Amending Chapter 14-1000 of The Philadelphia Code ("Historic Preservation") to revise procedures and requirements related to designation of historic properties and districts, including notification requirements; revising procedures concerning permit applications while designation determinations are pending; amending related Zoning Code definitions; and making technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.

Amending Chapter 14-1000 of The Philadelphia Code (“Historic Preservation”) to revise procedures and requirements related to designation of historic properties and districts, including notification requirements; revising procedures concerning permit applications while designation determinations are pending; amending related Zoning Code definitions; and making technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows: TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING * * * CHAPTER 14-200. DEFINITIONS § 14-203. Definitions. For purposes of this Zoning Code, the following definitions shall apply; words, phrases, and terms not defined herein, but defined in Title 4 (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), shall be construed as defined in Title 4. * * * (97) District. (a) As used in Chapter 14-1000 (Historic Preservation): A [geographically definable area possessing a] significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of buildings, structures, sites, or objects united by history, association, past events, plan, design, or physical development. A district may [comprise an individual site or individual elements] be defined within a geographic area or separated geographically but linked by association, plan, design, or history. * * * CHAPTER 14-1000. HISTORIC PRESERVATION * * * § 14-1004. Designation. (1) Criteria for Designation. [A] The Historic…