Unified Development Chapter of the Legislative Code

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In June 2006, the Duluth City Council adopted a new Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the City of Duluth, the result of an intensive, community-based process to determine the long-term future of Duluth's physical development. Now, the City is moving forward in implementing the Comprehensive Plan with the development of a new legal framework for comprehensive land use regulations.

The new Unified Development Chapter of the City of Duluth Legislative Code (Chapter 50) will replace the City's current 50-year old zoning ordinance.

The Unified Development Chapter will:

• incorporate contemporary approaches to neighborhood revitalization, mixed uses and natural resource protection regulations;

• bring together all of the City's development and zoning related sections into one simplified, unified document; and

• include a streamlined development review and approval process which will allow the City to be more efficient and responsive to its citizens and the needs of the development community.