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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, to add a definition for Waste Transfer Station and standards associated with the use.
(Sent to the Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 10/22/25)
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, is hereby amended as follows:
911.02 Use Table
Base Zoning Districts
Waste Transfer Station
A supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct to solid waste route collection vehicles, for the primary purpose of moving the solid waste from the collection vehicles to other vehicles for further transfer.
Residential
Mixed Use
Special
DT
RIV
Standard See Section 911.04.x
R1D
R1A
R2
R3
RM
NDO
LNC
NDI
UNC
HC
GI
UI
UC-MU
UC-E
R-MU
P
H
EMI
GT
RM
MU
NS
GI
IMU
C
C
? 911.04A.101
Section 2. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Use Regulations, is hereby amended at Chapter 911 Primary Uses as follows:
911.04 A.101 Waste Transfer Station
1. All waste shall be contained and managed within a completely enclosed facility.
2. The RIV-GI Buffer requirements of 905.04.J.2.D shall apply to all boundaries of the subject Zoning Lot regardless of whether the boundary is another RIV-GI district. The Approving Body may waive some or all of these requirements if it determines that screening is not necessary where abutting property is another industrial use.
3. Any buildings housing waste transfer stations shall be located at least five hundred (500) feet from the following uses, defined by a radius of 500 feet from the property lines of the proposed facility:
a. Any use zoned as residential under the Zoning Code;
b. Local Neighborhood Commercial (LNC);
c. Urban Neighborhood Commercial (UNC);
d. Highway Commercial (HC);
e. Elementary or Secondary School; or
f. Parks and Open Space (P)....
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