Presenter
Presented by Ms. Burns
Title
An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Use Regulations, by amending in the Use Table, Section 911.02, certain provisions of the Code as they pertain to definitions related to custodial and personal care facilities.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Use Regulations, by amending in the Use Table, Section 911.02, certain provisions of the Code as they pertain to definitions related to custodial and personal care facilities.
A. Amend the Use Table, Section 911.02, as follows:
Community Home [means] is a group of more than eight unrelated disabled persons living together as a single housekeeping unit with shared common facilities. If required, staff persons may reside on the premises. A Community Home may not be a Multi-Suite Residential use or an Assisted Living use as defined in Section 911.02. For the purposes of this definition, "disabled" means "handicapped" as defined according to the Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988, 42 U.S.C.S. 3602(h), and any amendments thereto. This use does not include Custodial Care Facilities. This use includes halfway houses where persons are aided in readjusting to society following a period of hospitalization or institutionalized treatment for a medical, psychiatric, developmental, emotional, or other disability or handicap. This does not include halfway houses for people leaving a correctional facility.
Correctional Facility [means] is [facility providing housing and care for individuals confined for violations of the law, including pre- and work release facilities.] a publicly or privately operated facility housing persons awaiting trial or persons serving a sentence after being found guilty of a criminal offense.
Custodial Care Facility is facility providing custodial care and treatment in...
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