[Ord. No. 29-2020, § 1, eff. 7-31-2020; Ord. No. 44-2021, § 1, eff. 11-30-2021]
(a) 
In any written communication, consent, execution, contract, resolution, ordinance, application, or publication by or with the City, in which a signature is required or used, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall authorize the use or acceptance of an electronic signature by any party.
(b) 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in conjunction with the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance shall promulgate regulations for use and acceptance of electronic signatures by the City of Pittsburgh.
(c) 
The City of Pittsburgh's regulations for use and acceptance of electronic signatures must ensure that all technological resources and vendors utilized in conjunction with electronic signatures provide commercially reasonably means of security, integrity, and authentication of electronic signatures and all data associated therewith.
(d) 
For purposes of the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, where a hand-written or ink signature is specified, the use of an electronic signature compliant with this Chapter 169A shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature using ink applied to paper.
(e) 
This Chapter 169A shall not be construed to conflict with any applicable state or federal law requiring use of a specific form of signature.