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RESOLUTION REVERSING THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING A LAND USE SUPERVISOR INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 50-15.6.E.2 AS IT APPLIES TO A POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF EXISTING HOTEL AT 1003 MINNESOTA AVENUE (TERRY ANDERSON)
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the city council finds as follows:
(a) On February 9, 2015, in response to an inquiry about a potential expansion to the subject property at 1003 Minnesota Avenue, the City of Duluth Land Use Supervisor determined that any development or expansion on the site must meet all Unified Development Chapter (UDC) requirements, including the MU-W zone district standards regarding maximum building width of 200' with a 50' separation between buildings; and
(b) At its April 14, 2015 regular meeting, the planning commission upheld this interpretation of the UDC; and
(c) The standards of the MU-W zone district serve to protect public views to the waterfront from the closest landward public street running approximately parallel to the water, which in this case is a view of the marina and harbor from Minnesota Avenue; and
(d) According to Section 50-7.1 of the City Code, no building or structure shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed, moved, structurally altered, or used ... except in accordance of all applicable provisions of the zoning regulations; and
(e) The fact that a previous garage partially obscured public views of the water constitutes "topography," and as the current hotel was built behind a portion of the site that once held this garage, it shall be granted the exemption allowed in Section 50-15-6.E.2 of the UDC; and
(f) The city council of the city of Duluth hereby decides that the existing hotel shall be allowed to expand 200' in length from a line where the southeast wall of the previous garage was located.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The resolution reverses a planning commission decision upholding the Land Use Supervisor decision that the hotel...
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