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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…
Making way for Comcast, Council to tweak zoning regulations
During its first meeting of 2014, City Council began making preparations for the tallest building in Philadelphia, the proposed 59-story, 1,121-foot Comcast Innovation and Technology Center, unveiled last week. Councilman Bill…
Court hears zoning appeal for housing on historic 40th & Pine property
Judge Ellen Ceisler of the Court of Common Pleas heard an hour of oral arguments Wednesday morning from attorneys in the ongoing battle over the future of a historic mansion owned…
Community leaders discuss the power of planning at Philadelphia2035 update
A few weeks ago, feeling ruminative and tasked with summing up a year’s worth of zoning and development news, I took to these pages and described a specter haunting Philadelphia: reform…
Forest City developers seeking approvals for Museum Towers expansion
Museum Towers, a 300-unit apartment complex near 18th and Spring Garden streets, in Logan Square, is set to nearly double in size, under a plan discussed Tuesday afternoon at a meeting…
Permit issued to trim Constitution Court in Pennsport
The Department of L&I issued a permit yesterday to Barry Sable to shrink the frame of a half-built townhouse in Pennsport by about two feet. As Kellie Patrick Gates reported last…
Zoning board approves 75 townhomes in Queen Village
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved variances on Wednesday for a project at Columbus Boulevard and Swanson Street—near Catharine, in Queen Village—entailing 75 townhomes with 75 parking spaces. The project had…
Lower North Plan gets warmer reception at final public meeting
There weren't big changes in the latest version of the Lower North District plan presented last week at Temple's Howard Gittis Student Center. But reaction to the plan was more positive…
Developer plans to lift and trim too-tall Pennsport project
Neighbors complained, L&I measured. The in-the-works Constitution Court townhouses at 3rd and Reed in Pennsport are about 22 inches taller than the variance granted to developer and former Philadelphia jeweler-to-the-stars Barry…
RCO bill amended, passed out of Committee
City Council’s Committee on Rules recommended approval of an amended bill reorganizing the rules for Registered Community Organizations in a split vote Wednesday morning, but the bill won’t be able to…
Planning Commission supports apartment complex at 16th and Washington
The days of heavy industry on Washington Avenue are mostly behind us, said dozens of business owners and residents who showed up at the Planning Commission Tuesday afternoon to support the…
Councilman Henon to float new changes to zoning rules for RCOs
When City Council adopted a new zoning code two years ago, after more than four years of work, the new system of Registered Community Organizations—which formalized the practice of meetings between…
Zoning restrictions on medical offices are spreading
Sixteen members of City Council voted on Thursday to override a mayoral veto of a bill that will restrict the development of new medical offices in Northeast Philadelphia’s 6th and 10th…
