Philadelphia Council recalls, reconsiders and amends zoning bill 250493‑A; places it on final‑passage calendar

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution on Oct. 30 requesting that Mayor Cheryl Parker return bill 250493‑A — an ordinance to amend the city zoning maps for an area bounded by Roosevelt Boulevard, Ninth Street, Erie Avenue and Broad Street — for reconsideration. The resolution was moved and adopted during a suspended‑rules special‑business period.

After the mayor’s returned letter was read into the record, the council moved to reconsider the original vote on the bill. Councilmember Jeffrey J. Young moved the reconsideration; the motion carried and the vote by which bill 250493‑A had passed was formally reconsidered. Councilmember Marie Young (as identified in the meeting record) then offered a written amendment that had been circulated to members. The council suspended its rules to consider the amendment, voted to adopt it, and the clerk announced that the bill, as amended, would be placed on the final‑passage calendar for the next session of council.

The mayor’s returned letter was read by the clerk into the public record during the session: “I’m returning herewith, as requested by your resolution adopted today, bill number 250493‑A … for the purpose of reconsideration by the council of the vote by which said bill passed council.” That letter appears in the official journal. The council’s actions followed the procedure the body described when it suspended its rules to allow special business earlier in the session.

No final vote on the amended ordinance occurred during the Oct. 30 meeting; the clerk said the bill would appear on the final‑passage calendar at the next session. The transcript records the procedural motions, the mayoral letter read into the record, the motion to reconsider, the amendment’s adoption and the clerk’s announcement that the item would return for final consideration.