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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-20.1, 50-20.4, 50-24.2, AND 50-41 RELATED TO SOBER HOUSES AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-19.8 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as
as shown in Attachment A, 50-19.8 Use Table, Allowing the New Use Sober House, Clarifying Some Land Uses as Allowed on the Ground Floor of Form Districts, Mini-Storage and Self-Service Storage Facilities in MU-C, and Manufacturing, Craft, in the MU-N District.
Section 2. That Section 50-20.1 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
Dwelling, two-family.
In the R-1, R-2 and R-P districts, two-family dwellings shall be designed to protect and reflect the character of one-family residences as set forth below:
1. Exterior stairways. No exterior stairways with a total vertical rise greater than five feet shall be permitted;
2. In the R-1 and R-2 districts, each unit in a two family dwelling must have a separate exterior entrance on the facade facing the front property line;
Dwelling, townhouse.
In the R-1 and R-2 districts, each dwelling shall exhibit the characteristics of a series of one-family dwellings that are arranged in an attached side by side fashion and shall be designed to protect the character of one-family residences as set forth below:
1. Dwelling fronting street. Townhouse dwellings shall be located on lots in such a way that each individual dwelling unit has a minimum of 20 feet of street frontage in the R-1 district, and a minimum of 15 feet of street frontage in the R-2 district;
2. Variation of exterior walls. No more than two adjacent townhouse units may have front facades in the same vertical plane. Where a variation in front fa?ade plane is required, the variation shall be a minimum of three feet;
3. Landscaping. Prior to the occupancy and use of a townhouse dwelling, coniferous or evergreen trees meeting the minimum size requirements of Sectio...
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