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Rules Committee reports rezoning bill for Passyunk Square properties
Summary
The Philadelphia City Council Committee on Rules voted April 14 to report favorably a bill to change zoning for properties on Juniper and Clarion Streets in Passyunk Square from I‑2 industrial to RSA‑5 residential; the City Planning Commission testified in support and will consider the bill at a public meeting April 17.
The Philadelphia City Council Committee on Rules on April 14 reported with a favorable recommendation bill number 250207, which would amend the city zoning maps to change zoning for parcels in the area bounded by Federal, 13th, Wharton and Broad Streets in the Passyunk Square neighborhood.
Paula Brumbelow Burns, director of legislation for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, testified that the bill would change zoning for property on Juniper and Clarion Streets south of Federal Street from I‑2 (medium industrial) to RSA‑5 (residential single‑family attached). "The properties are currently being used as 14 single family homes and has the support of the RCO who requested this map change," Brumbelow Burns said. She also said the Planning Commission will consider bill 250207 at its public meeting on April 17 and recommend approval.
Councilmember Scuilla moved that bill 250207 be reported from the Rules Committee with a favorable recommendation and that the rules be suspended to permit first reading at the next Council session; a second was recorded but not identified by name. The committee conducted a voice vote; the clerk announced "the ayes have it," and the motion carried. The committee's action sends the rezoning measure to the full City Council for first reading and further consideration.
The change would reclassify the listed parcels from industrial to a residential category intended for single‑family attached houses. Committee testimony and the bill text indicate the change responds to a request from the area's registered community organization; no opponents testified during the public hearing. The Planning Commission's stated recommendation and the committee's report are procedural steps needed before the bill reaches the full Council.
