Ordinance Amending Zoning Code for Ground Floor Commercial Uses on Mixed-Use Streets to Enhance Pedestrian Experience Citywide

• When: 2025/10/30
• Address: Citywide
• City: Philadelphia
• State: PA
• Category: Zoning Code Modification
• Subcategory: Process Updates
• Asset Class: Land
• New Zoning: Amended Title 14, Section 14-604
• New Zoning Description: Establishes additional requirements for certain ground floor commercial uses on Mixed Use streets, ensuring new establishments provide a more active street front that improves the pedestrian experience.

This ordinance amends Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, 'Zoning and Planning,' specifically Section 14-604, 'General Standards.' The amendment establishes additional requirements for certain ground floor commercial uses on Mixed Use streets. The purpose is to ensure that new establishments provide a more active street front that improves the pedestrian experience. Additionally, a technical amendment is made to Section 14-804. This initiative applies citywide.

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