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File #: 2020-0884    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 11/6/2020 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 12/16/2020 Final action: 12/21/2020
Enactment date: 12/21/2020 Enactment #: 43
Effective date: 1/1/2021    
Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.01: Levy and Rate on Lands and Buildings, by fixing the rate of taxation for 2021.
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 02 - FISCAL
Attachments: 1. Summary 2020-0884, 2. 2020-0884 - Cover Ltr - 263 Real Estate Tax Rate
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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.01: Levy and Rate on Lands and Buildings, by fixing the rate of taxation for 2021.

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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code is hereby amended at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.01: Levy and Rate on Lands and Buildings, as follows:

? 263.01 - LEVY AND RATE ON LANDS AND BUILDINGS.
Effective January 1, [2020] 2021, for the purpose of providing revenue for the payment of the ordinary current expenses of the City, for the payment of interest on the funded and floating indebtedness of the City, for the payment of the amounts required to be paid to several sinking funds for the retirement at maturity of the outstanding indebtedness of the City, due or to become due during the fiscal year beginning January 1, [2020] 2021, and ending December 31, [2020] 2021, and for the payment of other liabilities of the City due or to become due during the fiscal year beginning January 1, [2020] 2021, and ending December 31, [2020] 2021, the following taxes shall be and the same are hereby levied and assessed upon all real property taxable for the state, county and City purposes within the limits of the City, viz: 8.06 mills upon each dollar or eight dollars and six cents ($8.06) upon each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the assessed valuation of all land, and 8.06 mills upon each dollar or eight dollars and six cents ($8.06) upon each one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the assessed valuation of all buildings.

(a) The City Treasurer shall be responsible for notifying both the legal and equitable owners of real property of their respective property tax obligation so that both their property owner of equitable ownership as well as the legal owner of property receive proper notification of the appl...

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