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RESOLUTION AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN - FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR PROPERTY NORTH OF HIGHLAND STREET AND SOUTH OF MEDINA STREET, AND BETWEEN NORTH 59TH AVENUE WEST AND NORTH 61ST AVENUE WEST.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the city council makes the following findings:
(a) The city council adopted the Imagine Duluth 2035 Comprehensive Land Use Plan on June 25, 2018, via Resolution 18-0240R, which outlined the desired arrangement of land uses for the next 20 years; and
(b) The city planning division, which is implementing the Comprehensive Land Use Plan by implementing zoning regulations, has studied how, in some situations, amending the Comprehensive Land Use Plan to enable the eventual rezoning of an area will encourage new and appropriate development, encourage the reuse of previously developed lands and the adaptive reuse of existing infrastructure; and
(c) Based on a review of this area completed by the city planning division, staff recommended to the city planning commission that the Future Land Use map be amended, as described below and shown in the map (Attachment 1):
Area between the centerline of Highland Street and the centerline of of Medina Street, and the centerline of West of 59th Avenue West and the centerline of East of North 61st Avenue West, excluding areas to the south and east of the Canadian National railroad, from Traditional Neighborhood to Business Park
(d) The city planning commission has reviewed this future land use amendment, conducted a public hearing on February 11, 2020, at their regular planning commission meeting, and recommends city council adoption of the proposed future land use map amendment; and
(e) The city council action shall be by resolution, with the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of those members constituting a quorum required to take action.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the adopted Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Future Land Use Map, is amended as described above and in th...
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