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Welcome

Chief Executive
Dan Onorato
Welcomes You!

Welcome to Allegheny Places, the official website for the Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan.
The Plan will establish an overall vision for our future and a roadmap for reaching it. It will set policies, guidelines, and standards for land development, conservation, and economic initiatives. We hope that you will find this website informative and fun.

Allegheny County
Council

Rich Fitzgerald
President

Dr. Charles Martoni
Vice President

William Russell Robinson
Advisor to the
Comprehensive Plan

James Burns, Jr.
Joan Cleary
John DeFazio
Matt Drozd
James Ellenbogen
Michael J. Finnerty
Nicholas Futules
Vincent Gastgeb
Amanda Green
Robert J. Macey
Chuck McCullough
Jan Rea

About Allegheny Places

Allegheny Places is Allegheny County’s first county-wide comprehensive plan. It is a general guide for land use and growth management in the County. Through Allegheny Places, we can better coordinate public and private efforts to enhance and rebuild communities, ensure the soundness of critical infrastructure, protect unique natural resources and historic assets, nurture vital cultural facilities, and encourage economic growth and stability for the benefit all citizens of our County.

Status of Comprehensive Plan

Adoption of Allegheny Places will be considered at public hearing on October 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm in the Gold Room, 4th Floor of the Allegheny County Court House, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219.

The draft Plan may be viewed and downloaded in full and in summary form at this website. Copies are available on CD from Allegheny County Economic Development, 425 Sixth Ave., Suite 800, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. Hard copies of the Plan may be viewed at the following locations, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm:

  • Allegheny County Economic Development Office, 425 Sixth Ave., Suite 800, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219
  • Allegheny County Law Library, 921 City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Office, 425 Sixth Ave., Suite 2500, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • Carnegie Library, 612 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • County Council Office, 119 County Courthouse, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219

Comments on the Plan are welcome and may be submitted on-line, or in writing c/o Kay Pierce, Manager, Planning Division, Allegheny County Economic Development. All comments must be received no later than 4 pm, October 23, 2008.

 

Watch the video presented at the second round of Public Workshops

The video runs 20 minutes. The file is 17MB, and will need to download for several minutes before it can begin - depending on your connection speed.
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