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Council seeks code modernization to speed housing approvals; staff to return recommendations in roughly six months

5611011 · June 12, 2025
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The council introduced a resolution to modernize the Unified Development Chapter to increase housing supply, asked planning staff for public engagement, and directed staff to return recommendations in about 150 days.

The Duluth City Council discussed Resolution 5-20, a resolution supporting comprehensive zoning and code modernization aimed at increasing housing supply across income levels, and asked planning staff to pursue public engagement and return recommendations within roughly 150 days.

Council members said the effort is intended to reduce permitting barriers and create clearer, faster pathways for by-right development, mixed-use Main Street corridors, and 1– to 3-story residential options…

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