  • Property-Tax Abatement Reform

  • Billboard Next To Fairmount Park

  • Wissahickon Conservation Overlay

  • Mandated Property Appraisals

  • Francisville Remapping

  • Northern Liberties Business Improvement District

  • Fifty Million Dollars For The Housing Trust Fund

  • Keep Bars Open Until 4 A.M., For The Children

  • Giving Power Over Tax Assessments To City Council

  • Spot Zoning In University City

  • New Keystone Opportunity Zones

  • Land Bank Ballot Question

  • Just-Cause Eviction

  • Insurance For RCOs

  • RCO Notification

  • Mandatory Parking Minimums

  • Transit Oriented Development Overlays

  • Temple’s Football Stadium

  • Longtime Owner Occupants Program Expansion

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