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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-19.8, PERMITTED USE TABLE; 50-20.3.O, PARKING LOT OR PARKING STRUCTURE; 50-20.3.T, VETERINARIAN OR ANIMAL HOSPITAL; 50-20.3.U, VACATION DWELLING UNIT; AND 50-20.5.M, ACCESSORY VACATION DWELLING UNIT.
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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 A, Table 50-19.8 Use Table and Table 50-19.1 Use Table Legend
Section 2. That Section 50-20.3.O of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
O Parking lot or parking structure (primary use).
1. Parking lots.
(a) Parking lots (primary use) shall be stand alone and self-contained, separate and distinct from other adjacent land uses. They need to conform to UDC requirements, such as lot frontage and drive aisle width, independent of adjacent properties;
(b) When in the R-2 and MU-N district, the following standards apply:
(i) Primary use parking lots shall meet all the street landscaping provisions in Section 50-25.3 as applicable. In addition, primary use parking lots shall be screened from adjacent structures and uses. Such screening shall consist of a continuous, view-obscuring fence, wall or compact evergreen hedge along all property lot lines which are adjacent to residential structures and uses, which shall be broken only for egress and access driveways and walkways. Such fence, wall or hedge shall be not less than four feet nor more than six feet in height;
(ii) Primary use parking lots shall meet all the landscaping provisions in Section 50-25.4, as applicable. In addition, regardless of the number of parking spaces provided, the parking lot must set aside at least 15 percent of the interior parking area for landscaping islands;
(iii) If the primary use parking lot abuts an improved public alley, driveway access must be provided to the alley;
(iv) Primary use parking lots must be designed to be a similar lot size as other lots in the ...
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