Disruptive Properties
Since Disruptive Properties place a substantial threat and burden on the common health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, the Public Safety Director is authorized to charge the cost of law enforcement to the property owner in order to deter repeated violations of state and local law. When a property violation remains unabated for an unreasonably long period of time, misdemeanor charges may result.
Department of Public Safety
414 Grant Street, Rm. 451A
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-255-6824
A property is declared "disruptive" after it has received 3 notices of disruptive activity within a 1 year window. A disruptive activity is defined as a violation of any of the ordinances and statutes found in the table below.
The Board of Appeals will meet the second Wednesday of every month in the City County Building to hear all disruptive property matters.
| Statute | Code | Violation |
|---|---|---|
| 601.03 | City | Soliciting Business |
| 601.04 | City | Noise Control |
| 601.06 | City | Intersexual Massage |
| 601.07 | City | Unlicensed Alcohol or Liquor Sale |
| 601.08 | City | Alcohol or Liquor Consumption on Streets or Sidewalks |
| 601.19 | City | Social Host and Underage Drinking |
| 604 | City | Curfew |
| 607.03 | City | Discharging Firearm or Airgun |
| 607.05 | City | Archery and Slingshots |
| 609 | City | Noxious Weeds, Excessively High Grass and Refuse |
| 613.02 | City | Obscene Materials |
| 613.03 | City | Dissemination of Explicit Sexual Materials to Minors |
| 613.04 | City | Admitting Minors to Shows |
| 615 | City | Any |
| 616 | City | Any |
| 619.04 | City | Accumulation of Muncipal Waste |
| 633.08 | City | Dogs at Large |
| 633.09 | City | Harboring a Nuisance |
| 633.11 | City | Nondomestic Canine/Feline and Hybrids |
| 633.12 | City | Number of Pets Permitted in City Limits |
| 633.20 | City | Dangerous Dogs |
| 635.02 | City | Fowl at Large |
| 4304 | State | Endangering the Welfare of Children |
| 5501 | State | Riot |
| 5502 | State | Failure to Disperse |
| 5503 | State | Disorderly Conduct |
| 5505 | State | Public Drunkenness |
| 5506 | State | Loitering |
| 5511 | State | Cruelty to Animals |
| 5512 | State | Lotteries |
| 5513 | State | Gambling Devices, Gambling |
| 5514 | State | Pool Selling and Bookmaking |
| 5901 | State | Open Lewdness |
| 5902 | State | Prostitution |
| 5903 | State | Obscene and Other Sexual Materials and Performances |
| 5904 | State | Public Exhibition of Insane or Deformed Person |
| 6101 | State | PA Uniform Firearms Act |
| 6110.1 | State | Possession of Firearm by Minor |
| 6301 | State | Corruption of Minors |
| 6308 | State | Purchase, Consumption, or Possession of Alcoholic Beverages |
| 6310 | State | Inducement to Buy Alcoholic Beverages |
| 6310.1 | State | Selling or Furnishing Alcoholic Beverages to Minors |
| 6310.7 | State | Selling or Furnishing Nonalcoholic Beverages to Minors |
| 6319 | State | Solicitation of Minors to Traffic Drugs |
| 6501 | State | Scattering Rubbish |
