Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council, October 15, 2026
Approves Transfer of ~40 city-owned parcels to PRA/Land Bank for affordable turnkey homes, unanimous
What happened
Philadelphia City Council on a 17-0 roll call passed a consent agenda of bills including four remapping ordinances (Bills 260342-A, 260343-A, 260344-A, 260345-A), Bill 260298 remapping the area bounded by Ridge Avenue, Spring Lane, Haggie Mills Road, Port Royal Avenue, River Road…
- Jurisdiction
- Philadelphia, PA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 15, 2026
- Decisions
- 14 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 14
Remapping: Ridge Ave / Spring Lane / Port Royal Ave / River Road area
Bill 260298 amending zoning maps for area bounded by Ridge Avenue, Spring Lane, Haggie Mills Road, Port Royal Avenue, River Road, and the Montgomery County line. Passed on consent agenda 17-0 roll call.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Philadelphia City Council on a 17-0 roll call passed a consent agenda of bills including four remapping ordinances (Bills 260342-A, 260343-A, 260344-A, 260345-A), Bill 260298 remapping the area bounded by Ridge Avenue, Spring Lane, Haggie Mills Road, Port Royal Avenue, River Road…
Key Decisions (14)
Remapping: Ridge Ave / Spring Lane / Port Royal Ave / River Road area
Remapping: East Washington Lane / Crittenden St area
Remapping: East Washington Lane / Stenton Ave area
Remapping: North 18th St / Colonial St / North 17th St / Chelten Ave area
Remapping: West Seymour St / Knox St / West Logan St / Wayne-area
Encroachments at 6238 Busselton Avenue
Bike lane around City Hall
Land Bank conveyance of 1811 West Stiles Street
Transfer of ~40 city-owned parcels to PRA/Land Bank for affordable turnkey homes
PAID service agreement and bonds for police forensics laboratory
Resolution supporting PA Universal Health Care Act (SB 1465)
Introduced: zoning code amendment defining tobacco sales use
Introduced: remapping of Rubicam / Ashmead / Wakefield / Bringhurst area
Introduced: acquisition of west bank Schuylkill River parcels for park
Development Activity (2)
5th District affordable turnkey homes (40 Land Bank parcels)
Residential
Philadelphia Police Department forensics laboratory
Other
Market Signals (4)
Housing Demand
5th District policy directs city-owned land transfers only to affordable…
Commercial Demand
Proposed tobacco-sales zoning use with 750-foot setbacks from schools and…
Infrastructure
City seeks to acquire, possibly by condemnation, west-bank Schuylkill River…
Other
Council plans a resolution examining suspension of PGW gas shutoffs,…
Who Spoke (38)
On the record: the chair, 7 councilmembers, and 13 members of the public.
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