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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article Eight, Review and Enforcement, by amending Chapter 923, Reviewers and Decision Makers, Section 923.01, Planning Commission, to replace the Planning Commission with the Commission on City Development and Section 923.03, Zoning Administrator, to change the Departmental assignment of this staff position.
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WHEREAS, Section 208 of the City of Pittsburgh's Home Rule Charter permits units of government to be established, revised or abolished by ordinance introduced by the Mayor or City Council; and
WHEREAS, Section 102 of the Charter defines "unit of government" as including "any subdivision of City government including any department, bureau, division, board, commission or magistrate court"; and,
WHERAS, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania via statute Title 53, Part III, Cities of the Second Class, Chapter 53, Executive Departments, Article XIII, Department of City Development, Sections 22801, et seq., empowers the City of Pittsburgh Council to create the Department of City Development which shall be in charge of a City Development Commission by ordinance; and,
WHEREAS, other commissions mentioned below will remain intact but work and coordinate with the Department of City Development instead of the Department of City Planning, per the amendments below; and,
WHEREAS, it is not the intention of this legislation to modify in any way the functions and responsibilities of the Zoning Code or Zoning Board of Adjustment; and,
WHEREAS, under the laws of this Commonwealth and under the Home Rule Charter the City Council now wishes to begin the process of consolidating various city-services into a type of one-stop-shop, for the Department of City Development to encompass the responsibilities and functions of the current contracts and employees of the Department of City Planning and the Division of Design Review, as set forth herein below:
The Council of the City o...
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