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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF DULUTH TO RECLASSIFY PROPERTY in the general area of the Oneota Business Park, near West Michigan Street and South 40th Avenue West, from I-G and MU-N to MU-B.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That the subject properties northeast of West Superior Street and North 40th Avenue West, as shown as Area A in Attachment 1, and as more particularly described as follows:
010-2070-00010
010-2070-00040
010-2070-00050
010-2070-00330
010-2070-00370
010-2070-00380
010-2070-00390
010-2070-00400
010-2070-00410
010-2120-00040
010-2120-00100
010-2120-00320
010-2120-00325
be rezoned from Industrial-General (I-G) to Mixed-Use Business (MU-B).
Section 2. That the subject properties south of West Superior Street, as shown as Area B in Attachment 1, and as more particularly described as follows:
010-2070-00470
010-3610-03010
010-3610-03020
010-3610-03030
010-3610-03040
010-3610-04590
010-3610-04620
010-3610-04630
010-3610-04640
010-3610-04670
010-3610-04730
be rezoned from Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU-N) to Mixed-Use Business (MU-B).
Section 3. That the subject properties south of West Michigan Street, as shown as Area C in Attachment 1, and as more particularly described as follows:
010-2070-01180
010-2070-01440
010-2070-01470
010-2070-01520
010-2070-01580
010-2070-01590
010-4300-00960
010-4300-01000
010-4300-01190
010-4300-01200
010-4300-01210
010-4300-01360
be rezoned from Industrial-General (I-G) to Mixed-Use Business (MU-B).
Section 4. That the subject properties south of West Michigan Street, as shown as Area D in Attachment 1, and as more particularly described as follows:
010-2070-01910 010-2070-01990 010-3630-00010
010-2070-01915 010-3620-00010 010-3630-00020
010-2070-01930 010-3620-00015 010-3630-00030
The unidentified tax parcel 010-3630-00040
over lots 5-8 Oneota New York
Pier Duluth
be rezoned from Mixed-Use Business (MU-B) to Industrial-General (I-G).
Section 5. That the official zoning map of the City of Duluth as referenced in Chapter 50 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, is amended to read as shown in Attachment 1.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage and publication.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance provides a zoning change from Industrial-General (I-G) and Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU-N) to Mixed Use Businesses (MU-B), for areas near West Superior Street and South 40th Avenue West. The end result would be that properties in this general area, NW of Interstate 35, would be rezoned to MU-B, and areas to the SE of Interstate 35 would be rezoned to I-G. This will update the city’s zoning map to more clearly reflect the actual usage of the subject areas (commercial and industrial, respectively).
This rezoning action is being done by the city of Duluth to address a discrepancy between the zoning map and the future land use map, and it is not in anticipation of any specific potential development, proposal, or project. The city is amending the zoning map throughout the city, and this is one of the many zoning projects, both large and small, being proposed to the planning commission over the next several months prior to the public hearing and adoption process for the Imagine Duluth 2035 Comprehensive Plan.
On November 14, 2017, the Duluth city planning commission held a public hearing on the proposal as shown in Attachment 2, and voted 5 yeas, 0 nays, 0 abstentions, and 4 commissioners absent to recommend that the city council approve the rezoning requested for the following reasons:
1) The rezoning is generally consistent with the Comprehensive-Plan Future Land Use Map.
2) Material adverse impacts on nearby properties are not anticipated.
A simple majority by the city council is required to approve the affirmative vote (per 50-37.3.B.3).
Petitioner:
City of Duluth
PL 17-164