City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2016-0034

• File #: 2016-0034
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 1/15/2016
• In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
• On agenda: 1/19/2016
• Final action: 2/28/2017
• Enactment date: 2/28/2017
• Enactment #: 13
• Effective date: 3/6/2017
• Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 916, Residential Compatibility Standards, Section 916.05, Operating Hours, 916.06, Noise, Chapter 917, Operational Performance Standards, and Article IX, Chapter 926, Definitions, to provide current and more enforceable construction and noise standards for the City of Pittsburgh.
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 09 - ZONING
• Related files: 2015-2258

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/6/2017	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
2/28/2017	3	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
2/22/2017	3	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
2/22/2017	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
2/22/2017	2		AMENDED
2/14/2017	2	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
1/18/2017	2	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
1/18/2017	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
1/27/2016	1	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
1/19/2016	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 916, Residential Compatibility Standards, Section 916.05, Operating Hours, 916.06, Noise, Chapter 917, Operational Performance Standards, and Article IX, Chapter 926, Definitions, to provide current and more enforceable construction and noise standards for the City of Pittsburgh.

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

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 916, Residential Compatibility Standards, Section 916.05, Operating Hours, is hereby amended as follows:

916.05. - Operating Hours.
The following operating hour restrictions shall apply to all development that is subject to Residential Compatibility Standards:
916.05.A Collection of Garbage and Recyclables
No use subject to Residential Compatibility Standards shall be served by garbage or recyclables collection services between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
916.05.B Loading Operations
No use subject to Residential Compatibility Standards shall conduct loading or unloading operations between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
916.05.C Reserved

Section 2. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 916, Residential Compatibility Standards, Section 916.06, Noise, is hereby amended as follows:
916.06. - Noise.
No use that is subject to Residential Compatibility Standards shall generate noise in excess of forty-five (45) dB(A), or three (3) dB(A) above Background Sound Level, whichever is greater, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. or in excess of fifty-five (55) dB(A), or three (3) dB(A) above Background Sound Level, whichever is greater, at all other times, as measured at the lot line of any lot zoned R1D, R1A, R2, R3, RM, or H.
A. Background Sound Level shall mean the measured sound level in the area, exclusive of extraneous sounds and the sound contribution of the specific source in question.

B. App...