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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 50-20.4 INDUSTRIAL USES, 50-20.6 TEMPORARY USES, 50-26.4 FENCES AND WALLS, AND 50-41 DEFINITIONS, TO ALLOW FOR CRAFT MANUFACTURING.
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The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-19.8 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as per Attachment A, Table 50-19.8 Use Table and Table 50-19.1 Use Table Legend.
Section 2. That Section 50-20.4 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
50-20.4 Industrial uses.
A. Airport and related facilities.
1. In the R-C district, airport and related facilities are permitted only on land owned by the public or airport authority that is used for the exclusive purpose as an airport and only on land on which an airport was established on November 19, 2010;
2. In the I-G district, airport and related facilities are permitted only on land owned by the public or airport authority that is used for the exclusive purpose as an airport;
B. Contractor's shop and storage yard.
In the F-5 zone, this use is permitted only in the West Superior study area;
C. Electric power transmission line or substation.
The following standards shall apply, in addition to regular requirements of the special use permit process:
1. General corridor criteria:
(a) The public need for the route and facility as specifically proposed shall be demonstrated;
(b) Where possible, lines shall avoid existing and potential urban density residential neighborhoods;
(c) The applicant shall provide an evaluation of the future needs for additional transmission lines in the same general area as the proposed route and the advisability of utilizing structures capable of expansion of transmission capacity through multiple circuiting or design modification;
(d) When routing transmission lines, the following shall be avoided unless no reasonable alternative exists: slopes of 20 percent grade or greater; intrusions into scenic areas such as streams, open water, valleys...
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