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File #: 2003-1523    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 3/4/2003 In control: Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use
On agenda: Final action: 8/4/2003
Enactment date: 8/4/2003 Enactment #: 23
Effective date: 8/14/2003    
Title: An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Sections 911.02, Use Table, and 911.04, Use Standards to include a definition and use standards for Public Information Kiosks, and Public Transit Shelters.
Sponsors: Gene Ricciardi
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
Attachments: 1. 2003-1523 v-2.doc
Presenter
Presented by Ms. Burns

AS AMENDED

Title
An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Sections 911.02, Use Table, and 911.04, Use Standards to include a definition and use standards for Public Information Kiosks, and Public Transit Shelters.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Sections 911.02, Use Table, and 911.04, Use Standards to include a definition and use standards for Public Information Kiosks, and Public Transit Shelters as follows:

[16. Advertising Signs on Public Transit Shelters, as follows:
Advertising signs shall only be permitted on public transit shelters located within the public right-of-way, which comply with the provisions of Chapter 419 of Title Four, Article I of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. Additionally, public information kiosks, installed by, or under the direction of, the City of Pittsburgh, with advertising signs shall also be permitted, whether on private property, public property, or in the public right of way. [And] Both must meet the following criteria:

(a) Advertising signs shall not be located within any residential Zoning District:]

Amend Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table by adding the following use and definitions:

Public Information Kiosk means a free-standing structure to which advertising and non-advertising signs may be attached.

Public Transit Shelters are small, roofed structures, usually having three walls, located near a public right-of-way and designed primarily for the protection and convenience of public transit passengers.

Amend Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table as follows:

Public Information Kiosks are permitted in the LNC, UNC, HC, H, UI, NDI, PO, EMI, GT, DR, GPR, and OPR Zoning Districts as a Use by Administrator's Exception; ...

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