City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2011-2338

• File #: 2011-2338
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 12/6/2011
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 12/19/2011
• Enactment date: 12/19/2011
• Enactment #: 33
• Effective date: 12/28/2011
• Title: Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title Six, Conduct, by adding Article X Blighted Properties, Chapter 694 entitled" Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization (NBRRA)."
• Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/29/2011	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
12/19/2011	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
12/14/2011	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
12/7/2011	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
12/6/2011	1	City Council	Read and referred
12/6/2011	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass

Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title Six, Conduct, by adding Article X Blighted Properties, Chapter 694 entitled" Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization (NBRRA)."


Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, is hereby supplemented by adding Article X Blighted Properties, Chapter 694, "Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization" as follows:

TITLE SIX: - CONDUCT
ARTICLE X - BLIGHTED PROPERTIES

CHAPTER 694 - Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization

694.01 Adoption And Incorporation
694.02 Serious Violation
694.03 Right Of Appeal


§ 694.01 ADOPTION AND INCORPORATION
The Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Act, 53 Pa. C.S.A. §§ 6101 et. seq., is hereby adopted by the City of Pittsburgh and incorporated herein by reference.

§ 694.02 SERIOUS VIOLATION
For purposes of enforcement of the Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Act, 53 Pa. C.S.A. §§ 6101 et. seq., the definition of "serious violation" shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, condemnation of a structure by the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Building Inspection.

§ 694.03 RIGHT OF APPEAL
(a) The Owner shall have a right to appeal the denial of a municipal permit in accordance with the applicable law governing such municipal permit. In the case of a denial by the Bureau of Building Inspection, the appeal shall be made within 30 days of the denial to the Board of Appeals established under the UCC unless the owner has submitted to the Board of Appeals proof before the expiration of the 30 days that the owner is seeking proof of compliance under 53 Pa. C.S.A. §6131(b), in which case, the municipal permit and the denial shall be held in abeyance until the forty-five day period for obtaining proof of compliance has expired. In case of a denial by the City of Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment, the appeal shal...