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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF DULUTH TO RECLASSIFY PROPERTIES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COMMONWEALTH AVENUE AND BECKS ROAD from RURAL RESIDENTIAL 1 (rr-1) AND RESIDENTIAL-TRADITIONAL (R-1) TO mIXED uSE BUSINESS PARK (mu-B).
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That the subject properties near the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Becks Road, as shown in Attachment 1, and as more particularly described as follows:
010-3540-00010
010-3540-00060
010-3540-00070
010-3540-00110
010-3540-00120
010-3540-00130
010-3540-00140
010-3540-00150
010-3540-00155
010-3540-00160
010-3540-00190
010-3540-00200
010-3540-00210
010-3540-00240
010-3540-00250
010-3540-00260
010-3540-00270
010-3540-00280
010-3540-00290
010-3540-00300
010-3540-00350
010-3540-00360
010-3540-00440
010-3540-00450
010-3540-00460
010-3540-00470
010-3540-00510
010-3540-00560
010-3540-00620
010-3540-00630
010-3540-00710
010-3540-00720
010-3540-00730
010-3540-00740
010-3540-01040
010-3540-00800
010-3540-00870
010-3540-00880
010-3540-00890
010-3540-00900
010-3540-00910
010-3540-00920
010-3540-00930
010-3540-00940
010-3540-00950
010-3540-00960
010-3540-00970
010-3540-00980
010-3540-00990
010-3540-01032
be rezoned from Rural Residential 1 (RR-1) and Residential-Traditional (R-1) to Mixed Use-Business Park (MU-B)
Section 2. 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 3. 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 Rural Residential 1 (RR-1) and Residential-Traditional (R-1) to Mixed Use-Business Park (MU-B) for properties in the subject area. Based on the development pattern of adjacent areas, future land use designation, and the purpose statement of the MU-B zone district, rezoning to MU-B is appropriate for this subject area.
This rezoning action is not in anticipation of any specific development proposal; it is instead intended to update the zoning map to reflect the future land use designation. The change to the future land use was part of the Imagine Duluth 2035 Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted (18-0240R) by the City Council on June 25, 2018 following a two-year process. This change is one of the 19 referenced in Chapter 11, Land Use, of the Imagine Duluth 2035 Comprehensive Plan.
This amendment to the zoning map would change property from a residential district to a mixed use district, and the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the council is required.
On August 13, 2019, the Duluth city planning commission held a special public hearing on the proposal as described in Attachment 2, and voted 6 yeas, 1 nays, 0 abstentions, to recommend that the city council approve the rezoning requested for the following reasons:
1) The proposed zone district is the most reasonably able to implement the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan related to the land use for this area.
2) Material adverse impacts on nearby properties are not anticipated.
Petitioner: City of Duluth
City of Duluth
PL 19-110