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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-19.8 USE TABLE, 50-20.3 COMMERCIAL USES, AND 50-40.6 DEFINITIONS.
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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 follows:
Attachment 2, Table 50-19.8 Use Table and Table 50-19.1 Use Table Legend
Section 2. That Section 50-30.3 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
50-20.3 Commercial uses.
J. Filling station.
1. No displays or storage of merchandise, parts or refuse may be located closer than ten feet from any public right-of-way;
2. A dense urban screen must be installed and maintained along all side and rear property lines abutting a residential or mixed use district;
3. A vehicle wash facility or fueling pump or dispenser must be at least 50 feet from any property line containing a residential structure, excluding any residential use or structure on the same property as the filling station or within the same development. All outdoor speakers and audio components of a vehicle wash facility or fuel pump or dispenser located within 125 feet of any residential structure shall be muted daily between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
4. In all residential zone districts and the mixed use neighborhood (MU-N district), or any form district where a filing station is an allowed use, the following additional standards apply:
a. New structures, including car washes, convenience stores, and canopies shall be located close to the street to define the street edge, and shall provide transparent windows and doors for retail buildings to ensure security and visibility between the store, the pump islands and surrounding streets, with interior signage to make opaque no more than 30% of any transparent window or door;
b. An unobstructed, five-foot wide minimum, pedestrian walkway between the public sidewalk (or if none exists at the time of development, the adjacent street curb) and building entrances shall be...
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