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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, and Article III, Overlay Zoning Districts, Chapter 907, Development Overlay Districts, Section 907.02, IPOD, Interim Planning Overlay District, by adding a new section 907.02.J to establish a new Interim Planning Overlay District for the Riverfront Zone.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh herby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by creating an Interim Planning Overlay District overlaying certain parcels as identified in the Allegheny County Lot and Block System, as provided in the map attached herein.
Section 2.
Amend Article III, Chapter 907.02.J - IPOD-5, Riverfront Zone, to read as follows:
907.02.J IPOD-5, Riverfront Zone
907.02.J.1 General Boundaries
The Riverfront Zone Interim Planning Overlay District is generally defined by properties located in the Marshall-Shadeland, Chateau, North Shore, Troy Hill, Esplen, Elliott, South Shore, South Side Flats, Hays, Glen Hazel, Hazelwood, South Oakland, Bluff, Central Business District, Strip District, Lawrenceville (Lower, Central, and Upper), Morningside, Highland Park, and Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhoods that in the low-lying areas and bounded by the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers; and by topographic features, infrastructure, and surrounding neighborhood fabric. Specific boundaries of the district are mapped a supplement to this Section and as an amendment to the City's Zoning District Map.
907.02.J.2 Need for Interim Zoning
The Riverfront Zone Overlay District is necessary to provide the proper balance between competing land uses, development pressures and regional economic factors. The updated zoning will provide adequate balances by providing:
(a) A mix of uses and magnitudes of uses which stabilize and conserve the value of land and buildings;
(b) Design requirements...
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