City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2007-1285

• File #: 2007-1285
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 3/20/2007
• In control: Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing
• Final action: 6/5/2007
• Enactment date: 6/5/2007
• Enactment #: 9
• Effective date: 6/12/2007
• Title: Amending and Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements; Section 265.01, Definitions; Section 265.03, Exemption for Improvements; and Section 265.04, Exemption for Residential Construction, so as to create a new ten-year exemption covering residential improvements and construction in areas defined as the Uptown District, the Downtown District and Targeted Growth Zones for exemption applications filed on or after July 1, 2007 and through June 30, 2012. (Tax Abatement)
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 02 - FISCAL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/12/2007	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
6/5/2007	2	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
5/30/2007	2	Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
5/30/2007	2	Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
5/17/2007	1	Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing	Held in Committee	Pass
5/1/2007	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
3/28/2007	1	Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
3/20/2007	1	City Council	Read and referred

Presenter
Presented by Mr. Deasy

Title
Amending and Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements; Section 265.01, Definitions; Section 265.03, Exemption for Improvements; and Section 265.04, Exemption for Residential Construction, so as to create a new ten-year exemption covering residential improvements and construction in areas defined as the Uptown District, the Downtown District and Targeted Growth Zones for exemption applications filed on or after July 1, 2007 and through June 30, 2012.
(Tax Abatement)

Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements, Section 265.01, Definitions, is hereby supplemented by adding paragraphs (u), (v) and (w), which read as follows:

(u) UPTOWN DISTRICT. The area begins at Fifth Avenue and Diamond Street and continues east on Fifth Avenue to Crawford Street where it travels northward to Colwell Street. The boundary line then follows Colwell Street eastward to Kirkpatrick Street where the boundary then goes southward to Interstate 376. The boundary follows Interstate 376 westward until Municipal Court Way where it then continues northward toward First Avenue. The boundary line then follows First Avenue westward to Try Way. The boundary line continues north along Try Way until Second Avenue where it continues to Crosstown Boulevard. The boundary line follows the Crosstown Boulevard until it meets Diamond Way. The boundary line then continues along Diamond Way to its intersection at Fifth Avenue.

(v) DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. The area begins at 11th Street and Penn Avenue, and continues northward along 11th Street to the Allegheny River. The boundary line then follows the southern shore of the Allegheny River westward to Commonwealth Place, where it turns south and ...