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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-37.1.L, ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS, TO ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBLITY RELATED TO OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-37.1.L of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
50-37.1.L Administrative adjustments.
Where an application concerns development or redevelopment of a lot and the applicant demonstrates practical difficulty in designing the redevelopment to comply with all requirements of this Chapter, the land use supervisor is authorized to approve applications that diverge from the requirements of this Chapter in up to two of the following ways:
1. The front, side or rear setbacks of a new or modified structure is one foot smaller than the minimum setbacks required by this Chapter;
2. For properties zoned Residential-Traditional (R-1) or Residential-Urban (R-2), and have a lot frontage of 40 feet of less, the corner side yard setback is no less than five feet smaller than the minimum setback required by this Chapter;
3. The front, side or rear setback for a new or modified city operated utility structure on existing utility lines is no less than five feet;
4. The height of a new or modified structure is no more than two feet taller than the maximum allowed by this Chapter;
5. For properties where Section 50-24 requires more than three off street parking spaces, and the property does not contain a single-family residential structure (regardless of the use of that structure) the site may contain one three less parking space than the minimum that is required, or may contain one five more parking space than the maximum allowed in Section 50 24.4;
6. Handicap accessibility structures can encroach into the yard setbacks when such structures comply with the Minnesota State Building Code.
7. For properties where Section 50-21.2 requires improved street frontage, exceptions limiting the street improvement to no more than 50 feet i...
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