City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2006-0671

• File #: 2006-0671
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 8/1/2006
• In control: Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use
• Final action: 9/26/2006
• Enactment date: 9/26/2006
• Enactment #: 13
• Effective date: 10/5/2006
• Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District) to increase allowable exceptions to the base District height limitation. (PUBLIC HEARING HELD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2006)
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2006	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
9/26/2006	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
9/20/2006	1	Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
9/13/2006	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
8/2/2006	1	Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
8/1/2006	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8
8/1/2006	1	City Council	Read and referred

Presenter
Presented by Mr. Bodack

Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District) to increase allowable exceptions to the base District height limitation.
(PUBLIC HEARING HELD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2006)

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

Section 1. Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District) is amended as follows:

SEE ATTACHMENT
ATTACHMENT

A. Delete the following in Chapter 909.01.J.2 (Regulations applicable to the entire SP-5 District):

[(a) Height
For the uses listed in subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c) above, the height of structures hereafter erected
or enlarged shall not exceed the following:
All primary structures: Six (6) stories and seventy-five (75) feet.
(b) Area
(1) Maximum Floor Area Ratio for entire SP-5 District, but not including major garages: 1:1.
(2) Urban Open Space. Not less than ten (10) percent of the entire SP-5 District shall be provided and
maintained as Urban Open Space.
(c) Height Exceptions
Subject to the requirements prescribed hereunder, the following exceptions to the height regulations in
subsections 909.01.J.1(a), (b) and (c) are permitted. Exceptions in height which are authorized by the
Administrator, according to the following.
(1) Erection above the height limit of certain structures according to the following standards:
(i) Any structure above six (6) stories and seventy-five (75) feet shall be placed in a location specifically
identified for such structures in the Final Land Development Plan, which shall locate such structures in
important public locations in the district, adjacent to major public open spaces or public streets, and shall be
designed to be a landmark structure which specifically responds to its location on the site;
(ii) The maximum height of not m...