Council committee advances Oakland rezoning and Central Catholic institutional plan after public outreach

Pittsburgh City Council standing committees on Feb. 12 recommended approval of a rezoning of parcels in North Oakland and approved an institutional master plan for Central Catholic High School after city planners described extensive outreach and safeguards to preserve neighborhood character.

City planning staff said the rezoning implements the Oakland plan adopted after more than a year of public work and is intended to align zoning with the community vision for mixed-use, walkable blocks. "We're sticking with the Oakland plan," said Krishn Namba, neighborhood planner with the Department of City Planning. "These zoning recommendations directly come from the plan and the land use strategy." Anther Ratandon, principal planner in the Zoning and Development Review Division, said the proposed…