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File #: 2009-2038    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 12/8/2009 In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
On agenda: Final action: 3/23/2010
Enactment date: 3/23/2010 Enactment #: 7
Effective date: 3/29/2010    
Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 914, Parking and Loading Access, to provide for and to incentivize bicycle parking.
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
Attachments: 1. 2009-2038.doc
Presenter
Presented by Mr. Burgess

Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 914, Parking and Loading Access, to provide for and to incentivize bicycle parking.

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

Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 914.02.A, Table A, by adding the following:

Section 914.02.A Schedule A

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the minimum and maximum standards included in Parking Schedule A. In lieu of complying with the standards of Parking Schedule A, an applicant may request approval of an Alternative Access and Parking Plan, pursuant to Sec. 914.07. The Zoning Administrator may require an Alternative Access and Parking Plan to be submitted for uses allowed in residential district. The parking schedule in this section shall not apply to the Bicycle Parking Requirement of Section 914.05.D.

Section 2. Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 914.04, Off-Street Parking Exemption/Reduction Areas, by adding the following:

Section 914.04 Off-Street Parking Exemption/Reduction Areas

The minimum off-street parking requirements of Sec. 914.02.A shall be decreased as shown in the following table for uses located in districts designated on the Official Zoning Map as "Parking Exempt Areas." Uses located in Parking Exempt Areas shall provide no more than the otherwise required minimum parking ratio established in Sec. 914.02.A.

Area Use Type Percent Decrease
SP Districts & PUD's Any use Parking Demand Analysis Required, see Sec. 914.02.B
Downtown Any use 100
East Liberty Any use except residential 50
North Shore Any use except residential 25
North Side Any use except residential 25
Oakland Any use except residential 50

The parking reductions of this secti...

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