City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2004-0635

• File #: 2004-0635
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 8/31/2004
• In control: Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use
• Final action: 9/14/2004
• Enactment date: 9/14/2004
• Enactment #: 14
• Effective date: 9/17/2004
• Title: Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two-Fiscal, Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements, by adding Section 265.04.1 - "Visitability Design Tax Credit", authorizing tax credits for newly constructed residential housing, and certain renovated single-family dwellings, duplexes, tri-plexes, town homes and row houses, and adapted reuses of industrial and commercial buildings that are renovated or converted for residential use that are constructed with a minimum standard of visitability.
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 02 - FISCAL

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/17/2004	2	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
9/14/2004	2	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
9/14/2004	1	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
9/8/2004	1	Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
8/31/2004	1	City Council	Read and referred

Presenter
Presented by Mr. Udin

AS AMENDED

Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two-Fiscal, Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements, by adding Section 265.04.1 - "Visitability Design Tax Credit", authorizing tax credits for newly constructed residential housing, and certain renovated single-family dwellings, duplexes, tri-plexes, town homes and row houses, and adapted reuses of industrial and commercial buildings that are renovated or converted for residential use that are constructed with a minimum standard of visitability.

Body
WHEREAS, no statutory requirements presently exist on a federal, state or local level that requires new single family homes and duplexes, tri-plexes, town houses and row houses, or those undergoing major reconstruction, and adapted reuses of industrial and commercial buildings that are renovated or converted for multi-family residential use, to install visitable features for persons with and without disabilities; and

WHEREAS, people with disabilities and their immediate families are often isolated to their own homes because of insurmountable barriers at the homes of their acquaintances, and often experience difficulty in locating a home to rent or buy that meets their needs; and

WHEREAS, certain features in construction make new houses visitable, and in many cases livable, and that encouraging homeowners of newly built and renovated houses to meet at least this minimum standard of visitability will allow people with disabilities more freedom to visit other homes and to locate a home for themselves to rent or buy; and

WHEREAS, Allegheny County has the second highest proportion of senior citizens of any county in the United States. And as people get older, many become trapped by the physical barriers of their home. Many seniors cannot get out of their homes without assistance to seek medical care, and attend to daily living needs. This creates a serious threat to public health, an...