Pittsburgh’s rivers have always been tied to the city’s economy, but the land beside them has changed dramatically since 2000. Steel works, rail sidings,…
Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Overlay District, commonly called RIV, links development rules with the city’s long-term riverfront vision. Design review sits within…
Riverfront zoning enforcement protects the relationship between new development, public access, transport, business activity and the waterways that shape…
Filing a zoning application is the beginning of a public and technical review, not the final step towards construction. In Pittsburgh’s Riverfront (RIV)…
In Pittsburgh, “riverfront” is more than a description of land beside the water. Within the zoning system, it refers to a mapped planning area shaped by the…
Pittsburgh’s Riverfront (RIV) zoning district links what may be built beside the rivers with how people reach and use those places. Riverfront zoning and…
Pittsburgh’s riverfront is not governed by a single map colour. A parcel may sit within the RIV district while also being affected by height controls, flood…
Pittsburgh's riverfronts have long shaped the city's identity, and the latest push to overhaul the zoning code reflects how seriously planners are treating the…
Pittsburgh’s riverfront parcels are commonly judged through two connected layers of land-use law. One comes from the underlying base zoning district; the other…
