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An Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking, by creating Chapter 546 - Parking Enhancement District.
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WHEREAS, Pittsburgh is a city of strong neighborhoods, many of which having their own business districts populated by locally owned businesses; and
WHEREAS, supporting these business districts through investment in infrastructure and enhanced public safety resources is a strategy that will ensure their long-term vitality; and
WHEREAS, many of these business districts have metered parking and support night-time economies, providing for a vital local economy but also creating a burden on city resources; and
WHEREAS, with local approval of such a proposal, night time meter collection could be used to supplement funding for needed business district services and improvements; now
Therefore be it resolved that the City of Pittsburgh does hereby enact as follows:
Section 1: The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking; Chapter 546, Parking Enhancement Districts is hereby created and supplemented as follows:
Section 546.01 - Intent.
The intent of this Chapter is to generate revenue from nighttime entertainment areas of the City to be reinvested in those areas in the form of public safety resources, public works resources, and needed capital improvements. The source of revenue will be nighttime parking collection, however, communities will have to opt into the program and only parking zones that meet certain thresholds of nighttime activity will be eligible for this program.
Section 546.02 - Definitions.
a) "Business Area Enhancements" shall mean investments in City owned and/or operated public safety resources or public safety resources contracted by the City of Pittsburgh, City owned and/or operated public works resources or public works resources contracted by the City of Pittsburgh, or capital improvements on City owned or City maintained infra...
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