Committee on Hearings and Policy, September 23, 2026
Decided: Public hearing on Bill 2025-1545 (inclusionary zoning, ADUs, parking reform)
What happened
On September 23, 2026, the Committee on Hearings and Policy acted on Public hearing on Bill 2025-1545 (inclusionary zoning, ADUs, parking reform).
The Pittsburgh City Council Committee on Hearings and Policy held a public hearing on Bill 2025-1545, a comprehensive zoning ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code to establish an affordable housing bonus program, legalize accessory dwelling units (ADUs) citywide, and eliminate m…
- Jurisdiction
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- September 23, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Decided
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Public hearing on Bill 2025-1545 (inclusionary zoning, ADUs, parking reform)
Public hearing on Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code Title IX Zoning to add an affordable housing bonus program (replacing citywide mandatory inclusionary zoning), establish citywide accessory dwelling unit (ADU) regulations (up to two ADUs per residential lot, max 1,000 sq ft, max 30 ft height...
Key Decisions (1)
Public hearing on Bill 2025-1545 (inclusionary zoning, ADUs, parking reform)
Market Signals (5)
Housing Demand
Pittsburgh's housing needs assessment shows multifamily vacancy below 5%, the…
Commercial Demand
For-profit developers have told neighborhood groups they will not build…
Infrastructure
Elimination of parking minimums and addition of parking maximums plus…
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Agenda results
Each land-use item on the agenda, with its recorded voteWho spoke
20 distinct speakers; 4 identified names.
All speaker roles: 2 Staff, 13 Public, 1 Clerk, 3 Councilmember, 1 Chair.
Identified name roles: 1 Staff, 3 Councilmember.
Speaker sample: Barb Warwick, Councilmember.
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Zoning terms (13)
139 recorded timestamps
- public hearing (5 timestamps)
- zoning (59 timestamps)
- overlay district (1 timestamps)
- planned development (1 timestamps)
- residential (12 timestamps)
- adu (33 timestamps)
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