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An Ordinance amending and supplementing the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances, Division 2, entitled "County Government Operations," through the creation of a new Chapter 280, entitled "Land Use Plans," in order to provide a uniform mechanism for the review of potential effects of proposed developments on stormwater management within the County.
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WHEREAS, the challenges that arise in attempting to responsibly shape development and land use patterns have made it increasingly difficult for the County and the municipalities within it to successfully meet their responsibilities to all residents; and
WHEREAS, the main purpose of economic development is to bring measurable, permanent improvements to the lives of the County's residents, while simultaneously not doing damage to already existing business, communities, or infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, recent events, most notably increasingly frequent and severe flooding in areas of the County, necessitate an evaluation of whether development projects have been undertaken and completed in a fashion that has inadvertently placed the property and safety of our County's residents in danger; and
WHEREAS, particularly with regard to flooding, development projects which are pursued in one municipality may have profound and far reaching effects in neighboring municipalities that may not be considered during the zoning approval process;
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Allegheny County Council, in cooperation with the Chief Executive, to improve the means by which economic development projects are reviewed in the context of the County as a whole, rather than on a municipality-by-municipality basis;
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Allegheny County Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by the addition of a new Chapter 280, entitled "Land Use Plans," comprised as follows:
Chapter 280
Land Use Plans
ยง280.01. Definitions.
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