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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-23.2 GENERAL CIRCULATION REQUIREMENTS AND 50-24.2 REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-23.2 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
50-23.2 General circulation requirements.
Applications for subdivision, replatting, RLS, development, or redevelopment shall meet the following standards:
A. Where adopted city plans show a bicycle or pedestrian path or trail or sidewalk, the site design shall provide connections to those paths or trails or sidewalks;
B. Any requests by the city for designation or dedication of land for bicycle or pedestrian trails within a proposed development shall comply with the provisions of Section 50-33.8, Land for public purposes;
C. Unless the city engineer waives the requirement in writing based on concerns of public safety, or due to site/ topography constraints:
1. Each proposed street within a new subdivision, regardless of zoning designation, shall be public and designed and constructed to city engineer construction standards;
12 Each proposed public or private street within the R-1, R-2, R-P, MU-P, MU-N, MU-C, MU-I or MU-W districts shall include a sidewalk at least five feet wide on both sides of the street;
23 Each proposed public or private street within the MU-B, I-G or I-W districts shall include a sidewalk at least five feet wide on one side of the street;
D. Whenever cul-de-sac streets are created, one ten foot wide pedestrian access/public utility easement shall be provided, between the cul-de-sac head or street turnaround and the sidewalk system of the closest adjacent street or pedestrian sidewalk or pathway, unless the city engineer determines that public access in that location is not practicable due to site or topography constraints (refer to Figure 50-23-A);
E. A pedestrian way at least ten feet in width shall be provided near the middle of any block face longer than 800 feet in order to...
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