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Committee hears administration support for extending compliance period on vacating portion of Sloane Street
Summary
City agencies recommended approval of bill 250710, which would extend the time for compliance with a 2023 ordinance that vacated a portion of Sloane Street and reserved a utility right of way, allowing the adjacent property to resolve ownership and maintenance issues.
Department of Streets legislative affairs director Noelle Marconi and Sarah Chiu, development director at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, testified in favor of bill 250710, which would amend ordinance 230033 (approved April 2023) to extend the period for compliance with the terms and conditions that accompanied the vacation of Sloane Street from Ogden Street to its northern terminus.
Marconi said the portion of Sloane Street proposed to be vacated is not used by public traffic and is not maintained as a city street; the requested amendment would extend the operable period for compliance by two years to allow the bed of the former street to revert to private ownership and be better maintained. Chiu said the adjacent property owner requested the extension to remove the legal encumbrance and clarify ownership; the City Planning Commission recommended the bill at its September 18, 2025 meeting.
Both witnesses said they had no objection to the proposed ordinance and would answer questions. No formal action or vote on the bill is recorded in the transcript.
