ZCC votes unanimously to send Final Report to City Council
ZCC Final Session
At the final meeting of the Zoning Code Commission, members reviewed last-minute changes to the draft zoning code and voted to send the Final Report to City Council. Any corrections, edits, and revisions approved today by the ZCC must be made and the completed Final Report must be delivered to City Council on or before November 17, when the legislation can be formally introduced. In order for the new zoning code to be adopted this year, Council must hold a public hearing and conduct first and second readings of the bill by December 15.
The ZCC Work Plan Committee and staff worked closely with the City Council sub-committee the last two weeks to address a handful of unresolved issues related to Council’s resolution of 40 recommended changes. The discussion today focused on those recommendations that the ZCC was not in full agreement with City Council, including proposals for parks and open space, solo and group medical practices, community homes, home occupations, Community Benefit Agreements, sky plane controls, standards for Registered Community Organizations, institutional districts, and the Zoning Administrative Manual. Final agreement was reached on these and additional issues raised by groups other than City Council. View PowerPoint presentation of final discussion and a guide to Council amendments.
With no further comments from the ZCC and just a few from the public, ZCC Chairman Alan Greenberger asked Commissioner Greg Pastore to read the resolution that would allow the Final Report to be sent to City Council and permit Executive Director Eva Gladstein to make approved revisions. Since vote on the Final Report must be the last action of the Zoning Code Commission, the resolution also calls on PCPC to make additional changes to the code as needed. Just before 10 AM, the ZCC voted unanimously to approve the Final Report and deliver it to City Council next week.
View resolution and master ordinance. The Interim Draft of the Final Report is available at http://zoningmatters.org/.
Zoning Watch 2011 Archives
ZCC
- 12/15/2011 City Council gives Philadelphia a new zoning code (Current)
- 12/07/2011 Committee sends zoning code bills to Council for final vote (Current)
- 11/17/2011 Bill to replace current zoning code is introduced into Council (Current)
- 11/15/2011 PCPC recommends approval of zoning bill 110766 with conditions (Current)
- 11/09/2011 ZCC votes unanimously to send Final Report to City Council (Current)
- 10/26/2011 ZCC reviews code recommendations from Council; homes in on final issues (Current)
- 10/20/2011 Zoning reform gets one step closer as City Council passes resolution of code recommendations (Current)
- 10/12/2011 ZCC discusses Council recommendations to date; awaits formal resolution of requested changes (Current)
- 09/27/2011 Council closes hearings on draft zoning code; on track for vote in 2011 (Current)
- 09/21/2011 Zoning forum addresses how to resolve final issues and prepare the code for adoption this year (Current)
- 09/14/2011 Hearing on draft code draws crowd (Current)
- 09/08/2011 Councilmembers Share Concerns with ZCC at Briefing (CurrentCurrent)
- 07/19/2011 Next Great City Coalition Launches E-Petition to Pass Updated Zoning Code (Current)
- 07/15/2011 Fact sheets highlight why zoning reform is so important (Current)
- 07/08/2011 ZCC offers property research service (Current)
- 06/15/2011 City Council commences hearings on zoning code (Current)
- 06/08/2011 ZCC waits for Committee hearings to begin; work continues on sign controls and tools to aid public understanding (CurrentCurrent)
- 05/11/2011 ZCC VOTES YES! Draft code moves to City Council, but threat remains (CurrentCurrent)
- 05/09/2011 10 MORE YEARS TO ZONING REFORM? (Current)
- 05/03/2011 Final X-Change focuses on parking (CurrentCurrentCurrent)
- 04/27/2011 Stakeholders weigh in on development standards and how to encourage good design (CurrentCurrentCurrent)
- 04/19/2011 Stakeholders discuss new dimensional standards (CurrentCurrent)
- 04/13/2011 Vote to send draft code to City Council May 11 (Current)
- 04/05/2011 Stakeholders focus on new use categories (CurrentCurrent)
- 03/23/2011 ZCC “Stakeholder X-Changes” underway (CurrentCurrent)
- 03/17/2011 At-large Council candidates support new zoning code (CurrentCurrentCurrentCurrentCurrentCurrent)
- 03/16/2011 ZCC “Stakeholder X-Change” draws crowd (CurrentCurrent)
- 03/02/2011 ZCC delays sending zoning code to City Council for 10 weeks (CurrentCurrentCurrent)
- 02/28/2011 ZCC explains how decisions about the new code were made (CurrentCurrentCurrent)
- 02/22/2011 Vote scheduled for March 2 (current)
- 02/18/2011 Special meeting lets ZCC explain how decisions about the new code were made (current)
- 02/15/2011 ZCC adds two public meetings to schedule (CurrentCurrent)
- 02/09/2011 ZCC delays vote on new zoning code; some question whether code is ready for City Council (Current)
- 02/03/2011 City Council voices concerns about new zoning code (Current)
- 02/03/2011 Updated “Referral Draft” is released (Current)
- 01/26/2011 February 9 vote on draft zoning code questioned as revisions continue to be made (current)
- 01/26/2011 Building Industry Association comments on December 2010 draft zoning code (current)
- 01/26/2011 February 9 vote on draft zoning code questioned as revisions continue to be made (CurrentCurrent)
- 01/26/2011 Building Industry Association comments on December 2010 draft zoning code (CurrentCurrent)
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- 03/02/2011 Zoning Basics (CurrentCurrent)
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- 03/02/2011 Philadelphia Zoning Maps (CurrentCurrent)