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Committee supports change to Northeast Overlay to bar personal care homes and tighten approval standard
Summary
The Committee on Rules voted to report Bill 250,721 with a favorable recommendation and to suspend the rules to permit first reading; the bill would amend the Northeast Overlay District to prohibit personal care homes and group‑living uses in specified residential districts and require a variance showing hardship.
The Committee on Rules voted to report Bill 250,721 with a favorable recommendation and to suspend the rules to permit first reading. The bill would amend Section 14‑515 (Northeast Overlay District) of the Philadelphia zoning code to prohibit personal care homes and group‑living uses in RSD, RSA and RTA‑1 residential districts across parts of the Central Northeast, Far Northeast and North Delaware planning districts.
Paula Brumbelow Burns of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission said the amendment would remove the special‑exception path in some districts and require…
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