File #: 17-0169R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/17/2017 In control: Planning and Economic Development
On agenda: 4/10/2017 Final action: 4/10/2017
Title: RESOLUTION GRANTING AN INTERIM USE PERMIT FOR A VACATION DWELLING UNIT AT 1035 BERWICK COURT (DON J. AND PATRICIA WASHINGTON).
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1, 2. Motion To Amend: Sipress - Passed 8-1 (N.H)
Title
RESOLUTION GRANTING AN INTERIM USE PERMIT FOR A VACATION DWELLING UNIT AT 1035 BERWICK COURT (DON J. AND PATRICIA WASHINGTON).

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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that:
(a) The city council hereby grants Don and Patricia Washington an interim use permit to operate a three-bedroom vacation dwelling unit for up to seven guests located at 1035 Berwick Court and as described as: lot 4 and lot 5 of Westmeath Division Duluth;
(b) Minnesota Statutes Section 462.3597 authorizes the city to issue an interim use permit that allows a use to exist until a specified date or until an amendment to this chapter authorizes or prohibits that use; and
(c) The city council finds that a time limit is needed to protect the public health, safety and welfare from potential longer term impacts of the requested use at this location; and
(d) The interim use permit shall remain in effect for up to six years following the effective date of this resolution, or until there is a change in ownership of the property, whichever occurs first; and
(e) Pursuant to Section 50-20.3.U and Section 50-37.10.D of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, the applicant applied for an interim use permit and the application was duly referred to the city planning commission (PL 17-004); the commission gave due notice of public hearing and considered the application during a public hearing occurring on February 14, 2017; and
(f) The city planning commission, at their regular meeting on February 14, 2017, considered the application's consistency with the use specific standards for vacation dwelling units and the criteria for granting interim use permits. The Planning Commission again considered the application at their March 14, 2017 regular Planning Commission meeting and voted to recommend approval of an interim use permit for a vacation dwelling unit subject to the conditions listed below.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that an interim use permit for the subject property, is approved subject to the following ...

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