Legislation Details

File #: 2026-0714    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Held In Council
File created: 7/6/2026 In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
On agenda: 7/22/2026 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
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Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.04, Use Standards, Subsection A.41(b)(6), Multi-Suite Residential (General) in the UC-E District, is hereby amended to add a new Subsection, A.41(b)(6)(c). (Report & Recommendation sent to the Planning Commission on 7/22/26) (Report & Recommendation received on 9/25/26) (Public Hearing scheduled for 11/4/26)
Sponsors: R. Daniel Lavelle
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
Attachments: 1. 2026-0714 Report and Recommendation, 2. 2026-0714 UC-E PC Hearing Report 2026-09-22
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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.04, Use Standards, Subsection A.41(b)(6), Multi-Suite Residential (General) in the UC-E District, is hereby amended to add a new Subsection, A.41(b)(6)(c).
(Report & Recommendation sent to the Planning Commission on 7/22/26)
(Report & Recommendation received on 9/25/26)
(Public Hearing scheduled for 11/4/26)

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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.04, Use Standards, Subsection A.41(b)(6), Multi-Suite Residential (General) in the UC-E District, is hereby amended and supplemented to add a new Subsection A.41(b)(6)(c) as underlined as follows (Subsection A.41(b)(6) shall remain unchanged except as underlined):

(6) In the UC-E District, Multi-Suite Residential uses shall meet one (1) of the following standards in the UC-E District:

(a) All residential units shall meet the requirements of Section 907.04.A.6 and shall otherwise follow the processes and procedures of Section 907.04.A, excluding Section 907.04.A.5 Applicability and Section 907.04.A.7 Off-Site Inclusionary Standards. One hundred (100) percent of the units shall be affordable and shall be located on site; or

(b) Residential housing shall be less than fifty (50) percent of the Gross Floor Area in a mixed-use structure. For purposes of this calculation, shared spaces between residential uses and commercial shall be excluded from the calculation of Gross Floor Area.; or

(c) For any zoning lot in the UC-E that is wholly or partially within 100 feet of an EMI District, 50-100% of the Gross Floor Area may be multi-suite residential provided the rooms are rented on a monthly basis or longer.

Section 2. Acknowledgement. It is hereby acknowledged that, as of the date of the pas...

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