07-26-1977 A regular meeting of the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission was held on
Tuesday, July 26, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. in the CounciZ Chambers of the City Hall.
�" Present were Chairman Gaskell, members Hance, Loberg, Slaton and Stefan. Also
present were City Manager Craig, City Engineer Strojan, Zoning A�ministrator
Kohnen and City Planner Hawks.
Action: Mr. Stefan moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion that the minutes of
June 28, 1977 be revised regarding using R-1-A requirements for certain
non-conforming Zots. Motion carried.
Item: Dr. Slaton reviewed the Council action regarding the Dennis Roof case
and the parking Study.
Item: Mr. Stefan moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion that Article V, Section
5.2 of the By-Laws be amended as follows: add after commissioners in the
foi�rth Zine "prepare for City Administration an annual budget for City
review and approval". Motion carried.
Item: Mr. Gaskell moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion that Article XIII,
Section 13.1 of the By-Laws be amended as foZlows: delete "annual"
in the second line preceeding meeting. Motion carried.
Item: Election of officers for the coming year: By ballot, Mr. Gaskell was
— elected Chairman. Mr. Loberg moved and Mr. Stafan seconded a motion
that Mr. Hance be Vice-Chairman. Motion carried.
Item: Proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance are to be prepared and ready
for commission review at the meeting of August 30 to set date for hearing
in September.
Case No: 77-OS Hearing to consider vacating the 33 foot east-west roadway easement
on the south part of ParceZ 8800, Section 23, Township 117, Range 22, also
known as 300 21st Avenue North continued from June 28, 1977.
Action: Mr. Loberg moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion to deny the application
because the City has no jurisdiction as stated by the City Attorney.
Motion carried.
Item: Appearance by Mr. Ro11in Child regarding the enlargement of his building
at 420 Excelsior Avenue West continued from June 28, 1977.
Action: Mr. Stefan moved and Mr. Loberg seconded a motion that this item be
removed from the agenda until the City is notified by Mr. Child that he
wi11 be ready to present plans. ldotion carried.
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Item: Appearance by Minneapolis Floral regarding proposal fnr their land in
south Hopkins continued from June 28, 1977
Action: At the request of Mr. Lindquist, attorney for Minneapolis Floral�,
Mr. Gaskell continued this item to the August 30, 1977 meeting.
Case No: 77-11 Hearing to consider an application by Mr. Sohan Uppal for a variance
to the lot width requirement of IDO feet in the R-2 District to 92 feet in
the 1ot width to create five (5) lots. Said project located on the east
side of 9th Avenue South, south of 7th Street.
Mr. E1Zis, owner of the property, and Mr. Uppa.Z potential bu�er and
developer of the property explained the proposal to the commission and
Mr. Ellis explained the agreement made with the City granting him the
right to utilize the land he owned south of Sth Street in determining
the density of the remainder of his land.
Action: Mr. Loberg moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion to recomrraend to the
Council approval of the variance to create 5 lots 92 feet each with the
stipulation that the obligation of the City is fuJfilled. Motion carried.
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Case No: 77-13 Hearing to consider an application by Mr. J. M. Barber for a
Conditional Use Permit to remove sub-standard soil and replace with
Zoning and Planning minutes of July 26, 1977 continued.
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granular material in the I-2 District on Lots 1 thru 5, inclusive, BZock 2,
L.P. Creviers First Addition, 14th Avenue & Fifth Street South.
Action: Dr. Slaton moved and Mr. Loberg seconded a motion that this item he
referred to the Watershed District and that the staff help Mr. Barber
in any way possible. Motion carried.
Item: Renewal of Special Use Permit for one year for mobile trailer used as a
truck sales office for Town's Edge Ford.
Action: Mr. Hance move� and Dr. Slaton seconded a motion to recommend to the
Council approval of the Special Use Permit for one year. �7otion carried.
Case No: 77-I4 Hearing to consider an application by Baker Associates for a height
variance from four stories to seven stories and a side yard setback re-
quirement of 37� feet to 10 feet and a Conditional Use Permit to con-
struct a seven story apartment complex at 701 Highway No. 7.
Mr. Herb Mason updated the commission on the property involved.
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Mr. Baker reviewed the proposal with the commission and showed drawings
of the completed project.
Action: Mr. Hance moved and Mr. Loberg seconded a motion to recommend approval
to the Council of the variance of four to six stories, of no more than
36 units, and the Conditional Use Permit based on the unique character-
istics of the project and reduced density of the property. Motion carried.
Item: Preliminary review of plans for an addition to the Napco building.
Mr. Mahaffey, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Hanson reviewed the proposal with the
Commission.
Action: Mr. Stefan moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion to recommend to the
Council approval of a Conditional Use Permit for the Napco addition with
the stipulation that Napco continue the availability of the 230 car
parking Iot, a walkway along County Road 3 be constructed, extension of
fire hydrants be taken care of, catch basin be reviewed with the City
Engineer, the loading and unloading of 55 foot trucks be considered, a
main entrance be created, access for emergency vehicles be provided and
�,, that access points be reduced from five to four.
Mr. Stefan moved and P4r. Hance seconded a motion to rescind his motion and
recomm�nd to the Council approval of the Cn_nditional Use Permit with the
previously stated stipulations with the understanding that Napco come
before the Commission for review of finaZ details at the August meeting.
Motion carried.
Item: Parking Study referred to Planning Commission for review and study.
After considerable discussion the commission decided that there is a need
for parking in the downtown area, and that long term parking is the real
problem.
Action: Dr. Slaton moved and Mr. Hance seconded a motion to get together with
the Parking Committee, August 9, 1977 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room
of the City Ha.Zl. Motion carried.
Action: Mr. Hance moved and Mr. Stefan seconded a motion that the meeting be
adjourned. Motion carried. /
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Alfred Gaskell, Chairman