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Committee on Hearings and Policy, May 26, 2026

Votes on Public hearing on Bill 2025-2250 vape shop zoning ordinance

1h 57m7,307 words
49 mentionszoningpublic hearingland useconditional usemixed usecommercialindustrialresidentialapprovedPittsburgh, PA
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What happened

Pittsburgh City Council's Land Use and Economic Development Committee held a public hearing on Bill 2025-2250, an ordinance amending the zoning code (Title 9, Article 5, Chapter 911) to add 'retail tobacco inhalant and cannabinoids' (vape shops) as a defined primary use with loca…

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Pittsburgh, PA
Governing body
Advisory (makes a recommendation)
Date
May 26, 2026
Decisions
1 zoning decision
Outcome
Voted

Projects in this meeting (1)

Bill 2025-2250 vape shop zoning

Recommended 8-0
5 conditions of approval

Meeting Summary

Pittsburgh City Council's Land Use and Economic Development Committee held a public hearing on Bill 2025-2250, an ordinance amending the zoning code (Title 9, Article 5, Chapter 911) to add 'retail tobacco inhalant and cannabinoids' (vape shops) as a defined primary use with loca…

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Key Decisions (1)

Other

Public hearing on Bill 2025-2250 vape shop zoning ordinance

Conditions attached

Market Signals (3)

Commercial Demand

Downtown Pittsburgh and Squirrel Hill (Lower Murray Avenue) commercial corridors…

Sentiment

Downtown business and residential owners strongly favor stricter zoning of…

Commercial Demand

Persistent vacant storefronts with broken windows in downtown prompted a…

Who Spoke (16)

ChairCouncilmember · 2Staff · 2Public · 8

On the record: the chair, 2 councilmembers, 2 staff members, and 8 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article V, Use Regulations… conditional use permit

Case 2025-2250
OtherNot forecast
freeOther5 conditions of approval

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