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An Ordinance amending the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 2, entitled "County Government Operations," Chapter 270, entitled "Real Estate Website," Section 270-2, entitled "Search capabilities," in order to establish search capabilities on the County's Real Estate Website for certain community development entities functioning within Allegheny County.
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WHEREAS, Allegheny County originally provided for the creation of a Real Estate Website under the terms of Ordinance 58-03, enacted on November 25, 2003;
WHEREAS, under the original terms of Ordinance 58-03, the Real Estate Website provided the ability to search properties by owner name; and
WHEREAS, this name search capability was removed under the terms of Ordinance 48-07, in recognition of significant public safety concerns posed by permitting uncontrolled access to a database of property that could, in unscrupulous hands, provide a means of finding the home addresses of County residents, along with pictures of residences and floor plans; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the enactment of Ordinance 48-07, entities conducting community development projects within Allegheny County have indicated that the ability to search properties by name provided an invaluable tool for them, insofar as it provided a simple and economical way for them to locate multiple properties owned by a single individual or entity for the purposes of acquiring properties for legitimate development purposes; and
WHEREAS, given the importance of community development within Allegheny County, it is the desire of Council to provide a means by which legitimate community development entities conducting development activities within Allegheny County can search properties by owner name;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 2, entitled "County Government Operations," Chapter 270, entitled "Real Estate Websit...
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