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Ordinance supplement the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article VII, Disruptive Properties, by the adding Chapter 671 entitled, Maintenance of Abandoned Residential Properties Pending Foreclosure.
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Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article VII, Disruptive Properties, is hereby supplemented as follows:
CHAPTER 671. MAINTENANCE OF ABANDONED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES PENDING FORECLOSURE
Section 671.01 - PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
The purpose of this section is to regulate the maintenance of abandoned residential properties by parties asserting a collateral or other legal or equitable interest in the property. This section is intended to reduce and prevent neighborhood blight, to ameliorate conditions that threaten the health, safety and welfare of the public, to promote neighborhood stability and residential owner occupancy by preserving the condition and appearance of residential properties, and to maintain residential property values and assessments. Nothing in this section shall be construed as waiving, relieving or otherwise excusing an owner of residential property from compliance with all applicable building codes and ordinances and the owner or owners shall at all times remain responsible and liable therefore.
Section 671.02 - DEFINITIONS
a. ABANDONED PROPERTY. Property that has exhibited evidence of abandonment as defined in 671.02(c) for thirty (30) days or more and meets any of the following criteria:
1. Provides a location for loitering, vagrancy, unauthorized entry or other
criminal activity;
2. Has one or more broken windows, or two or more windows boarded up,
for more than 30 days;
3. Has utilities disconnected or not in use;
4. Is not maintained in compliance with City Code, including without limitation, Pittsburgh Building and Fire Prevention Codes.
5. Has taxes in arrears for a period of time exce...
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