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Presented by Ms. Payne
Title
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning; Article III, Overlay Zoning District, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, subsection 907.02.H from IPOD-3 Baum-Centre Corridor to BCCOD Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District and making various changes.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning; Article III, Overlay Zoning District, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, subsection 907.02.H from IPOD-3 Baum-Centre Corridor to BCCOD Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District as follows:
907.02.H [IPOD-3] BCCOD Baum-Centre Corridor Overlay District
907.02.H.1 General Boundaries
The Baum-Centre Corridor [Interim Planning] Overlay District is generally defined by properties along the Baum Boulevard and Centre Avenue corridors between North Oakland and East Liberty. Specific boundaries of the district are mapped as a supplement to the City's Zoning District Map.
907.02.H.2 Intent
The intent of the Baum-Centre Corridor [Interim Planning] Overlay District is to create a regulatory mechanism in an area where substantial development growth is imminent and where both the impact of individual development projects and the collective impact of such development on public resources and private properties are not mitigated through the existing regulations of the Code. Specifically, the intent of the Baum-Centre Corridor [IPOD] Overlay District is:
(a) To protect existing residential, commercial and office uses and encourage new uses that are complimentary to the context of the mixed-use nature of the Baum-Centre Corridor; and
(b) To protect and enhance the Corridor's architectural context, which includes building siting, massing, facade treatment, materials, proportion, and scale.
907.02.H.3 Need for [Interim Zoning] Overlay District
[Interim Zoning in] the Baum-Centr...
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