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File #: 2021-1368    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 4/1/2021 In control: Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
On agenda: 9/22/2021 Final action: 9/28/2021
Enactment date: 9/28/2021 Enactment #: 606
Effective date: 9/30/2021    
Title: Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for proposed land development located at the corner of Herron Avenue and Ruthven Street, including those parcels identified on the attached Exhibit B, located in Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
Indexes: SEWAGE FACILITIES PLAN
Attachments: 1. 2021-1368 Cover Letter- Herron Ave Townhome Development, 2. 2021-1368 -Sewer Module Questionnaire for Council -Herron Ave Townhome Development, 3. 2021-1368 Polish Hill Planning Module, Exhibit B, 4. 2021-1368 Herron Avenue Townhomes - SFPM, 5. Summary 2021-1368

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Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for proposed land development located at the corner of Herron Avenue and Ruthven Street, including those parcels identified on the attached Exhibit B, located in Pittsburgh, PA 15219. 

 

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WHEREAS, SECTION 5 of the Act of January 24, 1966, P.L. 1535, No. 537, known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act," as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (the “Department”) adopted thereunder, Chapter 71 of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, requires the City of Pittsburgh to adopt an Official Sewage Facilities Plan (the “Official Plan”) providing for sewage services adequate to prevent contamination of waters of the Commonwealth and/or environmental health hazards from sewage wastes, and to revise said plan whenever it is necessary to determine whether a proposed method of sewage disposal for a new development conforms to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management; and

 

WHEREAS, Laurel Communities is proposing to completely demolish the existing structures on the subject properties and construct a twenty-seven (27) new single family attached dwellings (Townhomes), each of which is proposed to be three story with an integral garage.  The project will be located at the corner of Herron Avenue and Ruthven Street as described in the attached Sewage Facilities Planning Module (the "Planning Module") for land development and proposes that project be served by a sewer tap-in and sanitary tap-in to the City of Pittsburgh sewage systems.

 

WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Water Sewer Authority, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, the City of Pittsburgh Planning Department and the Allegheny County Health Department have reviewed the respective components of the attached Planning Module in regard to each authority/department’s expertise and have approved the respective components as explained in the attached Planning Module. 

 

WHEREAS, based upon the approval of the above authorities and departments, the City of Pittsburgh finds that the project described in the attached Planning Module for land development conforms to applicable zoning, subdivision, other municipal ordinances and plans, and to a comprehensive program of pollution control and water quality management.

 

 

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

 

Section 1.                     The City of Pittsburgh hereby adopts and submits to the Department of

Environmental Protection for its approval as a Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan, the above-referenced Planning Module for land development, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

Said Planning Module includes the proposed land development located at those addresses and parcel numbers identified on the attached Exhibit B, located in Pittsburgh, PA 15229.

 

Finally, that any Ordinance or Resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution, is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.