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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights of Way, Section 420.10, to clarify street naming notification procedures.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights of Way, Section 420.10, by clarifying street naming notification procedures as follows:
§ 420.10 - STREET NAME AND ADDRESS NOTIFICATION.
(a) Upon the recommendations of the Committee with respect to proposed new street names, the Department shall transmit such recommendation(s), in writing, to City Council and the City Clerk. No other recommendations of the Committee with regard to other matters referred to in Chapter 420 shall be submitted to Council for voting. Council shall approve said recommendation(s) with an affirmative vote of a simple majority of its members. Should Council wish to reject the Committee's recommendations regarding proposed new street names, it shall require the negative vote of six (6) members of Council. Should Council fail to act on the Committee's recommendations within forty-five (45) days, that failure to act shall be deemed an approval of said recommendation(s). Upon approval of the Committee's recommendation(s), the Department shall notify the applicant, in writing, of the name and/or address assigned to the property and except in the case of new construction, shall allow up to ninety (90) days before the effective date of the street name and/or address change.
(b) The Department shall notify the City of Pittsburgh Treasurer, the Allegheny County Treasurer, and the appropriate Post Office of the address assigned to the property. Within seven (7) days of enactment, the Director of Public Safety, Chief of the Bureau of Police, Chief of the Bureau of Fire, and the Chief of Emergency Medical Services shall notify all relevant employees within their respective bureaus and departments of the new or changed street names. The Department shall have no responsibility to notify any other third party of the new or changed property address.
(c) The property owner has the sole responsibility to notify all utilities, banks, creditors and other persons and entities of the property owner's new or changed property address.
(d) The owner of a property to which a number has been assigned will affix the number to the structure or on the property in such a way that it is visible from the street. All non-valid address numbers shall be removed.