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New Philly charter amendment, if approved, would offer legal protection to neighborhood groups

Neighborhood groups have long asked for legal protection from the city for their involvement in local zoning matters. Now Council President Darrell Clarke may give it to them.

Jack O'Hara, president of the Greater Bustleton Civic League: “This is going to be really welcome news to the hundreds of our RCOs in the city. I only wish it had come a year ago.” The group is facing a lawsuit from a developer trying to build a large UPS warehouse in the neighborhood.
Jack O'Hara, president of the Greater Bustleton Civic League: “This is going to be really welcome news to the hundreds of our RCOs in the city. I only wish it had come a year ago.” The group is facing a lawsuit from a developer trying to build a large UPS warehouse in the neighborhood.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer