Leglislative Action, Authored by Councilman Schweyer

Council Leadership

• Wrote new rules for Council’s governance that increased City Council’s effectiveness, improved our efficiency and began the process of strategic planning (Resolution 28537)

Quality of Life

• Wrote Pennsylvania’s toughest municipal anti-graffiti law (Ordinance 14636)
  
  
• Wrote law that created tougher regulations regarding unkempt and potentially hazardous overgrowth of hedges, weeds and/or vegetation (Ordinance 14636)
  
  
• Wrote the law to prohibit yard and porch sales from becoming illegal second-hand sales operations (Ordinance 14628)

Economic and Professional Development

• Wrote the laws that allow for seasonal outdoor dining in our central business districts (Ordinance 14611 & Ordinance 14630)
  
  
• Proclaims Young Professionals Week in Pennsylvania (Resolution 28484)
  
  
• Wrote resolution that allows for the use of federal Stimulus Funding (R 20 of 2010)

Veterans’ Issues

• Wrote the law that creates distinct zones for the express purpose of improving the health and well being of American’s veterans (Ordinance 14733)

Miscellaneous

• Supports Efforts to Aid Coatesville to Resolve Arson Crisis (Resolution 28546)