Hearings/Meetings/Planning

04/06 2013

Next Oakwatch Meeting – April 15, 6PM

Councilman Kraus has arranged for Jim Peters, the Executive Director of the Responsible Hospitality Institute, to join us at the next Oakwatch meeting on April 17th to discuss how RHI will affect Oakland directly. This meeting will be at 6pm at the Oakland Career Center, located at 294 Semple Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Please enter the building through the Louisa Street side door.

Councilman Kraus recently did an update on this project in OPDC’s e-newsletter, which just came out today. There’s also some exciting news in this newsletter about work being done to transform the Bates Street gateway into Oakland and many exciting events that are taking place around the neighborhood this spring.

Check out the newsletter by clicking here

04/05 2013

April Zoning Hearings for New Development & Property Changes

  • 3452, 3454, and 3500 Frazier St.  There is a site at Frazier and Juliet that the owner, Larry DeFrancesco proposes to build three attached single family homes for sale to homeowners.  They have a zoning board hearing on April 18 at 9:40 AM to request a variance for parking.  The site makes it difficult to provide parking; they would like to proceed without providing on-site parking, so they need a variance for that.  Any interested parties should plan to be there.
  • 3337 Dawson.  Joe and John Palmieri are requesting a use variance to convert the lovely home into two units.  The zoning board continued the hearing to May 9, so that we can have community conversation about this project.  Any interested parties should plan to be there.  We may be able to arrange a presentation of the project at the next SONG meeting.

 

04/03 2013

South Oakland Neighborhood Group (SONG) Website

Wecome to the South Oakland Neighborhood Group (SONG) Website.
This website is still under construction, probably always will be.
Be sure to check out the Links, FAQ, and Quicklist pages for a whole lot of information.
(This post is currently linked to a lot of categories so they all show up)
Special thanks to Oakcliffe Community Organization (OCO) and Phil Garrow of SEO Pittsburgh for website hosting, and development assistance.