2005-115
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 05-115
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A
FRONT YARD SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A SIGN
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN05-1 0 has been made by King Technology; and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN05-10 was made by King Technology on
October 27, 2005;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed notice, held
a meeting on the application and reviewed such application on November 29, 2005:
all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard;
3. That the written comments and analysis of the City staff were considered; and
4. Legal description of the parcel is as follows:
Lots 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Block 54, West Minneapolis
All the vacated alley dedicated to the public in Block 54 of the plat of West Minneapolis and
that part of vacated 1 ih A venue and vacated Railroad Boulevard (dedicated as Railway
Boulevard in said plat) lying between the west and northerly line of said Block 54 and the
following described line:
Commencing at the southwest comer of said Block 54 thence west along the westerly
extension of the south line of said block to the center line of vacated 1 ih Avenue, thence
north along said centerline to the northerly line of Railroad Boulevard, thence northeasterly
along the northerly line of Railroad Boulevard to its intersection with the northerly extension
of the east line of said Block 54, thence south along said extension to the northeast corner of
said block, and said line there terminating.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that application for Variance VN05-10 to reduce
the front yard setback from 10 feet to five is hereby approved based on the following Findings of
Fact:
1. That placing the proposed sign at the 5-foot setback will allow a monument sign on
the area abutting 11 th Avenue.
Adopted this 6th day of December 2005.
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Eug e J. axwell, Mayor
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