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File #: 2008-0768    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: TABLED
File created: 9/23/2008 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: Final action:
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Title: Ordinance Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 421: Street Signs, by adding Subsection 421.04, Honorary Signage.
Sponsors: Douglas Shields
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 04 - PUBLIC PLACES
Attachments: 1. 2008-0768.doc
Title
Ordinance Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 421:  Street Signs, by adding Subsection 421.04, Honorary Signage.
 
Body
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
 
Section 1.      The Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 421:  Street Signs, is hereby supplemented by adding Subsection 421.04, Honorary Signage, as follows:
 
 
§ 421.01  PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.
The Director of the Department of Public Works shall place and maintain, uniform street signs at intersections of every street, avenue, boulevard, way, lane, alley, square or other public thoroughfare in the City upon which any residential, commercial or industrial structure exists.
(Ord. 5-1987, eff. 4-15-87)
 
§ 421.02  DISCRETIONARY PLACEMENT.
The Director of Public Works shall exercise discretion in the placement of street signs on public thoroughfares of continuing length so that the street, avenue, boulevard, way, lane, alley or square is marked at intermittent intersections.
(Ord. 5-1987, eff. 4-15-87)
 
§ 421.03  MINIMUM SIGNAGE.
Each street, avenue, boulevard, way, lane, alley, square or other public thoroughfare shall have at least one (1) sign clearly designating its name to pedestrians and motorists.
 
§ 421.04  HONORARY SIGNAGE
      Any honorary, temporary, holiday, or otherwise unofficial street signage shall not replace the existing street sign.  Additional street signage shall be displayed in such a fashion as to be clear to pedestrians and motorists which is the honorary name and which is the actual street name.