Presenter
Presented by Mr. Hertzberg
Title
An Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code Title Ten—Building, Chapter 1011 International Property Maintenance Code by adding a new subsection 110.7-Regulation of Demolition of Private Property
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code Title Ten—Building, Chapter 1011 International Property Maintenance Code by adding a new subsection 110.7-Regulation Of Demolition of Private Property as follows:
SUBSECTION 110.5 PERMIT FOR DEMOLITION
The applicant for a permit to demolish or remove any building, structure, part thereof or appurtenance thereto shall satisfy the Code Official that such demolition or removal shall be done in such manner as to prevent any hazard to adjoining properties or to any persons using any public thoroughfare abutting upon the property on which the building or structure is situated. The Code Official shall have authority to require that any barricades or other safeguards deemed necessary be erected and maintained in a safe condition during the progress of the work. If, after demolition of a building or structure or part thereof, any depression on the lot may be deemed to constitute a hazard to life or limb, the Code Official shall have authority to require such depression to be filled or otherwise made safe or barricaded in such manner as to eliminate such hazard. If, after issuance of a permit to demolish or remove a building, structure, part thereof or appurtenance thereto, it is found that the work of demolition or removal is not being performed in a safe manner, the Code Official shall have authority to revoke such permit. Any work of demolition or removal performed after such revocation shall be a violation of this Code.
SUBSECTION SECTION 110.6 NOTIFICATION BY THE CODE OFFICIAL
Upon receipt of an application for a demolition permit for any structure, (except those to be demolished and co...
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