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RESOLUTION ADOPTING GOVERNING PRINCIPLES FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that:
WHEREAS, a foundational element of the comprehensive plan process is to formulate governing principles to guide plan development; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive planning committee, in conjunction with the planning consultant and city planning staff, developed 12 governing principles in 2006 for the City of Duluth Comprehensive Land Use Plan; and
WHEREAS, these 12 existing principles and two new additional principles have been reviewed by the imagine Duluth 2035 vision committee and approved by the planning commission:
Principle #1 - Reuse previously developed lands.
Reuse of previously developed lands, including adaptive reuse of existing building stock and historic resources, directs new investment to sites which have the potential to perform at a higher level than their current state. This strengthens neighborhoods and is preferred to a dispersed development pattern with associated alteration of natural landscapes and extensions of public services. Site preparation or building modification costs are offset by savings in existing public infrastructure such as streets, utilities, and transit, fire and police services.
Principle #2 - Declare the necessity and secure the future of undeveloped places.
Undeveloped areas are an essential part of Duluth's municipal fabric - urban plazas, neighborhood parks, large tracts of public ownership and private lands zoned for minimal development. These minimally or undeveloped areas collectively create an open space system. These areas contribute to Duluth's cultural, health, recreational, and economic value and community identity. This open space system provides vistas, encourages active recreation, provides natural infrastructure as storm water retention, plant and animal habitat and water quality, and is the strongest visual element defining Duluth's sense of place.
Principle #3 - Support existing economic ba...
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