Presenter
Presented by Ms. Payne
Title
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning; Article III, Overlay Zoning District, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, subsection 907.02.H from IPOD-3 Baum-Centre Corridor to BCCOD Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District and making various changes.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning; Article III, Overlay Zoning District, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, subsection 907.02.H from IPOD-3 Baum-Centre Corridor to BCCOD Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District as follows:
907.02.H [IPOD-3] BCCOD Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District
907.02.H.1 General Boundaries
The Baum-Centre Corridor [Interim Planning] Overlay District is generally defined by properties along the Baum Boulevard and Centre Avenue corridors between North Oakland and East Liberty. Specific boundaries of the district are mapped as a supplement to the City's Zoning District Map.
907.02.H.2 Intent
The intent of the Baum-Centre Corridor [Interim Planning] Overlay District is to create a regulatory mechanism in an area where substantial development growth is imminent and where both the impact of individual development projects and the collective impact of such development on public resources and private properties are not mitigated through the existing regulations of the Code. Specifically, the intent of the Baum-Centre Corridor [IPOD] Overlay District is:
(a) To protect existing residential, commercial and office uses and encourage new uses that are complimentary to the context of the mixed-use nature of the Baum-Centre Corridor; and
(b) To protect and enhance the Corridor's architectural context, which includes building siting, massing, facade treatment, materials, proportion, and scale.
907.02.H.3 Need for [Interim Zoning] Overlay District
[Interim Zoning in] the Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District is necessary to provide the proper balance between competing land uses, development pressures and regional economic factors. The existing zoning in the corridor encourages the following:
(a) A mix of uses which do not necessarily protect the value of land, while promoting the continued redevelopment of the corridor; and
(b) Poor design of development that is inconsistent with the existing character of the mixed-use nature of the district.
907.02.H.4 Applicability
In the Baum-Centre Corridor [IPOD] Overlay District, [within the time period specified above in Section 907.02.C,] every change of land use; every building demolition; every new, enlarged or reconstructed advertising sign; every new or enlarged parking area; and every structure erected or enlarged, with the exceptions noted in the following sub paragraph, shall, in addition to conforming to all regulations the Zoning Code, be in accord with an [IPOD] Overlay District Project Development Plan (PDP) of Sec. 922.13.C approved by the Planning Commission.
(a) Developments which do not require approval of an [IPOD] Overlay District Project Development Plan are:
(1) Structures involving exterior alterations not in excess of [one hundred] fifty thousand dollars ($[100,000.00] 50,000);
(2) Residential structures that are proposed to contain no more than four (4) dwelling units; and
(3) Interior renovations.
(b) Plans and documents submitted as required by the Baum-Centre [IPOD] Corridor Overlay District Project Development Plan process shall be prepared in a manner set forth in submissions requirements established by the Zoning Administrator, and shall include but not be limited to, site plans, building elevations with construction material descriptions, landscaping plans with mixes and types of plant materials, lighting and sign plans, and planning studies as defined in Chapter 922 of this Zoning Ordinance.
(c) Development which is subject to [IPOD] Overlay District Project Development Plan review and approval shall comply with all requirements specified hereunder and with all applicable standards and criteria contained in the plans and policy documents adopted by the Planning Commission which were noted at the time of application for the [IPOD] Overlay District PDP.