Presenter
Presented by Mr. Bodack
Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District) to increase allowable exceptions to the base District height limitation.
(PUBLIC HEARING HELD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2006)
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District) is amended as follows:
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A. Delete the following in Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District):
[(a) Height
For the uses listed in subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c) above, the height of structures hereafter erected
or enlarged shall not exceed the following:
All primary structures: Six (6) stories and seventy-five (75) feet.
(b) Area
(1) Maximum Floor Area Ratio for entire SP-5 District, but not including major garages: 1:1.
(2) Urban Open Space. Not less than ten (10) percent of the entire SP-5 District shall be provided and
maintained as Urban Open Space.
(c) Height Exceptions
Subject to the requirements prescribed hereunder, the following exceptions to the height regulations in
subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c) are permitted. Exceptions in height which are authorized by the
Administrator, according to the following.
(1) Erection above the height limit of certain structures according to the following standards:
(i) Any structure above six (6) stories and seventy-five (75) feet shall be placed in a location specifically
identified for such structures in the Final Land Development Plan, which shall locate such structures in
important public locations in the district, adjacent to major public open spaces or public streets, and shall be
designed to be a landmark structure which specifically responds to its location on the site;
(ii) The maximum height of not more than two (2) buildings in the SP-5 district may exceed six (6) stories
and seventy-five (75) feet and shall not exceed nine (9) stories and one hundred (100) feet and the
maximum height of not more than one (1) building in the SP-5 district may exceed six (6) stories and
seventy-five (75) feet and shall not exceed seventeen (17) stories and one hundred sixty-five (165) feet
provided that the primary use that building shall be either residential and/or hotel use.
(iii) Structures with height above six (6) stories and seventy-five (75) feet shall be sited and designed to be
an integral part of the Land Development Plan and shall not result in abrupt changes in scale or size from
adjacent buildings; and
(iv) No more than three (3) structures above six (6) stories and seventy-five (75) feet shall be located within
the SP-5 District.]
B. Insert the following into Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District):
(a) Height
For uses listed in subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c) above, the height of all structures hereafter erected
or enlarged shall not exceed seventy-five (75) feet, subject to the Height Exceptions of 909.01.J.2(b).
(b) Height Exceptions
Exceptions to the Height regulations of subsections 909.01.J.1(a) are authorized by the Zoning
Administrator, according to the following:
(i) Two (2) structures may exceed seventy-five (75) feet and shall not exceed one hundred ten (110)
feet, for any uses permitted in subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c), and immediately adjacent
to Hot Metal Street.
(ii) Three (3) structures may exceed one hundred ten (110) feet and shall not exceed one hundred
sixty-five (165) feet, for any uses permitted in subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c), and within
the area bounded by the Monongahela River, Hot Metal Street, South Water Street, and 26th
Street.
(iii) No more than five (5) structures exceeding seventy-five (75) feet shall be located within the SP-5
District.
(c) Area
(1) A minimum of ten (10) percent of the area of the entire SP-5
District shall be provided and maintained as Urban Open Space.