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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING HALLETT RAIL AND STORAGE SERVICES A CONCURRENT USE PERMIT FOR AN AT-GRADE RAILROAD CROSSING OF THE PLATTED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY OF WASECA INDUSTRIAL ROAD EAST OF SOUTH 59TH AVENUE WEST.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. Under the authority of Section 100 of the 1912 Home Rule Charter of the city of Duluth, as amended, and subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions hereinafter set forth, permission is granted to HALLETT RAIL AND STORAGE SERVICES, and its successor(s) in interests, referred to herein as the permittee, to construct and maintain an at-grade railroad crossing on that property legally described in subsection (a) below and as shown in Exhibit A:
a) A 60 foot wide area of Waseca Industrial Road right of way to be used for railroad purposes, described as follows:
The centerline of said area is described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of Outlot A of Hallett Industrial Park Plat, City of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; Thence north 89 degrees 55 minutes 06 seconds east 294.94 feet along northerly right of way line of Waseca Industrial Road to the point of beginning: Thence south 76 degrees 19 minutes 00 seconds east 25.85 feet; Thence along a tangential curve concave to the southwest, having a radius of 603.80' and a central angle of 18 degrees 21 minutes 51 seconds to the southerly right of way line of Waseca Industrial Road and there terminating. The sidelines of said area are to be prolonged or shortened to terminate at the northerly and southerly right of way lines of Waseca Industrial Road.
Section 2. The City Council finds that the proposed industrial expansion of Hallett Industrial Park Dock 7 for the sale, transshipment and storage of rail cargoes cannot proceed without upgrading the railroad access, which is contingent upon the requested new at-grade railroad crossing of Waseca Industrial Road. The City Council further finds that the gran...
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