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File #: 2002-0827    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 9/3/2002 In control: Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use
On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2002
Enactment date: 12/3/2002 Enactment #: 35
Effective date: 12/12/2002    
Title: An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, by amending Article II, Section 905.02 H, Hillside District; Article V, Section 911.02 Use Table, Section 911.04.A.69 Standards That Apply to Uses Listed in the Use Table, Single-Unit Detached Residential; Article VIII, Section 922.04 Site Plan Review; and Article IX, Section 925.01.C Single-Unit Dwelling Exemptions; by requiring further review of new construction in H zoning districts and providing standards for that review.
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
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Presented by Ms. Burns

AS AMENDED

Title
An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, by amending Article II, Section 905.02 H, Hillside District; Article V, Section 911.02 Use Table, Section 911.04.A.69 Standards That Apply to Uses Listed in the Use Table, Single-Unit Detached Residential; Article VIII, Section 922.04 Site Plan Review; and Article IX, Section 925.01.C Single-Unit Dwelling Exemptions; by requiring further review of new construction in H zoning districts and providing standards for that review.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. The designated section of Title Nine, Zoning of the Pittsburgh Code, is hereby amended as follows:

A. Amend Section 905.02.C Hillside District, Site Development Standards as follows:

Sites in the H District shall be developed in accordance with the following site development standards, provided that:

1. New development shall be allowed to use Contextual Setbacks and Contextual Building Heights in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 925.06 and Sec. 925.07;
2. The Environmental Performance Standards of Chapter 915 shall impose additional restrictions on development; and
3. The applications for building permits shall be subject to the Site Plan Review procedures in accordance with Section 922.04 of the Zoning Ordinance.

Article VI and Chapter 925 contains a complete description of site development standards and a listing of exemptions to various standards.


Site Development Standard H District
Minimum Lot Size [30,000 30,000] 3,200 s.f.
Minimum Front Setback [30] 0 ft.
Minimum Rear Setback 30 ft.
Minimum Exterior Side Yard Setback [30] 5 ft.
Minimum Interior side Yard Setback [15] 5 ft.
Maximum Height 40 ft. (not to exceed 3 stories)

B. Amend Section 905.02.D Hillside Development Standards by replacing it in its entirety with new Sections 905.02.D and 905.02.E as follows:
905.02.D...

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