City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2008-0830

• File #: 2008-0830
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 10/14/2008
• In control: Committee on Public Works
• Final action: 10/28/2008
• Enactment date: 10/28/2008
• Enactment #: 22
• Effective date: 11/10/2008
• Title: Amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Six: Conduct; Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 619: Refuse Collection and Recycling, by adding a new Section 619.13 Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant, requiring the Landlord to inform the Tenant of City requirements for storage, disposal, and recycling of refuse; Re-numbering subsequent Sections; and Amending the new Section 619.15 Violation and Penalty, by increasing the fine for an initial offense from $15.00 to $50.00.
• Sponsors: Bruce A. Kraus, Darlene M. Harris, Tonya D. Payne
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2008	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
10/28/2008	2	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
10/28/2008	2	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
10/22/2008	1	Committee on Public Works	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
10/14/2008	1	City Council	Read and referred	Pass

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Amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Six: Conduct; Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 619: Refuse Collection and Recycling, by adding a new Section 619.13 Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant, requiring the Landlord to inform the Tenant of City requirements for storage, disposal, and recycling of refuse; Re-numbering subsequent Sections; and Amending the new Section 619.15 Violation and Penalty, by increasing the fine for an initial offense from $15.00 to $50.00.







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Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh has determined that numerous tenants, City-wide, are disposing of refuse in a way that encourages vermin, and disposing of recyclables instead of placing them in the recyclable material stream; and

Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh is also concerned with the effect of these actions in creating a negative impact on public health, and on the visual beauty of our neighborhoods; and

Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh seeks to improve the compliance of City tenants with refuse and recycling ordinances, and thereby improve public health and the beauty of the City; and

Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh has found that educational and informational programs can have a significant effect on behavior, and serve as support for enforcement of existing laws; and

Whereas, legislation is needed to ensure that tenants of single family dwellings and small apartment buildings know their legal responsibilities as to waste storage, disposal and recycling; and

Whereas such legislation would be moot as to tenants of larger buildings, since private haulers, and not the City, dispose of their waste.

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

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Six: Conduct; Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 619: Refuse Collection and Recycling, is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

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