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File #: 2025-2109    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: In Standing Committee
File created: 7/21/2025 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 7/22/2025 Final action:
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Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Nine, Boards, Authorities and Commissions, Chapter 178E, Registered Community Organizations, by temporarily suspending the enforcement of Chapter 178E until further action of Council.
Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE
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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Nine, Boards, Authorities and Commissions, Chapter 178E, Registered Community Organizations, by temporarily suspending the enforcement of Chapter 178E until further action of Council.

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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Nine, Boards, Authorities and Commissions, Chapter 178E, Registered Community Organizations, is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:


CHAPTER 178E - Registered Community Organizations
? 178E.01. Purpose. [Ord. No. 35-2018, ? 1, eff. 9-20-2018]
It is the intent of the City of Pittsburgh to obtain informed and inclusive participation from as many neighborhood stakeholders as possible through the creation of a framework to improve cooperation between the various agencies and departments of the City and community organizations representing a geographic area or field of interest by improving the flow of information between these groups and the City, enabling such organizations to participate in civic affairs, and enhancing the livability and character of the City and its neighborhoods. The City of Pittsburgh values the benefits these organizations bring to the community and holds each in equal regard. The City of Pittsburgh encourages community organizations to work cooperatively with adjacent or overlapping community organizations and to conduct business in an organized, representative and fair manner, in order to include as many neighborhood stakeholders as possible. Community organizations are also encouraged to cultivate neighborhood participation that reflects the ethnic and socio-economic composition of the neighborhood they represent. Registration of organizations with overlapping boundaries is allowed but the formation of numerous overlapping community organizations is strongly discouraged. This chapter sets ou...

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