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File #: 2008-0578    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 7/8/2008 In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
On agenda: Final action: 8/12/2008
Enactment date: 8/12/2008 Enactment #: 477
Effective date: 8/19/2008    
Title: Resolution approving a Conditional Use under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Board of Public Education, School District of Pittsburgh for authorization to construct a three-story, 43,000 sq. ft. extension and interior renovations to Concord Elementary School located at 2350 Brownsville Rd. on property zoned R1D-L, Residential Single -Unit Detached Low Density District, 29th Ward.
Indexes: CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION, PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
Attachments: 1. 2008-0578.doc
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Presented by Rev. Burgess

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Resolution approving a Conditional Use under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Board of Public Education, School District of Pittsburgh for authorization to construct a three-story, 43,000 sq. ft. extension and interior renovations to Concord Elementary School located at 2350 Brownsville Rd. on property zoned R1D-L, Residential Single -Unit Detached Low Density District, 29th Ward.

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Whereas the Planning Commission of the City of Pittsburgh has made certain findings with regard to the conditional use application for the proposed extension to Concord Elementary School at 2350 Brownsville Road;

Whereas the Planning Commission of the City of Pittsburgh has recommended approval of this application for Conditional Use;

Whereas City Council has reviewed the record of the Planning Commission and herewith adopts the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission;

Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Upon a review of the record of the record as provided by the Planning Commission of the City of Pittsburgh, it is herewith affirmed that the proposed extension to the elementary school located at 2350 Brownsville Road has properly met the standards as provided in the Pittsburgh Code Section 922.06.E.1 and that the following criteria was considered:

a) That the development will not create detrimental visual impacts, such that the size, and visual bulk of the proposed development is determined to create an incompatible relationship with the surrounding built environment, public streets and open spaces and land use patterns;

b) That the proposed development will not create detrimental transportation impacts, such that the proposed development is determined to adversely affect the safety and convenience of the residential neighborhoods or of the vehicular and pedestrian circulation i...

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