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File #: 2024-0984    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Not Introduced
File created: 9/27/2024 In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
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Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Planning Districts, Chapter 908 Public Realm Districts, Chapter 909 Planned Development Districts, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table, and Section 911.04, Use Standards, Chapter 912, Accessory Uses and Structures, Section 912.08 Accessory Dwelling Unit Overlay District, Chapter 913, Use Exceptions and Conditions Not Listed in Use Table, Section 913.02 Administrator Exceptions, and Article IX Measurements and Definitions, Chapter 926, Definitions, to address Fair Housing Act inconsistencies in the Zoning Code. (Needs to be held for Public Hearing)
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
Attachments: 1. 2024-0984 Cover Letter Coverletter for Council, 2. 2024-0984 Fair Housing Hearing Report 2024-09-03, 3. 2024-0984 Fair Housing Legislation PC Decision 2024-09-03, 4. Summary 2024-0984
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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Planning Districts, Chapter 908 Public Realm Districts, Chapter 909 Planned Development Districts, Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table, and Section 911.04, Use Standards, Chapter 912, Accessory Uses and Structures, Section 912.08 Accessory Dwelling Unit Overlay District, Chapter 913, Use Exceptions and Conditions Not Listed in Use Table, Section 913.02 Administrator Exceptions, and Article IX Measurements and Definitions, Chapter 926, Definitions, to address Fair Housing Act inconsistencies in the Zoning Code.
(Needs to be held for Public Hearing)

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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 IV, Planning Districts is hereby amended at Chapter 908, Section 908.02.D, Grandview Public Realm, as follows:

908.02.D Grandview Public Realm Subdistricts
908.02.D.1 Grandview Subdistrict A/GPR-A
(a) Permitted Uses
The following uses shall be permitted by-right in GPR-A subdistrict:
Single-Unit Detached Residential
Single-Unit Attached Residential
Two-Unit Residential
Personal Care Home (Limited)
Senior Housing (Limited)
Accessory uses in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 912, Accessory Uses.
(b) Height
(1) Main Structure
The maximum height of primary structures in GPR-A shall be forty (40) feet.
(2) Accessory Structure
The maximum height of accessory structures in GPR-A shall be fifteen (15) feet.
(c) Area
(1) Single-Unit Attached Residential
The minimum lot area per dwelling unit in GPR-A shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.
(2) Single-Unit Detached and Two-Unit Residential
The minimum lot area per dwelling unit in GPR-A shall be three thousand (3,000) square feet.
(d) Exceptions
Use exceptions are the same as those found in Chapter 903 for the RT-3, Residential Two-Unit, Moderate Density district.
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