City Grant Application for Park Point Projects and City Zoning Changes Meeting

 

$86,000 in grants for city parks: April 1 deadline
If you’re interested in applying for up to $5,000 for projects to benefit city parks and programs, please check out this link and share your ideas with the PPCC executive committee. Time’s ticking away! (Last year, we applied for help for the Summer Youth Program. Now, some people have discussed expanding our past efforts to build boardwalks, thereby making the beach more accessible while preventing erosion and preserving beachgrass.
Here’s the link: http://www.duluthmn.gov/press_releases/templates/display.cfm?id=2228
The executive committee meets this Thursday; and the full membership meets Thursday, March 21..
If you’d be willing to help with a boardwalk project, please contact the Environmental Committee chair.

Open meetings on City zoning changes
http://www.duluthmn.gov/press_releases/templates/display.cfm?id=2237
The public is encouraged to attend the meeting which is being held on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 5 pm in Duluth City Hall, Room 303 (411 West First Street).
Input gathered from the public meeting will be forwarded to the Planning Commission, who will review the proposed changes at a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Duluth City Hall.

Changes being proposed: District Dimension Standards Change Lot Area and Lot Frontage Requirements in R-1, and Change Height Limit of Structures in MU-N, MU-C, MU-I, MU-B, and MU-W. Historic Preservation: Remove Local Designated Historic Landmarks Table, Change Name from Historic to Heritage Preservation Commission, and Change Historic Resource Designation Process. Uses Allowed and Use Specific Standards Change Permitted and Special Uses in MU-N District, Change Size Limits for Grocery Store Small and Large, Change Use Specific Standards of Religious Uses and School, Elementary, Middle, or High, Change Use Specific Standards for Restaurants, and Change Use Specific Standards for Vacation Dwelling Units and Accessory Vacation Dwelling Units. Other Change Requirements to Improvements to Lot Frontage, Change Rules on Signage, Change the Requirement for an Development Contract for Interim Use Permits, and Create a Definition of Dwelling, Twinhome.

 

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