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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-20.3.E, Q, AND R, 50-23, AND 50.33.6, TO AMEND STANDARDS RELATED TO CONNECTIVITY AND CIRCULATION WITHIN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 50-20.3.E of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, be amended as follows:
50-20.3.E Bank.
1. When in the MU-N district, the following standards apply:
(a) The speaker box and drive-through window must be at least 50 feet from any property line containing a residential structure;
(b) Drive-through may not open before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. during the weekday, or before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on the weekend. Drive-through may be open at 6:00 a.m. during the weekday or at 7:00 a.m. on the weekend only if all speaker boxes and drive-through windows are at least 125 feet from any residential structure, or open until 11:00 pm on Friday and Saturday if all speaker boxes and drive-through windows are at least 250 feet from any residential structure, excluding any residential use or structure on the same property or within the same development;
(c) Glare and noise from cars in the drive-through lane and stacking space shall be shielded from adjacent residential properties through the use of screening, fencing, and/or a dense urban screen;
(d) The land use supervisor may require that the drive-through be located on the opposite side of the building from a residential use or that a masonry sound wall be constructed;
(e) Banks are limited to no more than two drive-through windows and one drive-through lane for ATM services on the premises;
2. Any drive-through lane that is located between a bank and a residential district or structure shall be buffered from the residential district or structure by a dense urban screen and shall not be open past 10:00 p.m.;
3. Banks in the R-P, F-1, F-3, F-5, F-6, F-7, F-8 or F-9 districts may not have drive-through facilities;
4. Drive-through lanes ...
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