Presenter
Presented by Ms. Payne
Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX, Property Tax Chapter 265 Exemptions for Residential Improvements.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Sections 265.01(s) and (t) of Title Two, Article IX, Chapter 265 which currently reads:
(s) NO-STEP ENTRY. An entry to a housing unit that has no steps or barriers to people with significant mobility impairments. In entrances with thresholds less then two (2) inches, thresholds may be beveled with a maximum slope of 1:2 to comply with this provision. Thresholds may be a maximum of two (2) inches high, except in cases of entrances from garages, where they may be a maximum of four (4) inches high. In garage entrances with thresholds no greater than four (4) inches, thresholds may be beveled with a maximum slope of 1:2 to comply with this provision.
(t) ACCEPTABLE SLOPE. Length of slopes:
Type 1 slope 1:8 for slope length 5' or less (max. Rise 7.5")
Type 2 slope 1:10 for slope length 12' or less (max. Rise 14.4")
Type 3 slope 1:12 for slope length more than 12' up to 30'
(Ord. 7-1980, eff. 4-18-80; Ord. 14-2004, ยง 2, eff. 9-21-04)
is hereby amended as follows:
(s) NO-STEP ENTRY. An entry to a housing unit that has no steps or barriers to people with significant mobility impairments. In entrances with thresholds less then two (2) inches, thresholds may be beveled with a maximum slope of 1:2 to comply with this provision. Thresholds may be a maximum of two (2) inches high, except in cases of entrances from garages, where they may be a maximum of four (4) inches high. In garage entrances with thresholds no greater than four (4) inches, thresholds may be beveled with a maximum slope of 1:2 to comply with this provision.
An entry to a housing unit that has no step or other barrier to people who have significant mobility impairment.
(t) ...
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