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Ordinance would require City Council notification for historic designations; commission staff says policy changes can implement it
Summary
Bill 250334 would amend Philadelphia's historic preservation provisions to require notification to City Council when properties or districts are nominated to and approved for the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places; the Historical Commission and Planning Commission staff are coordinating implementation procedures with the Law Department.
The Rules Committee considered bill 250334 on June 5, which would amend section 14‑1000 of the Philadelphia Code (historic preservation) to require notification to City Council when properties or districts are nominated to or approved for the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.
Paula Brumbelow Burns of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission testified the ordinance could be implemented through administrative policy changes. She said Historical Commission staff are working with the Law Department to revise notification procedures. The Planning Commission said it will review the bill at its public meeting.
A committee member asked why the administration removed a proposed timeline requiring at least 10 days' notice prior to a scheduled public hearing; Brumbelow Burns said she had not been part of those amendment discussions and would follow up with the committee after the hearing. Written testimony from the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia was submitted for the record.
