The 2012 Review of Zoning in Philadelphia

This blog post is a review of the most popular stories of the zoning, policy and development of 2012 in Philadelphia real estate. Since the new zoning code took effect in august after a four year reform effort, it didn’t prohibit the City Council from changing its rules, which what policy actually could. As the zoning reform was coming to a close last year around this time the City Council asked for a clause to be added to the code for various city agencies to issue a report on the one year anniversary of the enactment. This would let the city assess how its various provisions are working. With the Council making changes to the zoning code, we will never know if some of the new codes provisions would have worked. To read more…