Presenter
Presented by Mr. Dowd
Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements; Section 265.03, Exemption for Improvements, subsection (e); and Section 265.04, Exemption for Residential Construction, subsection (g), to extend the application periods for the exemptions covering residential improvements and new residential construction in areas defined as the Uptown District, the Downtown District and Targeted Growth Zones, which were enacted pursuant to Ordinance 9 of 2007, to include applications filed on or after July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2017.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements; Section 265.03, Exemption for Improvements, subsection (e), is hereby amended to read as follows:
(e) In lieu of the exemption authorized pursuant to [paragraph] subsection (a) of this section, for deteriorated properties located within the Uptown District, the Downtown District or any of the Targeted Growth Zones, as defined in Section 265.01 of this Chapter, for exemption applications filed on or after July 1, 2007 through June 30, [2012] 2017, the exemption from taxes shall be limited to the additional assessed valuation attributable specifically to the actual cost of improvements to deteriorated property not to exceed the maximum cost per dwelling unit of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00), or up to any lesser multiple of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). The exemption from taxes shall be limited to that portion of the increased assessment attributable to the improvement or improvements and for which a separate assessment has been made by the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review and for which an exemption has been specifically requested. If the actual cos...
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