City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2018-0904

• File #: 2018-0904
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 9/21/2018
• In control: Committee on Urban Recreation
• On agenda: 9/25/2018
• Final action: 10/9/2018
• Enactment date: 10/9/2018
• Enactment #: 38
• Effective date: 10/11/2018
• Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title Four: Public Places and Property, so as to amend Chapter 480: Playground Safety
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 04 - PUBLIC PLACES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/11/2018	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
10/9/2018	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
10/3/2018	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
10/3/2018	1	Standing Committee	Motion	Pass
10/3/2018	1	Standing Committee	Motion	Pass
9/25/2018	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title Four: Public Places and Property, so as to amend Chapter 480: Playground Safety

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

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, is hereby amended at Chapter 480, as follows:

CHAPTER 480: - PLAYGROUND SAFETY and ACCESSIBILITY
? 480.01 - PLAYGROUND SAFETY ASSESSMENT.
(a) Comprehensive audit and hazard analysis. The Department of Public Works, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, shall conduct a Comprehensive Audit and Hazard Analysis of each and every play area and piece of play equipment designed, constructed, owned, operated or maintained by the City or its agents. The Comprehensive Audit and Hazard Analysis shall be performed as described in "Evaluating and Improving Playground Safety: A Playground Inventory and Assessment System". (Morrison and DeFrancesco, 1993). The Department of Public Works, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, shall report the results of the Comprehensive Audit and Hazard Analysis to the Mayor and Council within six (6) months of the effective date of this section, and shall conduct a Comprehensive Audit and Hazard Analysis and report to the Mayor and Council every five (5) years thereafter.
(b) Comprehensive Playground Safety Program. The Department of Public Works, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation shall develop a Comprehensive Playground Safety Program based on the results of the Comprehensive Audit and Hazard Analysis and devised in accordance with ? 480.02 and "Evaluating and Improving Playground Safety: A Playground Inventory and Assessment System" (Morrison and DeFrancesco, 1993).
(Ord. 25-1993, eff. 8-30-93; Ord. 21-2004, ? 21, eff. 12-2-04)
? 480.02 - COMPREHENSIVE PLAYGROUND SAFETY PROGRAM.
(a) Comprehensive Playground Safety Program. Within one (1) year of the effective date of t...