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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, and amending Article III, Overlay Zoning District, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, 907.04.A, to expand the boundaries of the Inclusionary Overlay District.
(Report and recommendation received 1/26/22)
(Public Hearing held 4/5/22)
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by adding certain properties as identified as mapped in a supplemental document, and generally to include the official boundaries of the following neighborhoods as mapped by the City of Pittsburgh's Geographic Information Systems Division of the Department of Innovation and Performance: Bloomfield, Polish Hill, Friendship, Upper Hill, Middle Hill, Crawford-Roberts, Bedford Dwellings, Terrace Village, Bluff, North Oakland, West Oakland, South Oakland, and Hazelwood.
Section 2. Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article III, Overlay Zoning District, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, 907.04.A, to expand the boundaries of the Inclusionary Overlay District.
907.04.A IZ-O, Inclusionary Housing Overlay District
907.04.A.1 General Boundaries
The specific boundaries of the Inclusionary Housing Planning Overlay District (IZ-O) are mapped as a supplement to this Section and as an amendment to the City's Zoning District Map, in accordance with Section 902.03.
907.04.A.2 Need for Zoning Overlay
The Inclusionary Housing Planning Overlay District is necessary to increase the production of affordable housing to meet existing and anticipated housing and employment needs and to provide a diverse range of housing choices within the District boundaries. The updated zoning will provide adequate balances by ensuring that the neighborhoods can continue to offer new housing units at a variety of price points.
907.04.A.3 Purpose and Intent
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