File #: 16-043-O    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/17/2016 In control: Planning and Economic Development
On agenda: 6/27/2016 Final action: 7/11/2016
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-19.8 USE TABLE, 50-20.3.L COMMERCIAL USES, 50-20.7 ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, AND 50-40.13 DEFINITIONS.
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1, 2. Attachment 2
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-19.8 USE TABLE, 50-20.3.L COMMERCIAL USES, 50-20.7 ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, AND 50-40.13 DEFINITIONS.

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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 2, Table 50-19.8 Use Table and Table 50-19.1 Use Table Legend

Section 2. That Section 50-20.3.L of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
L Mini-Storage and Self-service storage facility.
This use Mini-storage facilities shall comply with the following standards when located in the RR-1, MU-B, I-G and I-W districts:
1. The use shall be contained within an enclosed building or buildings;
2. If the use abuts a residential zone district on any property line, building architecture shall employ sloped roofs and shall display wall relief features and colors commonly found in residential construction;
3. The use shall be designed so that doors to individual storage units do not face any abutting street frontage;
4. At least 50 percent of the wall surface area of any wall facing an abutting public street shall be faced with brick or split-block materials. Exposed concrete masonry unit (CMU) construction is not permitted on those facades;
5. Hours of public access to mini-storage units abutting one or more residential zone districts shall be restricted to the period from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;
6. Signage shall be limited to one 40 square feet foot illuminated pole free-standing sign and 20 square feet of non-illuminated wall signage. Signs shall not be located closer than ten feet to the front property line and no closer than 50 feet to any side property line;
7. Mini-storage facilities in the RR-1 district are only allowed on properties within the RR-1 district that are also within the Airport Overlay District Safety Zone B. There shall be a minimum of 50 feet of landscaped or naturally vegetated buffer from a minimum ...

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