File #: 20-016-O (A)    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/14/2020 In control: Planning and Economic Development
On agenda: 3/9/2020 Final action: 4/13/2020
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-20.3, 50-20.5, AND 50-37.10.E, TO AMEND STANDARDS RELATED TO VACATION DWELLINGS AND ACCESSORY HOME SHARES.
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1, 2. Motion to Split 20-016-O Sipress, Kennedy, Randorf (Passed: 8-1-0 Councilor Russ Absent)
Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-20.3, 50-20.5, AND 50-37.10.E, TO AMEND STANDARDS RELATED TO VACATION DWELLINGS AND ACCESSORY HOME SHARES.

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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-20.3.U of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
50-20.3.U Vacation dwelling unit.
1. The minimum rental period shall not less than two consecutive nights, nor more than a maximum of 29 consecutive nights;
2. The total number of persons that may occupy the vacation dwelling unit is one person plus the number of bedrooms multiplied by two;
3. Off street parking shall be provided at the following rate:
(a) Vacation dwelling units licensed on May 15, 2016, shall provide the following minimum number of off street parking spaces:
1. 1-2 bedroom unit, one space,
2. 3-4 bedroom unit, two spaces,
3. 5+ bedroom unit, three spaces.
(b) Vacation dwelling units licensed after May 15, 2016, shall provide the following minimum number of off street parking spaces:
1. 1-2 bedroom unit, one space,
2. 3 bedroom unit, two spaces,
3. 4+ bedroom unit, number of spaces equal to the number of bedrooms minus one.
(c) Vacation dwelling units licensed on May 15, 2016, are entitled to continue operating under the former off-street parking requirement. The parking exemption for vacation dwelling units licensed on May 15, 2016, expires upon transfer of any ownership interest in the permitted property.
4. Only one motorhome (or pickup-mounted camper) and/or one trailer either for inhabiting or for transporting recreational vehicles (ATVs, boat, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, etc.) may be parked at the site, on or off the street;
5. In addition to the permit issued pursuant to this chapter, the property owner must obtain any and all other licenses and permits from the city of Duluth and state of Minnesota required for guest occupancy on the property for two to 29 days
6. The property owner must provide required documents and a...

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