On Dec. 5, 2013, Philadelphia City Council passed Bill No. 130770 prohibiting medical, dental and health practitioners in the Sixth and Tenth councilmanic districts of Northeast Philadelphia. The ordinance appears to be part of a larger trend prohibiting medical uses with potential to affect such uses throughout Philadelphia, as it was passed around the same time City Council introduced Bill No. 130920 to similarly restrict such uses in the First Councilmanic District.
While not entirely clear, the recent changes appear to be intended to control the operation and location of methadone clinics in the city. Nonetheless, by prohibiting the uses, Bill No. 130770 would require that every new medical, dental or health practice proposed for the district obtain a variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment and meet with local neighborhood groups prior to obtaining a permit for the use. To obtain an ordinance, the applicant would have to show that a denial of the application would result in an undue hardship.
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