Title
Ordinance Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights-of-Way, by adding Chapter 414, Street Naming, to develop a uniform street naming and street numbering system throughout the City to enable persons to locate addresses effectively and in a timely manner for purposes of providing emergency services and deliveries.
Body
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights-of-Way, is hereby supplemented by adding Chapter 414, Street Naming, as follows:
CHAPTER 414: STREET NAMING
414.01: LEGISLATIVE INTENT
Duplication and non-conformity of street names and street numbers is a serious threat to the public safety of the residents of the City. It is the intent of this Ordinance to establish requirements to prevent duplication and confusion of street naming and numbering that may jeopardize emergency response times. This Ordinance is not intended and shall not be interpreted to be a hindrance to any new development within the City; this Ordinance is only intended to prevent further confusion of street names and address numbers within the City.
414.02: STREET NAMES
Restrictions
(a) In no case shall the names of proposed streets duplicate existing names. The name must be separate and distinct from any previously assigned street name in the City of Pittsburgh. This includes, but is not limited to: similar spelling of street names; similar sounding street names;
(b) No street shall have more than one name.
(c) Use of a different prefix (E,W,N,S, old, new, etc.) or suffix (St, Rd, Ct, extension, etc) shall not qualify the street as having a different street name.
(d) If a “paper street” that has a given name becomes a dedicated right of way, that shall not be reason to keep the paper street name if a new street has come into existence with the same o...
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