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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF DULUTH TO RECLASSIFY THREE PARCELS ADJACENT TO 4831 GRAND AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL-TRADITIONAL (R-1) TO MIXED USE-NEIGHBORHOOD (MU-N) TO ELIMINATE SPLIT ZONING FOR AN EXISTING USE AND TO CONFORM TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section1. After reviewing the planning commission File PL 23-157 and the record pertaining thereto and based on the recommendation of the planning commission at its meeting of October 10, 2023, the city council hereby finds that the application:
A. Is consistent with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan;
B. Is consistent with the future land use category of Neighborhood Commercial which includes the rear portion of the church structure at 4825 Grand Avenue, and with existing surrounding land uses;
C. Material adverse impacts on nearby properties are not anticipated.
Section 2. That the Official Zoning Map of the City of Duluth be amended as depicted in Attachment 1 which shows an area comprising three parcels adjacent to 4831 Grand Avenue, which includes the rear portion of an existing church building.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage and publication.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The ordinance is to change the zoning of the rear portion of the Our Savior's Lutheran Church building from R-1, Residential-Traditional, to MU-N, Mixed Use-Neighborhood, to place the entirety of the existing church building in a single, consistent zone district.
Approximately 67 feet of the rear portion of the church structure, as well as some of the church's parking area, is currently zoned R-1, Residential Traditional. The applicant originally requested inclusion of a fourth parcel. However, that parcel is vacant and could be sold separately from the church building, and so city staff and planning commission recommended only three...
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