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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article II, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 904 Mixed Use Districts, Section 904.07 UI, Urban Industrial District
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article II, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 904 Mixed Use Districts, Section 904.07 UI, Urban Industrial District, is hereby amended as follows:
904.07.A Purpose
The UI, Urban Industrial District, is intended to:
1. Allow mid-sized to large industries with lower external impacts on surrounding properties and districts;
2. Provide a flexible district that addresses the growing need for easily adaptable and flexible spaces, including office parks, incubator spaces, high technology and service sector industries;
3. Allow multi-use buildings that permit assembly, inventory, sales, and business functions within the same space;
4. Encourage adaptive reuse of manufacturing buildings and allow the development of high density multi-unit residential buildings.
904.07.B Use Regulations
904.07.B.1 Primary Uses
Primary uses shall be allowed in the UI District in accordance with the Use Table of Sec. 911.02.
904.07.B.2 Accessory Uses
Accessory Uses shall be allowed in the UI District in accordance with the Accessory Use regulations of Chapter 912. In addition, accessory uses in the UI District shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the gross floor area of the primary use.
904.07.C Site Development Standards
Sites in the UI District shall be developed in accordance with the following Site Development Standards, provided that:
1. The Residential Compatibility Standards of Chapter 916 shall impose additional height and setback standards on new High Density and Very-High Density Residential development and nonresidential development located near Residential and H Districts;
2. The Environmental Perform...
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