City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2022-0270

• File #: 2022-0270
• Version: 6
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 4/18/2022
• In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
• On agenda: 9/20/2023
• Final action: 9/26/2023
• Enactment date: 9/26/2023
• Enactment #: 23
• Effective date: 9/28/2023
• Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program. (Public Hearing held 5/19/22)
• Sponsors: Theresa Kail-Smith, Bobby Wilson, Deborah L. Gross, Reverend Ricky V. Burgess, R. Daniel Lavelle, Corey O'Connor, Erika Strassburger
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 07 - BUSINESS LICENSING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/28/2023	6	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
9/26/2023	6	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
9/26/2023	6	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended	Pass
9/20/2023	5	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
9/14/2023	5	Briefing
8/30/2023	5	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/26/2023	5	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
7/26/2023	5	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/19/2023	4	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/12/2023	4	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/5/2023	4	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/5/2023	4	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/8/2023	4	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
3/8/2023	4	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/1/2023	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
12/14/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
11/30/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
11/2/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
10/19/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
8/24/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/13/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/22/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/15/2022	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
6/15/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
5/19/2022	2	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
4/27/2022	2	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
4/27/2022	2	Standing Committee	Reconsidered	Pass
4/20/2022	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
4/20/2022	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
4/19/2022	1	City Council	added to the Agenda	Pass
4/19/2022	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
4/19/2022	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program.
(Public Hearing held 5/19/22)

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

Section 1.

CHAPTER 781. RESIDENTIAL HOUSING RENTAL PERMIT PROGRAM

? 781.00 AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, AND INTENT.

This Residential Housing Rental Permit Program is adopted in accordance with authority existing under Section 2961 of the Pennsylvania Home Rule Law, Sections 4101 and 4103 of the Municipal Housing Ordinance Authorization Law, Sections 102 and 104 of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, and Section 23158 of the Second Class City Code.

The Purpose of this Chapter and the policy of the City of Pittsburgh is to protect and promote the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, to establish rights and obligations of owners and occupants relating to the health and safety of residential units in the City, to ensure rental units meet all applicable building, existing structures, fire, health, safety, and zoning codes, and to carry into effect the purposes of Pennsylvania statutes concerning the occupation, maintenance, use, and inspection of buildings and the protections of the occupants thereof. As a means to these ends, this Chapter provides for a systematic inspection program, registration, and permitting of residential rental units, an efficient system for compelling both absentee and local landlords to correct violations and maintain, in proper condition, rental property within the City, fees to support program implementation, and reasonable penalties for non-compliance. The City recognizes that the most efficient system is the creation of a program requiring the registration of residential rental units within the City as defined in this Chapter, so that an inventory of rental properties and verification of compliance ca...