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Votes at a glance: Pittsburgh council approves zoning, infrastructure and committee measures
Summary
At the May 6 council meeting the council recorded final votes on multiple bills including the minimum lot size ordinance (15‑79) and several committee resolutions; most measures passed unanimously or by recorded roll call.
Pittsburgh City Council on May 6 completed final action on a series of bills and resolutions. Several items drew only brief floor discussion and were recorded by roll call.
Key outcomes recorded in final action at the meeting included:
- Ordinance 15‑79 (reduce minimum lot sizes): Adopted, 8 ayes, 0 nos. (See separate story on zoning debate and public comment.)
- Bill 17‑72 (amend rules of council to provide contingent presiding officers): Passed finally, roll call 8 ayes, 0 nos.
- Bills reported in the Public Works and Infrastructure committee (including 17‑50, authorizing recordation of temporary construction easements related to Smithfield Street work, and 17‑51, permitting access to the RiverLife barge): Passed finally, roll call 8 ayes, 0 nos.
- Bill 17‑53 (agreement with the Museum of Contemporary Art to loan the city-owned Stephen Foster statue to MOCA): Passed final action, roll call 7 ayes, 1 no.
- Bill 17‑47 (adopt revised official sewage facilities plan for 7415 Hermitage Street): Passed finally, roll call 8 ayes, 0 nos.
Several other communications and resolutions were received and filed, and the council approved motions to interview nominees to the Pittsburgh Water Board of Directors (bills 18‑08 and 18‑09 — motion to interview approved). The council also read several reimbursement-resolution communications related to Pittsburgh Water and Liberty Avenue/Smithfield/Penn Avenue projects; those communications were introduced and will proceed through committee as described in the committee reports.
Where recorded, the clerk conducted roll-call votes; the meeting record shows the roll-call tallies and which members voted yes or no. Items that were received and filed or that were set for committee (including a request to waive rules to schedule bill 18‑01 for tomorrow’s standing committee) were announced during the meeting and placed on the appropriate committee agendas.
