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File #: 2021-1184    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 2/5/2021 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: 2/9/2021 Final action: 2/23/2021
Enactment date: 2/23/2021 Enactment #: 5
Effective date: 2/24/2021    
Title: Ordinance amending the City Code at four locations within Chapter 719: Vendors and Peddlers in order to update the City Code to reflect the name change of Duquesne University's arena from the A.J. Palumbo Center to the Cooper Fieldhouse.
Sponsors: R. Daniel Lavelle
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 04 - PUBLIC PLACES
Attachments: 1. 2021-1184 Summary

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Ordinance amending the City Code at four locations within Chapter 719: Vendors and Peddlers in order to update the City Code to reflect the name change of Duquesne University’s arena from the A.J. Palumbo Center to the Cooper Fieldhouse.

 

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

 

Section 1.  The City Code is hereby amended and supplemented at Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article III: Sales Businesses, Chapter 719: Vendors and Peddlers, Section 719.02: Definitions and Exceptions, subsection (d): Vendor at Sports and Entertainment Facilities (S&E), as follows:

 

(d)  VENDOR AT SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES (S&E) as used herein includes any person, whether a resident of the City of Pittsburgh or not who, without traveling from place to place, sells or offers for sale goods, wares, merchandise, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, farm products, or provisions from an approved vending unit at an approved vendor location located within the boundaries set forth in Section 719.05C(c)(2) of property owned by the Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh for the operation and management of Heinz Field and PNC Park or of the property owned by the Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County for the operation and management of the Consol Energy Center and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center or of any other property used by professional sports franchises in which the Sports and Exhibition Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, or Allegheny County has a financial or proprietary interest; and property owned and operated by the University of Pittsburgh known as the John M. and Gertrude E. Peterson Event Center; and property owned and operated by Duquesne University known as [A.J. Palumbo Center] Chuck Cooper Fieldhouse.

 

Section 2.  The City Code is hereby amended and supplemented at Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article III: Sales Businesses, Chapter 719: Vendors and Peddlers, Section 719.05C: Use of Streets, Parks and Trails, subsection (c) as follows: 

 

(c)  No peddler, whether licensed or not, shall use any public place to sell wares or in any other way obstruct, interfere with or prevent the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic in the Central Business District, except during the hours of a City of Pittsburgh permitted special event; and no peddler shall operate on any public right-of-way within the boundaries set forth in subsection (2) below or within any property owned by the Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County for the operation and management of Heinz Field, PNC Park, PPG Paints Arena and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and of any other property used by professional sports franchises in which the Sports and Exhibition Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, or Allegheny County has a financial or proprietary interest. No peddler shall operate within the boundaries set forth in subsection (2) below of the property owned and operated by the University of Pittsburgh known as the John M. & Gertrude E. Peterson Event Center and property owned and operated by Duquesne University known as the [A.J. Palumbo Center] Chuck Cooper Fieldhouse.

 

(1)  Vendors and vending activity on any public right-of-way within the boundaries set forth in subsection (2) below or within any property owned by the Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County for the operation and management of Heinz Field, PNC Park, PPG Paints Arena , and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center or on any other property used by professional sports franchises in which the Sports and Exhibition Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, or Allegheny County has a financial or proprietary interest; and on property owned and operated by the University of Pittsburgh known as the John M. & Gertrude E. Peterson Event Center; and property owned and operated by Duquesne University known as [A.J. Palumbo Center] Chuck Cooper Fieldhouse must be approved through agreement with the appropriate Authority or its designated management company.

 

(2)  Maps, depicting the boundaries, set forth below, relative to the facilities in subsection (c) above, shall, upon request, be provided to any individual who applies for a vendor's or peddler's license.

 

MAP 1-HEINZ FIELD:

Northern boundary - Reedsdale Street

Southern boundary - North Shore Drive

Eastern boundary - Art Rooney Avenue

Western boundary - Allegheny Avenue

 

MAP 2-PNC PARK:

Northern boundary - General Robinson Boulevard

Southern boundary - Allegheny River

Eastern boundary - 6 th Street/Federal Street

Western boundary - Mazeroski Way

 

MAP 3-PPG PAINTS ARENA:

Northern boundary - Bedford Avenue

Southern boundary - Fifth Avenue

Eastern boundary - Pride Street and Crawford Street

Western boundary - Washington Place

 

MAP 4-DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER:

Northern boundary - Allegheny River

Southern boundary - Penn Avenue

Eastern boundary - 11 th Street

Western boundary - 9 th Street

 

MAP 5-PETERSON EVENT CENTER:

Northern boundary - Univ. of Pittsburgh Property Line

Southern boundary - Terrace Street

Eastern boundary - Univ. of Pittsburgh Property Line

Western boundary - Sutherland Street

 

MAP 6-[A.J. PALUMBO CENTER] CHUCK COOPER FIELDHOUSE:

Northern boundary - Forbes Avenue

Southern boundary - Duquesne Univ. Property Line

Eastern boundary - Stevenson Street

Western boundary - Duquesne Univ. Property Line