03-29-1951 �
A me�ting of the Zoming Commission of the City of Hopkins,�iinnesota, was
held at the City Hall at 8 o�clock P.bS. on 2hursday, �darch 29, 1951, �dembers
presen.t were: Chaa.rm�an La,rson� B�embers Kokesh and Blomquist, Absent: Justus
and Parks. Also present were City Manager Congdon and City F�gineer Iaska,
and City Attorney 1Yhi.tney.
The purpose of the raeeti.ng was to discuss and clarify the zoning ordinance
as to the setba.ck on front and side yards in the commercial area. The
interpretation was that the way the lots faced would determine which would
be the front yard of same•
A letter by Attorney Joseph C. Vesely, dated 3/23/�I., pertaining to I,ots
28 and 29, Block 2� ti�est �inneapolis, belonging to Henry Pokorr3y� w�as read
and it was determined that the f ronts of the above numbered lots face on
Second Street South.
�Ieeting adjourned.
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M r. Arthur W. Elmquist
City Clerk
City Hall,
Hopkins, Minnesota
Attention: City Council and Zoning Comrrission
Gentl anen:
I represent A�tr. Henry Pokorny who is the owner among other
properties, of Lots 28 and 29, Block 2, West N:inneapolis which as
you know, is located on the Northeast intersection of Seventh Avenue
South and Second Street.
Along the Northerly boundary lines of these lots there is ncw
� built a plumbing shop and warehouse. Nr. Pokorny seeks to erect
an addition to this business structure running in a Northerly-Southerly
direction on Lot 29. It is our understanding that under the present
zoning ordinance he is compelled to stay 10 feet away from his lot
lines. He has no ob�ection to observing this set-back line in so f ar
as Seventh Avenue South is concerned, but if he is compelled to observe
this set-back line also with reference to Second Street South, he
cannot erect the kind of building necessary for his business since
the space therein would be too small.
As you undoubtedly know on the South side of Second Street South
all the way from Fifth Avenue to Ninth Avenue there is nothing but
railway right of way land and I have no doubt but what such land will
remain uni.mproved as it is at present. The original intention of the
zoning ordinance with reFerence to the 10 foot set-back line was to
provide for a possible future wideninr of various commercial streets.
In so far as Second Street South is concerned such widening can of
course be accomplished easily by proceeding into the right of way lands
and therefore it see�ns to us that there is no valid reason for the
insistence uFon a 10 foot set-back line along Second Street South between
Fifth and Ninth Avenues.
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You may therefore interpret this letter as a petition to your body
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Arthur W. Elmquist, City Clerk of City of Hopkins
March 23, 1951.
either to amend the zoning ordinance in so far as this requirement is
concerned for Second Street South or to grant to rir. Pokorny an
exception.
�.espectfully yours,
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