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Explain That Term: Zoning Board of Adjustment
Explain That Term is a new feature we'll be rolling out with Blueprint2015 to demystify some of the jargon we inevitably use covering planning issues. See a term in one of…
Parking logic: Three reasons ZBA should say no to garage-fronted rowhouses
Say zoning and eyes glaze over. But really zoning is code for capturing the kind of city we want to live in. Zoning is where planning gets personal. For me that’s…
Hurried negotiations over redevelopment of University City High
Negotiations continued over the weekend between representatives of Drexel University and a number of community organizations regarding the zoning of the former University City High School property, which sits on a…
Remapping is what's happening: Committee approves a slate of zoning changes
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission has been working for more than three years on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood remapping process that’s intended to update the city’s zoning maps to reflect the types of…
License issued for Frankford Avenue methadone clinic in Holmesburg
The state has issued a license that will allow The Healing Way to open and operate a methadone clinic on Frankford Avenue in Holmesburg, Councilman Bobby Henon's office said Friday afternoon. …
Lower North Plan recommends gentrification impact study, speedier transit, protection of single-family blocks
The image above, taken from the Lower North PCPC presentation, shows proposed changes west of Broad Street. See more maps and other images within the full presentation, included beneath this article.…
Major market-rate housing proposal concerns residents of Point Breeze
The future of Philadelphia is being negotiated in Point Breeze. On Tuesday, tensions were reportedly high in the South Philadelphia neighborhood, where voters were deciding the outcomes of dozens of contested…
Zoning changes proposed for Center City, Brewerytown, Frankford, and Roxborough
City Council members have introduced a handful of bills in the last several weeks making changes to the city’s zoning maps. Some of the bills were introduced as part of the…
Old City resident wants more info on zoning notifications
Joe Schiavo is on a new mission. The Old City resident, who was active in his local civic association until its demise last year, and who serves on the board of…
East Kensington neighbors appeal Kensington Hospital methadone plan
Members of the East Kensington Neighbors Association have filed an appeal of the zoning board’s decision last month to allow Kensington Hospital to move its methadone-treatment operation into a vacant building…
AAA will take Pennsport auto service center idea to planning commission
AAA hopes to convince the Philadelphia City Planning Commission that its plans for an auto service/repair shop are a good fit for South Columbus Boulevard, even though the city's long-range plans…
Northern Liberties to be remapped
Last week, City Councilman Mark Squilla introduced a bill that would update the zoning maps for the area bounded roughly by Spring Garden Street, Girard Avenue, Front Street, and Third Street,…
Council bill: No more quick cash in Spring Garden
Last week, a bill was introduced into City Council which would create a new Neighborhood Commercial Area (/NCA) zoning overlay in Spring Garden for the purposes of banning new pawn shops,…
Methadone clinic approved for Front and Diamond streets
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a proposal Wednesday to move Kensington Hospital’s methadone treatment program into a vacant building at the corner of Front and Diamond streets. The vote was…
Commission wants more time to consider Blackwell's two-story building limit
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission requested an additional 45 days to consider a bill, introduced earlier this month by Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, that would limit the height of new buildings on…
PCPC supports apartments at Broad and Callowhill, demands better response to design committee
Developers Hanover North Broad and Parkway Corporation got the support of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for the 12 zoning variances they will need to build 339 apartments in two buildings…
Committee approves zoning changes for new Dranoff hotel on Broad
City Council’s Committee on Rules approved a bill Wednesday that would amend portions of the zoning code to allow developer Carl Dranoff’s SLS International Hotel proposal on South Broad Street to…
Some on Council look to manage methadone clinics, not ban them
Next week, a City Council committee will consider a bill sponsored by Councilman Mark Squilla which would change the zoning code to prohibit new medical and dental offices from being built…
Judge splits decision on zoning appeal at 40th & Pine
Earlier this month, attorneys on both sides of the ongoing preservation battle surrounding the historic property at 400 S. 40th Street sat before Judge Ellen Ceisler of the Court of Common…
Planning Commission says no to medical office bans, yes to LOVE Park garage transfer
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to oppose a bill that would amend the zoning code to prohibit all new medical and dental offices in the first Councilmanic…
