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Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V Chapter 911 Section 911.04.A.41 to Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh Inc., property owners, for authorization to operate a Multi-Suite Residential (Limited) use at 2120 Wightman Street, zoned “RM-M” Residential Multi-Family, Moderate Density District, 14th Ward, Council District No. 5
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Whereas the Planning Commission of the City of Pittsburgh has made certain findings with regard to the conditional use application for the Multi-Suite Residential Use (Limited) use located at 2120 Wightman Street;
Whereas the Planning Commission of the City of Pittsburgh has recommended approval of this application for Conditional Use;
Whereas City Council has reviewed the record of the Planning Commission and herewith adopts the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission.
Now; therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1.
Upon a review of the record of the record as provided by the Planning Commission of the City of Pittsburgh, it is herewith affirmed that the proposed conditional use has properly met the standards as provided in the Pittsburgh Code Section 922.06.E.1 and that the following criteria was considered:
a) That the development will not create detrimental visual impacts, such that the size and visual bulk of the proposed development is determined to create an incompatible relationship with the surrounding built environment, public streets, open spaces and land use patterns;
b) That the development will not create detrimental transportation impacts, such that the proposed development is determined to adversely affect the safety and convenience of residential neighborhoods or of vehicular and pedestrian circulation in the vicinity of the subject tract,
including traffic reasonably expected to be generated by the proposed use and other uses in the area given the existing zoning, land uses and proposed land use in the area;
c) That the development will not create detrimental transportation impacts, such that the proposed development will result in traffic volumes or circulation patterns that exceed the capacity of streets and intersections likely to be used by traffic to and from the proposed development;
d) That the development will not create detrimental operational impacts, including potential impacts of hours of operation, management of traffic, servicing and loading operations, and any on-site operations associated with the ongoing functions of the use of the site, in consideration of adjacent and surrounding land uses which may have differing sensitivities to such operational impacts;
e) That the development will not create detrimental health and safety impacts, including but not limited to potential impacts of noise, emissions, or vibrations from the proposed development or functions within the proposed site which would otherwise affect the health or safety of other as a direct result of the operation of the proposed use;
f) That the development will not create detrimental impacts on the future and potential development of parcels in the vicinity of the proposed site of the development;
g) That the development will not create detrimental impacts on property values.
Section 2.
It is further stated that the following findings of the Planning Commission are herewith adopted:
a) The change in use from single family home plus class rooms to multi-suite residential does not involve any exterior modifications except the addition of a four space bike rack. There is no visible change that would affect the surrounding neighborhood;
b) Residents of the multi-suite residential use will be students at the adjacent Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh school. Currently they reside with families within the neighborhood where they may need transportation to the school. The residents will walk to school. There will be a reduction in transportation demand;
c) The residents, most of whom are under age 16, are not allowed to have automobiles;
d) The residents will be supervised by the residents of the apartment on the first floor. They take all their meals at the school. There are no deliveries to the property that are different in scale or character from deliveries to a single family home. The residents are early to bed and early to rise as part of their school program;
e) The operation of the multi-suite residential (limited) use will be the same as a single family home. There are no emissions, noises or vibrations different from those generated by a single family home use;
f) The operation of the multi-suite residential (limited) use will not be discernable from the street. There will be no signage or any other physical improvement that would affect any future development on any other parcel within the vicinity;
g) The use will be operated in conjunction with the school which has existed in the community for seventy three years.
Section 3.
Under the provisions of Section 911.04.A.41 of the Pittsburgh Code, approval is hereby granted to Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh Inc., property owner, for authorization to operate a Multi-Suite Residential (Limited) use at 2120 Wightman Street, zoned “RM-M” Residential Multi-Family, Moderate Density District, 14th Ward, Council District No. 5 City of Pittsburgh in accordance with Conditional Use Application No. 749 and accompanying site plan and drawings filed by David Toal which are on file in the Office of the Zoning Administrator, Department of City Planning, and which are incorporated herein by reference thereto, subject to the following condition:
1. Final site plan and bicycle parking plan shall be reviewed and approved by the Zoning Administrator prior to application for a building permit.