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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-24, PARKING AND LOADING; 50-35, PROCEDURES SUMMARY TABLE; AND 50-37, REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-24.5 of the Duluth City Code be amended as follows:
50-24.5 Calculation of parking spaces.
The following rules shall apply to calculation of the number of required parking spaces:
A. Floor area shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use;
B. Requirements for a fraction of a parking space shall be ignored;
C. The parking space requirement for a use not specifically listed in Table 50-24-1 shall be the same as for the most similar use listed in that table, as determined by the land use supervisor;
D. Whenever a building or use is enlarged to the extent of 25 percent or more in floor area or in the site area used, the building or use shall be required to (a) retain any on-site parking existing prior to the expansion, and if that is not sufficient to comply with the parking required for the use as expanded, then (b) to comply with the requirements in Table 50-24-1 for the expansion area.
E. Required off-street parking for one-, two-family, townhouse, multi-family, and live-work dwellings may be located in a garage or carport.
Section 2. That Section 50-24.6 of the Duluth City Code be amended as follows:
50-24.6 Location of parking spaces.
A. On site location and exceptions.
1. All required parking spaces shall be located on the same lot with the principal building or the primary use served; except as provided in subsection 2 below;
2. If an increase in the number of parking spaces is required by a change or enlargement of any use the increased parking requirement may be satisfied by utilizing:
(a) Primary use parking lots or parking structures located and maintained up to 500 feet from the lot containing the change or enlargement, or
(b) Accessory parking lots that existed on November 18, 2010, were composed of hard-surfa...
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