Any business that purchases or sells tires, whether they are new or used, will need to have a Tire Dealer License by December 31, 2021. This includes businesses that may already require a motor vehicle repair license. The license application is now available through eCLIPSE.

Visit the website for more information about the Tire Dealer license.

Effective December 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022, the following areas of the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation system will be closed daily from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 

• Bartram’s Garden
• Cobbs Creek Park
• East and West Fairmount Park
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park
• Poquessing Creek Park
• Pennypack Park
• Tacony Creek Park
• Wissahickon Valley Park

All trails, parking lots, and other areas in these parks will be closed to all pedestrian, bicycle, equestrian, and vehicular traffic. The curfew will ensure public safety while deer control activities are conducted. Otherwise, City parks are open from dawn to dusk.

The Department of Licenses and Inspections is offering regular information sessions to assist stakeholders in navigating L&I processes and keeping abreast of code changes. A list of current offerings is provided below.

• Floodplain Development Webinar – Tuesday, November 30, 2021 (12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)
  For more information and to register, click here.

• New L&I eCLIPSE Q&A Session – Tuesday, December 14, 2021 (9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
  For more information and to register, click here.

• L&I eCLIPSE Permitting and Licensing Basics Webinar – Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
  For more information and to register, click here.

• L&I eCLIPSE Q&A Session – Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
  For more information and to register, click here.

Capacity is limited and, in order to accommodate all stakeholders, we ask that you only register if you plan on attending the sessions and, if your circumstances change, please cancel your registration.

Customers can also sign-up for these and future webinars online under the “Events” section of the L&I homepage (www.phila.gov/li).

Under a regulation, when an engineer’s inspection finds that a façade is generally safe but in need of repairs, the repairs must be completed within six months. After receiving extensive feedback and in light of the pandemic, L&I is deferring enforcement of the six month limit with respect to façade inspections until January 1, 2022.

This means, until January 1, 2022, the required façade inspections must still be performed, but the results should be submitted to L&I on this earlier version of the Summary Report Form and in accordance with the instructions on the form.

Refer to the letter that was sent out to Philadelphia homeowners for more details. For step by step instructions on submitting façade inspection reports through our online portal, refer to the how-to guide.

If you have questions, please contact facadereports@phila.gov.