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File #: 2010-0293    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 4/6/2010 In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
On agenda: Final action: 4/21/2010
Enactment date: 4/21/2010 Enactment #: 10
Effective date: 4/23/2010    
Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6, Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement, by changing the timeframe for declaration of a nuisance for three separate violations occurring within a 60 day period to a timeframe of 180 days.
Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith, Darlene M. Harris, Bruce A. Kraus
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT
Attachments: 1. 2010-0293.doc
Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6, Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670:  Disruptive Property Abatement, by changing the timeframe for declaration of a nuisance for three separate violations occurring within a 60 day period to a timeframe of 180 days.
 
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows;
 
Section 1.      The Pittsburgh Code, Title 6, Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670:  Disruptive Property Abatement, subsection 670.02(b) is hereby amended as follows:
 
 
(b)      When the Director determines that the owner(s), tenant(s) or occupant(s) of a property, or any person present at a property with the permission and knowledge of the owner(s), tenant(s) or occupant(s), has either been arrested or issued a citation or summons for Disruptive Activities occurring on the property on three (3) separate occasions within any [sixty (60)] one hundred eighty (180)  day period, the Director may declare the property to be a Disruptive Property and proceed with the notice and enforcement procedures set forth in this Chapter.