07-29-1958 A REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS� MINNESOTA
WAS HELD ON TUESDAY� JULY 29� 1958 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE CITY HAL��
PRESENT WERE CHAIRMAN HAGEN� MEMBERS WEGIEITNER� JOHNSON AND O1BRIEN, ALSO P�AYOR PERBIX,
COUNCILMAN ANDERLA� CITY MANAGER BRUBACHER AND CITY ENGINEER SIDNEY-SMITH.
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ANDERLA MOVED� JOHNSON SECONDED, THAT A� L. WEGLEITNER BE APPOINTEO CHAIRMAN OF THE
ZONING ANC PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE PERIOD FROM ��1�58 TO 8/I/59. CARRIED.
PERBIX MOVEO� O�BRIEN SECONDED� THAT THE ZONING AND PLANNING COM��ISSION REFER TO THE
C�TY ATTORNEY THE PETITION OF MINNEAPOLIS TERMINAL WAREHOUSE COMPANY FOR CONTINUED USE
OF THEIR PROPERTY �YING NORTH OF SECOND STREET NORTH AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT ONE �I � EXCEPT TH� EAST 132 FEET OF THE NORTH 9 FEET; lOT TWO �2� EXCEPT
THE EAST 132 FEET� ENTIRE LOTS TWENTY-THREE �23� AND TWENTY-FOUR �24� � BLOCK 2�
STEVENS OAKWOOD PARK ADDITION� HENNEPtN COUNTY� MINNESOTA.
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR REQUEST CAN BE GRANTEC UNCER ORDINANCE NO. 131 . FURTHER,
THAT IF SUCH A PERMIT CAN BE GRANTED� THAT WE BE INSTRUCTED TO DRAW A WRITTEN
AGREEMENT TO BE �NTERED INTO WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS TERMINAL WAREHOUSE COMPANY TO CON-
TAIN THE FOL�OWING PROVISIONS:
I - THAT SAID PROPERTY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL� SINGLE RESIDENCE
OR DOUBLE RESIDENCE PURPOSES OR MIN�JEAPOLIS HONEYWELL EMPLOYEE PARKING.
2 - THAT SHOULD THE MINNEAPOLIS HONEYWELL CO��PANY TERMINATE THE1R LEASE OR
�..- MOVE FROh1 THE BUILDIN6� THE RIGHT TO USE SUCH LAND AS EMPLOYEE PARKING
LOTS SHALL TERMINATE.
3 - THAT THE MINNEAPOLIS TERMINAL �NAREHOUSE COMPANY WILL ERECT AND MAINTAIN
A BUFFER OF TREES ON THE EAST� NORTH AND WEST SIDES OF SAID PREMISES�
WHICH BUFFER SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE ZONING AND PLANNiNG COMMISSION.
4 � THAT THE MINNEAPOLIS TERMINAL WAREHOUSE COMPANY WILL IMMEDIATELY BLACKTOP
THE AREA INVOLVED AND CONTI�UA�LY KEEP IT IN A NEAT AND ORDERLY CONDITION,
5 - THAT IN ANY EVENT THIS AGREEMENT SHAL� TERMINATE ON AND AFTER
AT WHICH TIME THE USE SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DOUBLE RESIDENCE PURPOSES.
CARRIEC UNANIMOUSLY.
O�BRIEN MOVED� ANDERLA SECONDED, THAT RESOLUTION N0. 54, ��A RESOLUTION ORDERING A HEARING
ON AtJ APPLICATION FOR THE REZONIPJG OF CERT� IN PROPERTY", MARKED EXHIBIT "A", BE ADOPTED.
CARR I�.
JOHNSON MOVED, O�BRIEN SECONDED, THAT RECOMMENDATION BE MADE TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT A
SPECIAL USE PERMIT BE GRANTED FOR THE ERECTION OF A PROPOSED EQUIPMENT STORA6E BUILOING
�- IN THE MASON INDUSTRIAL AQCITION� �NHICH IS BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUES SOUTH AND BETWEEN
THE MILWAUKEE TRACKS ANC 7TH STREET SOUTH. CARRIED.
PER81X MOVED, O�BRIEN SECONDED� THAT PLAN A AND B , AS SUBMITTED BY R� J. ZAKARIESEN,
PERTAINlNG TO PROPOSED CHANGES OF COUNTY ROAD N0. 18 AT NO. 7 HIGHUVAY� 9E ftEFERRED TO
THE CITY ENGINEER FOR A CONFERENCE WITH MR. MCC UBREY OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
CARR(ED.
PERE3IX MOVED, ANDFRLA SECONDED, THAT THE VEHICULAR ACCESS REPORT FOR HOti1EDALE NURSERY
PROPERTY BE R'�CEIVED ANC PLACED ON FILE, CARRIEC.
AN�ERLA P�IOVGC� O�BRIEN SECONDEC, THAT PETITION BY HOVANDER FOODS� INC. FOR THE VACATION
OF ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS �, 3, 4 AND 21 � 22 AND 23� BLOCK 6B, WEST MINNEAPOLIS SECOND DIVISION
BE REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER ANC CITY PAANAGER FOR CHECKING AND REPORT. AlSO SETTING
A DATE FOR HEARING. CARRIED.
O�BR�EN MOVEO� WEGLEITNER SECONDED� THAT PECOMMENDATION BE MADE TO THE C�TY COUNCIL THAT
THE REQUEST BY RALPH WOIDEN FOR PERMISSION TO EXTEND THEIR PRESENT USEO CAR SALES LOT
75 FT. WESTERLY TO INCLUDE THE LOT AT 210 WEST EXCELSIOR AVENUE� BE GRANTED. CARRIED.
2ERBIX MOVED, ANDERLA SECONDED, THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION
�- HAVE A MORE DEFINITE CLARIFICATION ON C-2 ZONING� INSOFAR AS IT APPLIES TO PIIUI.TIPLE RE-
SIDENCE BUILDINGS� IT SHALL BE INTERPRETED THAT AN APPLICANT FOR A MULTIPLE RESIDENCE
PERMIT IN A C-2 AREA SHALL COMPLY WITH BOTH THE MULTIPLE RESICENCE ABD C-2 RESIDENCE .
RLQU 1 REI�pENTS. CARR I ED,
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ZONING AND PLANNIN� - REGULAP, MEETING - 7/29/58
� PERBIX MOVED� AN�ERLA SECONOED� THAT REQUEST BY MR. MANTZ FOR A BUILDING PERM►T FOR
A STORAGE BUI�DING ON 9TH AVENUE SOUTH AT NINE MILE CREEK� BE DENIED, CARRIED.
MEETING ADJOURNED,
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I hand you herecrith a Petitian for t:�e r�zoaing �
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of certain �rg�3s�s lying nor�her�� of tha present Red Owi
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�. PETITION FOR AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE
T0: THE CITY COUNCIL, HOPKINS, MINNESOTA.
This petition is submitted by RED Oj�TL STORES, INC., pursuant to Section 16,
Subdivision 1, of Ordina.nce 131, of the City of Hopkins, TJiinnesota.
Your petitioner, RED OWL STORE5, INC., respectfully represents and request :
l. That your petitioner is the owner and seized in fee of those certain
premises situated in the City of Hopkins, County of Hennepin, State of
Minnesota, legally described as follows, to-wit:
That part of the Southwest �uarter of the Northwest �uarter (SW-',�
of i�W-'d-) of Section Nineteen (19�, in Township One Hundred Seventeen
(117�, nange Twenty-one (21), lying East of the right-of-way of �
the �'reat Northern Ra.ilway Company across said landssnd South of
�' a line drawn parallel to the South line of said Southwest Quarter
of the Northwest Quarter (S��-'4 of NWa� and dista.nt therefrom
Five Hundred Ninety-three (593) feet measured along the East
line of said Southwest ��uarter of the iVorthwest Quarter (Sti�
of N�).
2. That the zoning of said premises was, pursuant to said Ordinance,
changed from an Industrial district to a Double-Residence district on
.Tuly 7, 1956.
3. That petitioner had no actual knowledge that said rezoning was being
considered.
4. Tha.t your petitioner asks that the City Council amend said Ordinance
so that the zoning of said premises be returned to Industrial district.
5. That your petitioner further respectfully represents that:
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a. Because said premises were zoned as an Industrial district they
were purchased by your petitioner on December 17, 1946; and
b. Said premises were, together with other premises adjacent thereto
purchased by your petitioner for the sole and exclusive purpose
of constructing thereupon a warehouse and other facilities to be
used by your petitioner in connection with the operation of its
wholesale and retail grocery business, which uses would, pursuant
to said Ordinance, require said premises to be zoned as an Indus-
trial district; and
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v c. That petitioner's principal purpose in locatin� in the City of
Hopkins and purchasing the said premises was the adaptability of
said premises, because of its zoning, for future plant expansion
Iin conjunction with petitioner's growth and increase in sales
volume; and
d. That since purchasing said property in 1946 petitioner's volume
has quadrupled. It is anticipated that a similar increase in
the next ten years will make utilization of all of petitioner's
property for wa.rehouse purposes mandatory; and
e. That petitioner's growth has contributed to the high level of
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employment in the City of Hopkins; and
f. That petitioner's development of its properties has ma.de it a
substantial City of Hopkins taxpayer; and
g. That to amend said Ordinance as herein prayed for would not in
any way be detrimental to the neighborhood or neiohbors adjacent
to the said premises; and
h. That petitioner's continued development and growth, and expansion
on said property, will be for the overall benefit of the City of
Hopkins; and
i. That the amendment of said Ordinance as herein prayed for would
do substantial justice and would be in keeping with the spirit
� of said Ordinance and would further promote the public safety and
welfare of the people of the City of Hopkins.
WHEREFORE, your petitioner prays that the aforesaid Ordinance be amended
in that the zoning of said premises be changed from a Double-Residence district to
an Industrial district. I
RED O�TL STO ' , INC. �
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(Dated: June 23, 1958 B
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