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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Chapter 161-Contracts, Title 9-Zoning, Chapter 922-Development Review Procedures, and Title X-Building, Section 1003.03 Permit Application, so as to add language to build and support sustainable development, to enhance the quality of life and provide a healthy environment for all City residents, and to help to set a community standard of sustainable development in the City of Pittsburgh.
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BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161, Contracts, is hereby supplemented by adding Section 161.40-Clean Diesel Operations, as follows:
Section 161.40 CLEAN DIESEL OPERATIONS
(a) Findings
1. The protection of the health, safety and welfare of its residents is the primary concern of the City of Pittsburgh.
2. Diesel exhaust particle pollution poses a clear and present health risk to the people of Pittsburgh.
3. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has classified diesel exhaust as a likely human carcinogen, and has identified diesel particulate matter and diesel exhaust organic gases as toxic air pollutants.
4. Diesel exhaust also is a prime contributor to airborne fine particle pollution that is linked to premature death and other serious cardiovascular and pulmonary problems, such as heart attacks, abnormal heart rhythms, atherosclerosis, stroke, asthma attacks, permanent respiratory damage, and retardation of lung growth in children.
5. A variety of federal and other funding sources have been established to help pay for the reduction of particulate emissions from diesel vehicles.
6. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has enacted requirements requiring the substantial reduction of emissions from new diesel engines in both heavy-duty highway vehicles and land-based non-road equipment,...
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