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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 50-15.6 MIXED USE WATERFRONT.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-15.6 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
A. Example.
B. Illustration.
C. Planning commission approval required.
A planning review by the planning commission, pursuant to the procedures in Article V, shall be required for all development, redevelopment and expansions in the MU-W district, including but not limited to construction of driveways or other access from public streets and construction of off-premises signs, but excluding the following:
1. Building construction or expansion of less than 500 square feet in area;
2. Building renovations that affect the exterior of structures that do not result in an increase in building square footage;
3. Grading and construction of parking areas less than 3,000 square feet.
Development may not proceed until the planning commission has approved the project through planning review;
D. Development standards.
All permitted development in the MU-W shall comply with the following development standards:
1. Proposed development shall be visually and functionally oriented toward the waterfront of Lake Superior, the harbor and the St. Louis River to the maximum extent possible so that users of buildings and associated outdoor areas have direct views and physical access to the waterfront;
2. To protect public views to the waterfront from the closest landward public street running approximately parallel to the water, all primary structures shall have a maximum width of 200 feet measured along the shoreline and shall be separated from other primary structures by a minimum of 50 feet. These requirements shall not apply to portions of buildings that do not block public views of Lake Superior, the harbor and the St. Louis River from the closest landward public street running approximately parallel to the water due to topography or the locat...
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