Presenter
Presented by Mr. Bodack
Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Ten, Buildings, by adding Chapter 1018, Action for Possession of Rental Unit as a Drug Haven.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Ten, Buildings, by adding Chapter 1018, Action for Possession of Rental Unit as a Drug Haven.
This act shall be known as the “Drug Haven Elimination Ordinance of 2005”.
Section 2. Legislative Intent
In approving this Ordinance, the City intends to increase the formal involvement of a property owners, residents, resident associations, community based organizations and other citizens of Pittsburgh in the prevention, limitation and eradication of drug-related activity in publicly and privately-owned housing accommodations. The City further recognizes that until and unless drug havens and the tenants or occupants who patronize them are removed from a residential atmosphere, the safety and well-being of the entire community is at risk.
Section 3. Definitions
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms shall apply:
a) “Drug Haven” means a housing accommodation, or land appurtenant to or common areas of housing accommodation, where drugs have been illegally stored, manufactured, used, or distributed during the 180-day period that precedes the time that the action was commenced pursuant to this Ordinance.
b) “Drug” means a controlled substance as defined in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, Chapter 18.
c) “Housing Provider” means:
1) A landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor or assignee;
2) The agent of a landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor or assignee or any person entitled to receive compensation for the use or occupancy of a rental unit within a housing accommodation.
d) “Housing accommodation” means a building that contains at least three rental units and the land appurtenant to the building.
e) “Manufacture...
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