TITLE
Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing that any property assessment data that is public information be provided on the Allegheny County website, free of charge.
BODY
WHEREAS, Allegheny County has a real estate assessment system that contains thousands of bits of information on each property in the County, which is used to set the base for assessments; and
WHEREAS, such information contained in the system is public information and can be viewed by anyone who visits the assessment office at no charge; and
WHEREAS, such information, if accessible on the web, is also public information and should be viewed by anyone who has web access at no charge.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1.
The Allegheny County Real Estate Web Site shall include, but not be limited to, searching capabilities, property record information, and municipal tax maps as detailed in the subsequent sections of this ordinance. All such information shall be considered to be public information and shall be available on the County's Real Estate Web Site at no cost to the user.
Section 2.
The Allegheny County Real Estate Web Site shall have searching capabilities which shall include, but not be limited to, the ability to search by property address, block and lot number, owner name, street, and municipality.
Section 3.
The Allegheny County Real Estate Web Site shall include access to property record information for each property within the county. Each property record shall contain, at a minimum, eight categories of information: General Information, Building Information, Tax Information/Pay Taxes, Previous Owners, Image, Comparables, Appeal Status, and Maps.
A. The General Information category shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(1) Municipal code
(2) Name of municipality in which the property is located
(3) Block lot number
(4) ...
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