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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Public Hearing - 12/14/22
Description
Bill #2022-0817: Zoning, Larimer neighborhood
A
A
C
C
2022-00702,
it's
a
Zone
chain
zone
change,
petition
to
change
the
zoning
from
three
Parcels,
currently
zoned
lnc
local
neighborhood,
commercial
to
UI,
Urban
industrial.
Those
three
Parcels
are
one
two:
five
Dash
a-45
-125-8-50
in
125-a-52,
generally
bounded
by
Frankstown,
Avenue,
East,
Liberty,
Boulevard
and
Hamilton
Avenue.
C
Enactment
of
this
rezoning
will
permit
the
involved
property
to
be
developed
for
uses
permitted
in
the
UI
Urban
industrial
zoning
District.
No
application
for
development
has
been
submitted
to
the
planning
department
at
this
time.
There
are
no
requests
to
the
Zoning
Board
of
adjustment.
Property
Owners
within
150
feet
of
the
proposed
zone.
Change
were
notified
of
this
proposal
for
Planning
Commission
Hearing
in
action
as
well
as
this
public
hearing
notices
were
also
posted
on
site
and
on
the
department
of
City
Planning
website.
C
A
development
activities
meeting
was
held
on
July
7
2022,
virtually
with
alarm
World
consensus
group
The
registered
Community
organization.
That
report
was
included
in
the
packet
sent
to
council
at
the
hearing
and
Action
meeting
on
September
20th
2022,
the
Planning
Commission
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
positively
recommended
this
zone
change
petition
to
council.
D
A
A
E
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Kevin
mckeigan
I'm,
with
the
law
firm
of
Meyer,
unkebec
and
Scott.
We
are
local
Council
for
twg
development,
which
is
a
development
firm
out
of
Indianapolis,
which
is
the
applicant
here.
I
have
a
package
of
materials
should
be
one
there
for
each
member
of
council,
which
I
think
will
explain
the
the
necessity,
not
necessity,
but
the
reason
for
this
requested
zone
change.
E
So
if
you
start
with
the
first
page
of
the
package,
there's
a
aerial
view
where
the
site
is
depicted
in
red
as
Mr
kunak
indicated
it's
rough,
it's
bounded
by
Hamilton
Avenue
on
the
south
Frankstown
on
the
North
and
it's
separated
from
East
Liberty,
Boulevard
or
East
Liberty
Avenue
by
a
sliver
of
vacant
property,
that's
owned
by
the
Ura.
The
site
is
roughly
caddy
corner
from
the
Kingsley
Association
Community
Center,
it's
currently
vacant.
It
was
previously
used
by
the
current
owner
for
storage
of
heavy
equipment
and
materials
for
its
operations.
E
E
So
if
you
go
to
the
second
page
of
the
package,
you'll
see
the
property
is
outlined
there
in
yellow
the
properties.
The
lot
and
block
numbers
that
are
in
brown
are
currently
in
the
UI
District.
What's
in
the
salmon
or
pink
colors
are
the
properties
that
are
in
the
local
neighborhood
commercial
Zone
and
as
Mr
kunek
indicated,
there
are
three
Lawton
blocks
involved
in
that
area.
E
The
next
next
page
of
the
slide
is
just
a
closer
view
of
that
condition.
We
then
have
a
couple
of
pictures
of
current
conditions
in
the
neighborhood
you'll
see
that
there
are
warehouses
and
other
industrial
type
buildings
running
down,
Hamilton
Avenue
towards
Fifth
Avenue
from
the
site.
There
is
a
small
commercial
project,
opposite
the
site
on
Frankston
Avenue
and
then
a
variety
of
vacant,
lots
and
other
other
buildings.
E
If
you
go
back
to
the
first
zoning
map-
and
this
is
important
to
point
out-
the
majority
of
properties
around
this
site
are
already
in
the
UI
industrial
Zone.
The
lnc
effectively
is
this
kind
of
a
peninsula.
That's
sticking
into
this
property.
We're
not
quite
sure
why
it
was
split.
Zone
like
this,
but
it's
certainly
not
a
planning
condition
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense
from
any
sort
of
rational
perspective.
We've
included
in
the
package
a
few
other
neighborhood
photographs.
E
Just
to
give
you
an
idea
that
Urban
industrial
is
not
out
of
keeping
or
frankly
is
in
keeping
with
the
character
of
the
neighborhood.
So
why
are
we
proposing
this
this
zone
change?
There
is,
if
you
look
at
the
code,
a
substantial
overlap
and
possible
uses
between
the
you,
the
urban
industrial
and
the
local
neighborhood
commercial
Zone.
E
However,
the
two
zoning
categories
have
some
significant
differences
in
terms
of
site
development
standards,
for
example,
in
the
local
neighborhood
commercial
buildings,
are
limited
to
three
stories
not
to
exceed
45
feet,
whereas
in
the
UI
they
can
go
up
to
60
feet
not
to
exceed
four
stories
in
height,
with
a
special
exception
from
the
zoning
board.
These
site
differences
site
development
differences
make
it
difficult
to
develop
the
property
consistently.
E
So
we
are
asking
for
a
consistent
zoning
across
the
property
in
order
to
enable
twg
to
develop
a
new
five-story
apartment
building
we've.
Given
you
some
preliminary
sketches
as
to
how
that
apartment
building
might
lay
out
on
the
property
it
would
be
200
or
so
apartments,
with
an
integral
garage
and
space
on
Frankstown
Avenue
for
community
and
Retail
centers.
We
have
been
in
contact
with
the
Larimore
consensus
group.
They
have
given
us
a
letter
of
support
which
is
part
of
the
project.
E
D
Thank
you,
Kevin
members
of
the
council,
thank
you
for
having
us
here
today.
My
name
is
Chase
Smith
I
am
the
vice
president
of
market
rate
development
for
twg
development,
headquartered
in
Indianapolis,
Indiana,
1301,
East,
Washington,
46205.
twg.
We
are
a
national
multi-family
housing
developer
experience
in
both
affordable
and
market
rate
housing,
as
Kevin
mentioned,
this
would
be
220
market
rate.
Multi-Family
housing
units
would
be
the
second
project
we've
done
in
Pittsburgh,
my
colleague
Grant
Deaton
and
I.
D
Here
we
were
just
at
that
project
finished
up
on
Sydney
Street
on
the
South
Side
just
a
few
months
ago.
Leasing
up
right
now,
again
market
rate
housing
with
a
component
of
set
aside
units
just
like
this
one
would
have
this
product
type
kind
of
this
five
to
six
story.
Wood
frame,
construction
with
an
attached
garage
or
other
structured
parking
is
a
very,
very
common
product
type
for
us
one,
we've
done
all
all
over
the
country
we
have
projects
under
construction
in
Seattle,
St,
Louis,
Portland
Indianapolis
got
really
all
over.
D
We've
developed
a
hundred
projects
totaling
over
11
500
housing
units
again
split
roughly
evenly
between
affordable
and
market
rate
housing.
So,
as
Kevin
mentioned,
we
have
engaged
extensively
with
Larimer
consensus
group
on
this
project,
Chase
Patterson
and
his
colleagues.
There
we've
held
our
dam
meetings,
received
input
from
the
community,
which
I
think
has
been
very
favorable.
D
So
we're
very,
very
excited
about
this
project
again
we're
already
in,
if
not
the
neighborhood,
the
city
at
least,
so
we
feel,
like
we've
kind
of
figured
out
the
some
of
the
unique
aspects
to
Pittsburgh
and
we're
very,
very
excited
to
go
at
it
again
here
on
this
site.
So
with
that
I'd
open
up
the
questions,
Kevin.