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The re-codification of the City’s Code Book on August 26, 2013 changed the numbering system and organization of the City’s Code Book. Ordinances posted in this area of the City’s web site prior to August 26, 2013 use the old numbering system. Where there is a conflict between an ordinance posted in this section and the City's Code of Ordinances, the Code of Ordinances shall govern.
Amendment to Codified Ordinances 2014
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - Administration
- Amending Section 5-809 Police Department Providing Clarification
- Amending Purchasing Policies Providing Clarity
- Amending Administrative Code Purchasing Policies
- Amending Purchasing Policies Purchasing Coordinator
- Amending Administrative Code Public Participation
- Amending Section 5-204 Meetings Providing Clarification
Chapter 14 - Authorities
Chapter 23 - Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils
Chapter 62 - Pensions
Chapter 70 - Personnel
Chapter 120 - Alarm Systems
Chapter 141 - Animals
Chapter 180 - Construction Codes
Chapter 212 - Fees
- Amending Fee Schedule Adding Keffer Park Rental Fee
- Amending Fee Schedule Egelman Park Rental Fee
- Adding Appeal Fee and Reinstatement Fee to Business License
- Amending Chapter 212 Fees
- Amending Fee Ordinance Establishing Curbside Waste Collection Fee
- Amending Fee Establishing Disruptive Conduct Appeal Fee
Chapter 231 - Fire Insurance Proceeds
Chapter 251 - Food Code
Chapter 308 - Housing
Chapter 339 - Licenses and Permits
Chapter 346 - Litter And Advertising Material
Chapter 396 - Parks And Recreation
Chapter 438 - Rain Barrels
Chapter 467 - Sewers And Sewage Disposal
Chapter 496 - Solid Waste
Chapter 508 - Streets And Sidewalks
Chapter 540 - Tattoo And Piercing Establishments
Chapter 549 - Taxation
Chapter 576 - Vehicles And Traffic
Chapter 600 - Zoning
New Ordinances 2014
Budget
- Reallocating Funds From Contingency to Fire for Suppression and EMS Wages
- Authorizing Fund Transfer From Public Works To IT
- Modifying 2014 Budget for Curbside Collection Program
- Authorizing Line-Item Transfers Department Fire Rescue Services
- Authorizing Fund Transfer Department Fire Rescue Services
- Transfer Funds from Liquid Fuels to General
- Amending 2014 Budget Enterprise Retail Sewer Fund 55
- Transfer Funds Contingency to Fire Vehicle
- Appropriations Transfer Public Works $75,000
- Transfer Funds within 2014 Budget for Charter Council Office
- Transferring Funds within Building Trades Budget
- Transferring Funds within 2014 Budget Penn Square Properties
- Transfer Funds Public Works for Street Lighting
- Transfer Funds General To Agency
- Transfer Funds Department Fire and Rescue Services
- Transfer Funds General To Trash-Recycling Cashflow
- Establishing City of Reading Budget for 2015
- Transfer Funds General To Trash-Recycling 1st Quarter
- Establishing Capital Improvement Plan budget for 2014
- Transfer Funds within 2013 Shade Tree Accounts
- Reallocating Funds from Contingency to Law Special Counsel Services
- Authorizing Loan And Transfer Funds To CD
Other
- Modifying 2014 Position Ordinance WWTP
- Establishing Non-Resident EIT for 2015
- Referendum Question Changing City Auditor Requirements
- Amending 2014 Position Ordinance
- Establishing Employee Positions for 2015
- Referendum Question Appointing Charter Review Commission Every 5 yrs
- Establishing Salary Public Works Director
- Right of Way Schuylkill River Greenways Assoc. Morgantown Road
- Referendum Question Providing Mayor Authority Administrative Regulation and Procedure
- Modifying 2014 Position Ordinance Admin. Services
- Executing 4th Addendum to RAWA Lease Agreement
- Referendum Question Allowing One Person Serve Two Boards Commissions
- Increasing RAWA Size Of Board Of Directors
- Stevens and Lee Legal Fees Settlement Agreement
- Referendum Question Clarifying Mayor Managing Director Relationship
- Repealing RAWA Dissolution Ordinance
- Repealing Bill 62-2014 and Executing 4th Addendum RAWA Lease Agreement
- Referendum Question Authorizing Hiring City Personnel
- General Obligation Fund 2014
- Establishing 4-Way Stop McKnight and W. Windsor Streets
- Amending Recreation Commission Meeting Dates
- PennDOT Temporary Easement Construction Along Rt. 662
- No Parking Restrictions 118 S.9th Street
- Establishing 4-Way Stop W. Greenwich and Tulpehocken Streets
- PennDOT Agreement Sale of Real Property Along Rt. 662
- No Parking Restrictions 290 Morgantown Road
- Authorizing Appropriations Transfer Within Public Works
- Memorandum of Understanding Egelman Ballfield
- Redevelopment Agreement Our City Reading Penn Square Properties
- Authorizing Lease Agreement Firefighters Museum
- Dissolution of RAWA
- No-Parking Restrictions Across from 1007 Bern Street
- 4 Way Stop Crestmont and Fern
- No-Parking Restrictions Adjacent to 1426 Perkiomen Avenue
- Referendum Question Amending Annual Position Ordinance
- 4 Way Stop Greenwich and N 2nd Streets
- Amending 2014 Position Ordinance
- Referendum Question Requiring Charter Review Commission Appointment Every 5 Years
- 3 Way Stop W. Green and McKnight Streets
- Right of Way UGI Utilities 14th and Green Streets
- Referendum Question Clarifying Mayor Managing Director Relationship
- 3 Way Stop W. Green and Weiser Streets
- Amending the Recovery Plan
- Referendum Question Deleting City Auditor CPA Requirement
- Intermunicipal Cooperation Agreement Electronic Waste
- Levying the Real Estate Taxes for 2015
- Referendum Question Allowing One Person Serve Two Boards Commissions
Personnel
New Resolutions 2014
Appointments
- Reappointing Ellen Horan Main Street Board
- Promotion Officer Jason Linderman to Sergeant
- Reappointing Dennis Straub to Animal Control Board
- Appointing Jeffrey Waltman Council Vice-President
- Reappointing Jared Barcz Zoning Hearing Board
- Reappointing Robert Heebner Stadium Commission
- Appointing Nicholas Eyrich to BPRC
- Appointing Linda Kelleher City Clerk
- Reappointing Tom Fox Zoning Hearing Board
- Reappointing Robert Reimer Shade Tree Commission
- Appointing Osmer Deming Library Board
- Promotion Officer Scott Shultz Sergeant
- Appointing Carissa Johnson Diversity Board
- Promoting Jeffrey Parr To Captain
- Appointing Richard Spangler Human Relations Commission
- Employment Offers Firefighters Paramedics SAFER Grant
- Reappointing Alan Shuman DID
- Confirming William Stoudt As Director Fire
- Reappointing Heather Hanna Library Board
- Reappointing Anthony Spadafora HVAC Board
- Extending Term Acting Fire Chief Gary Mogel
- Reappointing Burlee Adams Convention Center Authority
- Reappointing Allen Webster HARB
- Appointing Brian Miller Plumbing Board
- Extending Term Acting Public Works Director Ralph Johnson
- Reappointing Troy Stricker Stadium Commission
- Promoting Officer Nathan Matz to Sergeant
- Appointing Gery Fisher RAWA
- Appointing Ernest Schlegel RAWA
- Reappointing Joseph Amprey Ethics Board
- Reappointing Lori Knockstead Stadium Commission
- Promoting Sergeant Cheryl Gelsinger to Lieutenant
- Reappointing Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz as Rep. Housing Board of Appeals
- Reappointing Cynthia LaSota HARB
- Authorizing Promotions within Fire and Rescue Services Department
- Reappointing Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz As Rep. BCAP
- Appointing Laura Cooper Downtown Improvement District
- Appointing Donna Reed Liaison and Jeff Waltman Alternate Main Street Board
- Appointing Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz As Rep. Berks County Criminal Justice Advisory Board
- Reappointing Lisa Blount Human Relations Committee
- Appointing Julissa Espinal RAWA
- Reappointing Francis Acosta As Rep. RATS Donna Reed Alternative RATS
- Reappointing Wayne Bealer Planning Commission
- Reappointing Rebecca Acosta Housing Authority
- Authorizing Hiring 8 Patrol Officers
- Appointing Chris Daubert As District 1 Rep. Local Redevelopment Authority
- Authorizing Hiring 4 Patrol Officers
- Appointing William Cinfici Planning Commission
- Appointing Chris Daubert Council Vice President
- Appointing Francis Acosta As Rep. To Diversity Board
- Reappointing Melissa Eggert Board of Ethics
- Appointing Walter Pawling Housing Authority
- Reappointing Otis Smith Recreation Commission
- Promoting Officer Eric Suydam to Sergeant
- Appointing Jack Gulati Main Street Board
- Appointing Alison Rudy to Animal Control Board
- Appointing James Washington Recreation Commission
- Promoting Sergeant Richard Tornielli To Lieutenant
- Appointing Catherine Cadwell DID
- Appointing Harry Brown to Animal Control Board
- Appointing Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz And Chris Daubert As Council Representatives On Recreation Commission
Awards of Contracts and Agreements
Conditional Use
Council Direction
- Amendment 2014-CDBG Emergency Demolition Urgent Needs
- Amendment To Pagoda Foundation MOU
- Submission of PY2015 Action Plan
- Approving Council Committee Structure and Assignments
- Approving Rezoning 15 Prospect St from R2 to CH
- Our City Reading Inc.
- Disposition of Records Pensions Division
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 454 Schuylkill Ave
- Council Retaining Stevens & Lee RAWA Matters
- Placing Memorial Plaque Schlegel Park
- Increasing Yohalna Jimenez Salary Community Development
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 456 Schuylkill Ave
- PY2014 CDBG Action Plan Amendment $250,000
- Ralph Johnson Public Works Director
- Application for RACP Funds GoggleWorks II Artist Housing Project
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 108 Plum St
- PY2014 CDBG Action Plan Amendment $100,000
- Establishing Bank Account HUD Loan Doubletree Hotel
- Application for RACP Funds Restaurant Row in Entertainment Square Project
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 112 Plum St
- Records Disposition Finance Administrative Dept
- Exonerating 2012 Property Taxes 824 Washington St.
- Application Submission for Traffic Signal Approval 5th and Bingaman Intersection
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 516 Gordon St
- Transfer Funds within Fire Department
- Document Disposition Public Works Recycling
- Authorizing Wells Fargo Bank Accounts for General and Sewer Funds
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 1709 Mineral Spring Rd
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 722 Lance Pl
- Records Disposition Law Department
- Extending HOME Program Loan Goggle Works
- Supporting Turn The Courthouse Lights Back On Organization
- Ratifying Local Disaster Declaration
- Requesting GTRP Grant Schlegel Pool Rehab Project
- Removing A Street Light
- Financing WWTP Upgrade Project Using Funds From Sewer Enterprise Fund
- 2012 Tax Exoneration 818 Muhlenberg St
- Establishing Bank Account HUD Loan for Doubletree Hotel
- Authorizing Litigation Regarding Water Lease
- Appointing Chris Zale and Maria Kantner Berks Cty Tax Collection Committee
- Document Disposition City Clerks Office
- Establishing Bank Account Police Department
- Imposing Non-Resident EIT
- Document Disposition Law Department and Human Resources
- Not Privatizing or Selling Water System
- Authorizing Hiring of 2 Patrol Officers
- Authorizing City Bank Accounts 2014
- Submission DCNR Program Grant for Phase II Pendora Park Rehab Project
- Authorizing Bank Account City Sewer Revenues
- Merger Tax Collection Committee with Tax Collection District
- Keystone Communities Enterprise Zone Designation Application
- Retaining Independent Legal Counsel To Assist With RAWA Matters
- Executing MOU between City, RAWA, Human Relations Com. Hardship Fund
- PennVest Loan WWTP
- Disposition Documents City Clerk
- RAWA Cease and Desist Negotiations
- Sewage Facilities Planning Grant
- Memorandum of Understanding Reading Firefighters Museum
- Council Adopts Policy Handbook
- Amendment 2013-CDBG Cancel Centre Park Signage Install
- Extending Acting Fire Chief Term
- SEC MCDC Initiative
- Adopting Policy Procedure Consultant Selection River Road Extension Project
