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File #: 2014-0956    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 10/28/2014 In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
On agenda: Final action: 11/24/2014
Enactment date: 11/24/2014 Enactment #: 23
Effective date: 11/25/2014    
Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement by changing language in Chapter 670.03 (c) (4): NOTICE.
Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith
Attachments: 1. 2014-0956.doc
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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement by changing language in Chapter 670.03 (c) (4): NOTICE.

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

Section 1.
The City Code is hereby amended at Title 6: Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement by changing language in Chapter 670.03(c) (4): NOTICE.

TITLE 6: CONDUCT; ARTICLE VII DISRUPTIVE PROPERTIES;
CHAPTER 670. DISRUPTIVE PROPERTY ABATEMENT

670.03 NOTICE

(a) The Director shall provide written notice to the owner of any property at which a citation, summons or arrest has been made for a Disruptive Activity. A separate notice shall be provided to the property owner for each citation, summons or arrest made for a Disruptive Activity occurring on a property.

(b) The notice identified in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be properly delivered if sent either by first-class mail to the property owner's registered address or, if unavailable, to the property owner's last known address or as may be found in public records, or if delivered in person to the property owner or left at the property owner's usual place of abode in the presence of a competent member of the family at least eighteen (18) years of age or a competent adult residing there. If a current address cannot be located, notice shall be deemed sufficient if posted on the potential Disruptive Property, and a copy of the notice is sent via first-class mail to the last known address of the property owner.

(c) The notice required by subsection (a) shall contain the following information:
(1) The street address or legal description sufficient for identification of the property;
(2) A description of the Disruptive Activity and the date on which the citation, summons or arrest was made; and
(3) A statement that the property is declared as a Disruptive Prope...

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