Daily News | Philly voters vote yes to expand zoning board and remove gendered language from city charter
to expand the city’s zoning board, bolster its housing commission, and remove gender-based language from its constitution-like operating documents.The first measure will grow Philadelphia’s Zoning Board of Adjustment from five to seven members, and for the first time, require certain qualifications for the people appointed to the city’s powerful appeals board.
Stemming from legislation introduced by City Council President Darrell Clarke last fall, the newly-approved ballot measure will mandate the seven-member panel include an urban planner, an architect, an experienced zoning lawyer, and at least two community leaders, all of whom have “demonstrated sensitivity to community concerns regarding development.”
Established in 1962, the commission administers and enforces laws related to unfair rental practices and other issues affecting landlords and tenants, but it was always at risk of being eliminated because it was never cemented in the charter.
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