10-25-2011 OCTOBER NOVEMBER MEMBERS
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AGENDA
ZONING & PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
REGULAR MEETING 6:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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'� ITEM: Approve and sign minutes of the September 27, 2011, regulai meeting.
COMMISSION ACTION: / / / /
CASE NO.
ZN11-6 REZONING — 325 BLAKE ROAD FROM INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE
Public Public Hearing to considei iezoning 325 Blake Road from Industrial
Hearing Mixed Use.
COMMISSION ACTION: / / / /
CASE NO.
SUBD11-2 PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT— 208 14th AVENUE NORTH
Public Public Hearing to consider the preliminary/final plat for 208 14th Avenue
^ Hearing North
COMMISSION ACTION: / / / /
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AGENDA
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CASE NO.
SUBD11-3 PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT - 21St AVENUE NORTH
Public Public Hearing to consider the preliminary/final plat for the vacant lots
Hearing between 349 and 337 21Gt Avenue Noith
COMMISSION ACTION: / / / /
ITEM: REPRESENTATIVE TO UPDATE CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNMENT
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ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
� September 27, 2011
A regular meeting of the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission was held on Tuesday,
September 27, 201 l, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Hopkins City Hall.
Present were Commission Members Molly Cummings, Doug Datta, Andrew Fisher, Andrea
Naef, Charles Firth and Aaron Kuznia. Jennifer Allard was absent.
Also present was staff inember Nancy Anderson.
CALL TO ORDER
Mr. Kuznia called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Ms. Naef moved and Mr. Firth seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the August 30,
2011, regular meeting. The motion was approved unanimously.
ITEM: REZONING—325 BLAKE ROAD FROM INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE
Ms. Anderson asked for a motion to continue this item.
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Mr. Datta moved and Ms. Naef seconded a motion to continue this item to the October 25,2011
meeting. The motion was approved unanimously.
ADJOURN
Ms. Cummings moved and Ms. Naef seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion
was approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
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ATTEST:
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Aaron Kuznia, Chair
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� October ]�, 201 l ti o P K i N s Plaiming Report ZN 11-6
REZONING—325 BLAKE ROAD
Proposed Action
Staff reconunends the following inotion: Move to adopt Resolution RZ11-11 recoirunending
adoption of Ordinance 11-1034, rezoning the property at 325 Blake Rd from I-2, General
Industrial to Mixed Use.
Overview
The newly approved Comprehensive Plan has designated the sites around the three LRT
stations within the City differently than currently zoned. Areas around the proposed LRT
stations have been guided Mixed Use. The Mixed Use ordinance was recently adopted by
the City Council. The City will now go through a process to rezone these sites. One site is
the Hopkins Cold Storage site located at 325 Blake Road.
The existing use of a warehouse can remain. The impact will be that there can be no
expansion of the existing use. This rezoning is a process to prepare various parcels within
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Primarv Issues to Consider
• What is the Comprehensive Plan designation?
• What is the existing zoning of the subject site?
• What does the Mixed Use zoning allow?
• Should the site be rezoned from I-2 to Mixed Use?
• What has happened since this itein was continued froin the September meeting?
Supporting Documents
• Analysis of Issues
• Mixed Use Ordinance
• Resolution RZ 11-11
• Ordinance 11-1034
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^ Financial Iinpact: $ N/A Budgeted: Y/N Source:
Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.):
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Priruarv Issues to Consider
• What is the Comprehensive Plan designation?
The Comprehensive Plan has designated the site as Mixed Use.
• What is the existing zoning of the subject site?
The site is zoned I-2, General Industrial.
• What does the Mixed Use zoning allow?
The Mixed Use zoning district allows commercial and residential uses.
• Should the site be rezoned from I-2 to Mixed Use?
The I-2 zoning is an industrial zoning. The LRT station will be on the west side of Blake
Road, and it seems logical that any redevelopinent that will happen around this station be
redeveloped for a higher use than an industrial use. Coinprehensive Plan has designated the
site as Mixed Use.
� • What has happened since this item was continued from the September meeting?
Since the August and September meetings, the Minnehaha Watershed District executed a
purchase agreement for 325 Blake Road and now has closed on the property. The site is
a�proximately 17 acres. The Watershed District will retain approximately 3 to 5 acres for
creek restoration and will sell the remaining property for redevelopment. Any
redevelopinent will have to coinply with the permitted uses in the inixed use zoning district.
Alternatives
1. Recommend approval of the rezoning. By recotnmending approval of the rezoning, the
City Council will consider a recommendation of approval.
2. Recommend denial of the rezoning. By recoinmending denial of the rezoning, the City
Council will consider a recoinmendation of deniaL If the Planning Coirunission
considers this alternative, findings will have to be identified that support this alternative.
3. Continue for further infonnation. If the Planning Commission indicates that further
inforn�ation is needed, the item should be continued.
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota �
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-1031
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No. 515-570 be, and the saine and is hereby
amended by amending and adding the following sections:
DEFINITIONS - SECTION 515
Subd. 13. Artisan Shops: retail stores selling glass, cerainics, jewelry, and other
handcrafted items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the items being sold.
Subd. 14. Assisted Livin�: provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily
living; coordination of services by outside health care providers; and monitoring of resident
activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being.
Subd. 21. Banks and Financial Seivices: financial institutions including banks and trust
coinpanies, credit agencies, holding coinpanies, lending and thrift institutions, other investment
coinpanies, securities/commodity contract brokers, and dealers security and cominodity
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exchanges, vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies.
Subd. 22. Bar/Tavern: a bar, also called a pub or tavern, is a business that serves food
and drinks, especially alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, and mixed drinks, for
consuinption on the premises or adjacent outdoor seating areas.
Subd. 25. Big=Box Retail: any coinmercial retail establishment that ineets or exceeds
50,000 square feet of gross floor area.
Subd. 26. Bike Parkin�- Lon T�enn_ parking for inore than eight hours.
Subd. 27. Bike Parkin�,= Short Teni1: parking for less than eight hours.
Subd. 29. Boutic�ues: a small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, or
accessories.
Subd. 59. Delicatessen: a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving,
ready-to-serve foods such as cheeses, cold cooked ineats, and salads.
Subd. 75. Educational Facilities: Includes public and private schools at the primary,
eleinentary, middle,junior high or high school level that provide state-mandated basic education
or a comparable equivalent. This also includes colleges, universities, and other institutions of
higher learning such as vocational or trade schools that offer courses of general or specialized �
study leading to a degree or certification.
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Subd. 80. Fanners Market: the sale of organic, non-organic, or otherwise locally grown
fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products directly to the consumer by the farmer,
typically in an outdoor setting.
Subd. 97. Green Roof: green roofs are vegetated roof covers, with growing inedia and
plants taking the place of bare inembrane, gravel ballast, shingles or tiles. The nuinber of layers
and the layer placement may vary from system to system and green roof type, but at a minimum
all green roofs include a single to inulti-ply waterproofing layer, drainage, growing media and
the plants, covering the entire roof deck surface. There are two inain types of green roofs —
extensive or intensive — although a green roof is often designed with features of both and then
referred to as either semi-extensive or semi-intensive.
Subd. 105. Indoor S�orts and Recreation Facilitv: predominantly participant sports and
health activities conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling
alley,billiard parlor, ice/roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, indoor cliinbing facilities,
and soccer areas.
Subd. 130. Medical Service — Clinics Offices and Laboratories: facility priinarily
engaged in furnishing outpatient inedical, inental health, surgical and other personal health
� services, but which is separate from hospitals, including; medical and dental laboratories,
inedical, dental and psychiatric offices, out-patient care facilities, acupuncture, and other allied
health service. Counseling services by other than medical doctor psychiatrists are included under
offices.
Subd. 133. Mixed-use Building: means a building that contains at least one floor
devoted to pennitted nonresidential uses and at least one devoted to permitted residential uses.
Subd. 134. Mixed Use: generally refers to a deliberate inix of housing, civic uses, and
coininercial uses, including retail, restaurants, and offices.
Subd. 138. Music Store: a musical instrument retailer selling guitars, amps, sound
systems, drums, band and orchestra instruments for sale or rental and may also have lessons
available.
Subd. 139. Neighborhood Market: a pedestrian-oriented grocery/specialty market store
offering food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store
and oriented to the daily shopping needs of surrounding residential areas. Neighborhood inarkets
are less than 5,000 square feet in size and operate less than 18 hours per day. Neighborhood
tnarkets may include deli or beverage tasting facilities that are ancillary to the market/grocery
portion of the use.
� Subd. 146. Nursing Hoine: a residential facility for person with chronic illness or
disability. A nursing home may also be called a convalescent home or long-term care facility.
Subd. 156. Park and Ride Facilitv: a designated area where a vehicle may be left in
order to carpool with other coimnuters or to ride public transit.
Subd. 168. Print Shou: is a business which prints and copies things such as docuinents �
and cards for customers.
Subd. 177. Retail Sales, General: stores and shops selling merchandise. These stores
and lines of inerchandise include; art galleries, artists' supplies, bakeries, bicycles, books,
caineras and photographic supplies, clothing and accessories, collectibles (cards, coins, comics,
stamps, etc.) departinent stores, drug and discount stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies,
florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales), furniture, home furnishings and equipment, general
stores, gift and souvenir shops, hardware, hobby inaterials, jewelry, luggage and leather goods,
inusical instruinents, parts and accessories, newsstands, orthopedic supplies, pet supplies sales
with no aniinals but fish, religious goods, small wares, specialty shops, sporting goods and
equipment, stationery, toys and games, variety stores. This does not include big box retail,
superstores or warehouse clubs.
Subd. 194. Street Food Vendor: street food is a quick eatJor quick meal sold by vendor
with a push cart, basket, or at a stall, where custoiner can see the preparation of cooking or the
prepared street food clearly.
Subd. 208. Transit Stations: passenger stations for vehicular and rail inass transit
systems.
Subd. 217. Variet Sy tore: a retail store that sells a wide range of inexpensive items.
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Other uses listed in Section 515 are to be renumbered accordingly.
Section 543 - Zoning: Mixed Use
543.01 Mixed Use. The priinary purposes of the Mixed Use Zone Districts are to:
• Provide appropriate areas for and facilitate quality mixed use development in activity
centers that are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's land use and transportation
goals, objectives, policies and strategies;
. Accommodate intensities and patterns of development that can support multiple modes of
transportation, including public transit,biking and walking;
• Group and link places used for living, working, shopping, schooling, and recreating,
thereby reducing vehicle trips, relieving traffic congestion, improving air quality in the
City and encouraging active living principles;
• Provide a variety of residential housing types and densities to assure activity in the
district and support a mix of uses, and enhance the housing choices of City residents; and �
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• Integrate new inixed use developinent with its surroundings by encouraging connections
for pedestrians and vehicles and by assuring sensitive, compatible use, scale, and
operational transitions to neighboring uses.
543.02. Pennitted and Conditional Uses:
RESIDENTIAL UN DT CTC
(Blake) (8`� Ave) (Shady
Oak)
1. Multi—unit dwellings x X X
2. Townhoines x x
COMMERCIAL
3. Bar/Tavern x x
4. Antiques x x
5. Art Gallery X
6. Artisan Shop x x
7. Bakery X X X
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8. Bank and Financial x (a) x( a) x(a)
Services
9. Beauty/Barber Sho X X X
10. Bike Sales x x
1 l. Books—Office su lies x x
12. Bouti ues x x
13. Butcher X X X
14. Camera—Photographic x x
15. Clothing Store X
16. Clubs (private— X X x
nonprofit)
17. Coffee Shop x X X
18. Collectibles (cards, coins, x x
comics, stamps, etc.)
19. Costume and Fonnal x x
Wear Rental
20. Currency Exchange x (b ) x (b)
21. Day Nursery X X x
22. Delicatessen X X x
23. Dry Clean and Laundry x x X
24. Educational Facilities x x (c) x
25. Electronics x (d) x (d)
^ 26. Em loylnent Agency x X X
27. Essential Public Service & x x x
Utility Structures
28. Fabric and Sewing Store x x
29. Florists X X X
30. Garden and Landscape x(e) x (e) �
31. Gifts and Novelties x x
32. Glassware, China, Pottery X
33. Health Club x X
34. HobUy- Craft - Instruction x X
35. Hotel X
36. Karate, Dance-Studio x x
37. Ice Cream x X X
38. Indoor Sports & X X�fl X
Recreation Facility
39. Interiors-Decoration x x
Studio
40. Jewelry x x
41. Leather Goods-Luggage x x
42. Liquors-Off-sale x X x
43. Locks�nith and Fixit Sho x x x
44. Medical Service x X X
45. Music Store X
46. Neighborhood Market x x x
47. Offices X X X
48. Optical x x
49. Paint and Wallpaper X
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50. Parking Ramps & Lots x X X
S l. Pawn Shop x x
52. Pet Grooming x x
53. Pet Store x x
54. Phannacy-Drug Store x x ( g)
55. Photography-Studio X
56. Picture Fraining-Art Sho x
57. Pi e-Tobacco Sho X X X
58. Print Sho X X X
59. Restaurant - Traditional x x x
60. Restaurant-Carry-out & x x x
delivery
61. Shoes-Boot Store x x
62. Sporting Goods x x
63. Stationery-Card Sho x X X
64. Street Food Vendors x X X
65. Tailoring X X X
66. Travel Agent x X X
67. Variety Store x x
68. Vet Clinic X X X
69. Video/DVD -Sales, Rental x x x
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70. Transit Station X x X
71. Park & Ride Facility X X X
72. Public Open Space/Park x X X
Conditional uses
a. Bank and Financial Services, provided:
L The applicant must show that the drive thru in an integral part of the building and
the traffic and queuing will not interfere with the pedestrian experience. It shall
be at the sole discretion of the City Council to allow a drive thru.
b. Currency Exchange:
1. The use shall be located at least one thousand (1,000) feet froin any other
currency exchanges, secondhand goods stores, and pawnshops.
2. The use shall Ue located at least three hundred fifty (350) feet from an off-sale
liquor establishinent.
3. Back—lighted signs, back-lighted awnings, portable signs, temporary signs and
freestanding signs are prohibited.
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c. Educational Facilities, provided:
1. use shall not be located on first floor
d. Electronics, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
e. Garden and Landscape, provided:
1. outside display limited to area in front of store
f. Indoor Sports and Recreation Facility, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
g. Phannacy - Drug Store, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
Development Standards for Mixed Use:
543.03. Parkin . Parking within the mixed use district inust be located in multi-level structures
or in shared �arking lots where feasible and with approval of the City. The following
� requirements will apply to all permitted uses located within the inixed use zoning district if a
TDM or shared parking study has not been coinpleted and approved by the City Council:
a) A minimum of one and a maximum of 1.5 parking spaces per multi-family unit is
permitted; one guest space per 15 units is permitted.
b) All uses other than residential shall require a parking study to detennine the
necessary parking required. �
c) Where practicable, ingress and egress from parking inust be from side streets or
alleys.
543.04. Travel Demand Mana�ement Plan (TDM)/Mass Transit Links. Off-street parking
requirements may be reduced subject to approval by the City Council, where a TDM plan,
parking and transportation study is subinitted. The TDM plan, parking and transportation study
is conducted in accordance with accepted methodology approved by the City staff, prepared by
an independent traffic engineering professional under the supervision of the City, and paid for by
the applicant. These plans must address the transportation impacts of the development and
proposed TDM mitigating measures and show that parking demand will be decreased by access
to nearby transit. Where a TDM plan is approved, a properly drawn legal instrument, executed
by the parties concerned, inust be filed on the property in the Recorder's or Register's Office of
Hennepin County. Five acres commercial, office or retail development or 100 residential units
require a TDM study.
543.45. Shared parkin�. The City Council may approve the use of shared parking where:
a. The applicant demonstrates with a parking study that the hours, size, and mode of
operation of the respective uses does not create a substantial conflict in the peak parking
demands of the uses for which shared parking facilities is proposed, and there is adequate
parking to ineet the needs for each use. A shared parking plan must be submitted where �
shared parking is proposed that includes specific analysis on the peak characteristics of
the various uses indicated.
b. Where a shared use of parking exists with the same site or across sites, a properly drawn
legal instrument, executed by the parties concerned, inust be filed as a deed restriction on
all impacted properties in the Hennepin County Recarder's Office. A parking study is
required to be conducted in accordance with accepted methodology approved by the City
staff, prepared by an independent traffic engineering professional under the supervision
of the City and paid for by the applicant, demonstrating that there is not a present need
for the portion of parking for which the applicant is requesting shared parking flexibility.
c. Shared parking shall be no more that 500 feet froin the front doors of the buildings
sharing the parking.
543.06. Bicycle Parkin�.
a) Bicycle parking facilities inust be provided for all office and multi-family
structures and freestanding commercial uses.
b) The required number of bicycle parking spaces will be based on the following:
Lon t�n Short tenn �
Multi-family Residential 1 per 2 units 1 per 20 units
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Retail .50 space per employee .50 space per 1,000
square feet of net
building area
Office .25 space per 1 per 40,000
1,000 square feet square feet of net
of net building area building area
Park and Ride Facilities 10 spaces an acre 10 percent of
parking stalls
c) Bicycle parking facilities inust be located in a well-lighted area.
d) All bicycle racks, lockers, or other facilities must be securely anchored to the
ground or to a structure.
e) All required bicycle parking must be located within 50 feet of central or well-used
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fl Long-tenn bicycle parking facilities that provide parking for bike storage lasting
eight or more hours shall be located inside buildings or a bike storage facility for
added security.
g) The required amount of short-term bicycle parking required for bike storage
lasting less than two hours must be provided for at each building.
h) In buildings that have several uses, shared short-tenn bicycle parking facilities are
encouraged and should be centrally located between uses.
543.07. Shadow Studv. A shadow study is required for all buildings four stories or higher. The
shadow study will indicate the shadows cast at the shortest and longest days of the year. Impacts
of a shadow on the surrounding property may be a reason to lower and/or adjust the location or
height of building(s).
543.08. Exterior. The priinary exterior treatinent of walls facing a public right-of—way or
parking lot on a structure shall be brick, cast concrete, stone, inarble or other material similar in
appearance and durability. Regular or decorative concrete block, float finish stucco, EIFS-type
stucco, ceinentitious fiber board, or wood clap board inay be used on the front farade as a
secondary treatment or trim but shall not be a primary exterior treatinent of a wall facing a public
^. right-of-way.
543.09. Buildin� Orientation. Subdivision 1. Buildings within the Mixed Use district must be
oriented toward the pedestrian by providing a direct link between each building and the
pedestrian walking system, with emphasis on directing people to a transit station.
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Subd. 2. Fa�ade. The priinary street side farade of a building shall not consist of an
unarticulated blank wall, flat front facades or an unbroken series of garage doors. The front of a
building shall be broken up into individual bays of a minimuin of 25 feet and inaximum of 40
feet wide.
Subd. 3. Blocks. Blocks must not exceed (600) feet in length and must provide pedestrian
connectors. These pedestrian connectors can be pedestrian easements and pathways or through-
building linkages at least every 300 feet.
Subd. 4. Hei�ht. All nonresidential floor space provided on the ground floor of a mixed use
building inust have a minimum floor-to-ceiling height of 11 feet.
543.10. Transparency. Subdivision 1. A minimum of 60 percent to a maximum of 75 percent of
the front street-facing fa�ade between two feet and eight feet in height must comprise clear
windows that allow views of indoor nonresidential space or product display area. Side facades
abutting a public right-of-way shall have a minimum of 30 percent clear windows.
Subd. 2. Hei�ht. The bottoin edge of any window or product display window used to satisfy the
transparency standard of paragraph (1) above may not be inore than three feet above the adjacent
sidewalk.
Subd. 3. Dis la . Product display windows used to satisfy these requirements must have a �.
miniinuin height of four feet and be internally lighted.
Subd. 4. Windows. Transparent windows allowing visual access into and out of nonresidential
buildings shall be required on the first floor frontage along the front yard.
Subd. 5. Fenestration. 30 percent fenestration for windows above the first floor for all sides that
abut a public right-of-way.
543.1 l. Sidewalks. Subdivision l. Sidewalks shall be constructed along the frontage of all
public streets and within and along the frontage of all new development or redevelopment.
Subd. 2. Width. Sidewalks may range in width from a minimuin of five feet to a maxiinum of
20 feet, depending on expected pedestrian traffic.
543.12. Pedestrian/Streetscapes. Subdivision 1. Street trees in grates or planters are required
along sidewalks for all new platted streets. Existing streets may not allow sufficient right-of-way
for street trees. If the existing right-of-way does not allow for street trees, landscaping, trees,
planters ar street furniture will be added to the interior side of the sidewalk where the setback
will allow.
SuUd. 2. Improveinents. Pedestrian improvements of at least one percent of the project value
shall be included in the development. These improvements shall create a high quality pedestrian ,�
experience through the provision of benches, planters, drinking fountains, waste containers,
inedian landscaping, etc. Said in7proveinents shall be on all public streets that lead directly to the
station.
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Subd. 3. Li�htin�. Pedestrian-scale light fixtures that shine downward on the sidewalks and
walkways shall be no greater than 12 feet in height and inust be provided along all sidewalks and
walkways to provide ainple lighting during nighttiine hours for einployees, residents, and
custoiners.
Subd. 4. Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the abutting building to
inaintain the streetscape.
543.13. Landscapin�. Subdivision 1. All open areas of a lot that are not used or iinproved for
required parking areas and drives shall be landscaped with a coinbination of over-story trees,
under-story trees, shrubs, flowers and ground cover materials. The plan for landscaping shall
include ground cover, bushes, shrubbery, trees, sculptures, fountains, decorative walks or other
similar site design features or materials. The following table is a minimum value for the
landscaping:
Project Value Minimum
Below $1,000,000 2 percent
$1,000,000 - $2,000,000 $20,000+ 1 percent
^ of project value in
excess of$1,000,000
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000 $30,000 + .75 percent
of project value in
excess of$2,000,000
$3,000,000 - $4,000,000 $37,500 + .25 percent
of project value
in excess of$3,000,000
over$4,000,000 1 percent
a. Docuinentation showing an estimated dollar amount of landscaping shall be provided to
the City prior to any approval.
b. All new over-story trees shall be balled and burlapped or inoved from the growing site by
tree spade. Deciduous trees shall have a ininimum caliper of 2.5 inches. Coniferous trees
shall be a miniinum caliper of 1.5 inches.
c. Al] site areas not covered by buildings, sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, patios or
similar hard surface materials shall be covered with sod or an equivalent ground cover
^� approved by the City. This requireinent shall not apply to site areas retained in a natural
state.
d. An underground sprinkler system shall be provided as part of each new development. A
sprinkler system shall be provided for all landscaped areas except areas to be preserved in
a natural state. The sprinkler systein is required to have a sensor for an automatic shut-
off to prevent the system from operating when it is raining. `,.
543.14. Indoor/Outdoor Operations. All pennitted uses in the mixed use district inust be
conducted within a coinpletely enclosed building unless permitted by a conditional use pennit.
This requireinent does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller
inachines, or outdoor seating area, alone or in connection with restaurants.
543. 15. Wall signs. Subdivision 1. Each tenant other than those in multi-tenant buildings inay
have one flat wall sign, not extending more than 18 inches from the face of the building, except
that such signage may extend froin the face of the roof over a covered walk. Such wall signs
shall not exceed two tiines of the lineal frontage of the wall to which the business is located, to a
inaxiinum of 96 square feet. Signs shall not be internally illuminated.
Subd. 2. Cano�ies and Awnings. The design of canopies shall be in keeping with the overall
building design in tenns of location, size, and color. No canopies with visible wall hangers shall
be pennitted. Signage on canopies inaybe substituted for allowed building signage and shall be
liinited to 25 percent of the canopy area. Canopies shall not be internally illuminated.
Subd. 3. Projectin�. Projecting signs will have a maximum size of 12 square feet and a
maximum width of three feet. Projecting signs cannot extend beyond the first floor of the
building. No less than 10 feet of clearance shall be provided between the sidewalk surface and
the lowest point of the projecting sign. Maxiinum distance between sign and building face is one
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Subd. 4. Monument si -�ns. One monument sign shall be pennitted for each multi-tenant building
provided the surface area of the sign does not exceed two square feet per front foot of lot. No
sign shall be over 150 square feet, 20 feet in height and have a setback in no case less than 20
feet from the property lines.
543.16. Drive through. A one-lane drive through inay be permitted with a conditional use
pennit. The applicant must show that the drive through is an integral part of the building and the
traffic and queuing will not interfere with the pedestrian experience.
543.17. Urban Nei�hborhood (LJN) Subdivision 1. This area is priinarily located around the
Blake Transit Station. The Urban NeighUorhood District is intended primarily for inixed
pedestrian-scaled, neighborhood-serving, nonresidential uses and high density residential uses
in the saine structure or in close proxiinity to one another. Nonresidential uses may include
small-scale retail, service, and professional offices that provide goods and services to the
residents of the surrounding neighborhood.
Subd. 2. Hei ht.
Height 3-4 stories for residential structures
Mixed Use 5-6 stories (retail on the first floor)
4-5 stories for office structures �
Subd. 3. Floor Area Ratio.
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Residential minimum FAR- 2
Residential maximum FAR - 3
Mixed use building minimum FAR - 4
Mixed use building maxiinum FAR - 5
Office building minimum FAR - 3
Office building inaxiinuin FAR - 4
Subd. 4. Front yard setbacks alon��Blake Road and Excelsior Blvd
Residential building 15'- 25'
Office building 25'- 40'
Subd. 5. Front vard setbacks alon�,2°d Street
Residential building 5' — 15'
Structured parking 5' — 15'
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Office building 5'-15'
Side yard 10 feet
Rear yard 10 feet
543.1 S. Downtown (DT) Subdivision 1. This area is primary located from the Downtown
Hopkins Transit Station to Mainstreet. The Downtown District provides for development of high
density residential and vertically-integrated, mixed uses over ground-floor, non-residential uses
on lots fronting Eighth Avenue from Excelsior Boulevard to Mainstreet. This district acts as a
transition from the transit station to Mainstreet and to draw people to Mainstreet.
Subd 2. Devel�ment Standards
Each off-street parking area is encouraged to be designed and located so that parking lots on
adjacent parcels inay be linked.
The principal functional doorway for public or direct-entry access into a building shall face the
fronting street. Corner entrances shall be provided on corner lot buildings or have dual entries.
A secondary entrance may be oriented towards off-street surface parking.
Subd. 3. Outdoor Gatherin�Space
� Outdoor Gathering Space shall have direct access to the sidewalk. All outdoor Gathering Spaces
will have a treatment such as a wrought iron fence, hedge, or a one to three feet wall following
the building line of the abutting buildings. The space may have the following:
• Lighted bollards
• Movable or unmovable tables and chairs
• Fountains or other water features �
• Benches
• Seat walls and/or landscape planters
• Shade trees
• Pots or hanging baskets filled with seasonal plant inaterial
• Infonnation kiosks
• Sculptures or other public art features
Subd. 4. He�.
Miniinum height three stories from alley south of Mainstreet to Mainstreet
Minimum FAR - 2
Maximum FAR - 3
Minimum height four stories from Excelsior Blvd to alley south of Mainstreet
Minimum FAR - 4
Maximum FAR - 5
Subd. S. Setbacks
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Front yard minimum 1 foot
maximum 5 feet- except for the following:
a. A portion of the building may be set back to provide an articulated fa�ade or accommodate a
building entrance feature, provided that the total area of the space created must not exceed one
square foot for every linear foot of building frontage.
b. A building inay be set back to accominodate an outdoor eating area. To preserve the continuity
of the street wall, the building may be set back no more that 12 feet from the front or street side
property line, or at least 40 percent of the building facade must be located abutting a street The
total area of an outdoor eating area that is located between a public sidewalk and the building
fa�ade inay not exceed 12 tiines the buildings street frontage in linear feet.
Minimum side yard setback - 0
Minimum rear yard— 10 feet
543.19. Commuter Town Center (CTC) - This area is primary located around the Shady Oak
Transit Station in the west side of Hopkins. The Coimnuter Town Center District is intended to
support a variety of housing types and compatible vertically-integrated inixed uses coinposed of
street-level nonresidential and upper-story residential uses. High-density, attached residential
use types that are supportive of transit are encouraged.
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First Reading: July 5, 2011
Second Reading: July 19, 2011
Date of Publication: August 11, 2011
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: August 1 l, 2011
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah L. Sperling, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney Signature Date
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CITY OF HOPHINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
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RESOLUTION NO: RZ11-11
RESOLUTION MAKING F1NDINGS OF FACT AND
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE
REZONING 325 BLAKE ROAD FROM I-2 TO MIXED USE
WHEREAS, an application for rezoning ZNl 1-6 has been initiated by The City of Hopkins;
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for rezoning was initiated by The City of Hopkins;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission published notice, continued
the rezoning on August 30, 2011 and Septeinber 27, 2011, held a public hearing
on the application and reviewed such application on October 25, 2011: all persons
present were given an opportunity to be heard; and
3. That the written comments and analysis of City staff were considered.
4. The legal description of the property is as follows:
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Lot 74 and commencing at a point in the east line of Blake Road distance
14.48 feet south frotn its intersection with the northwesterly line of Lot 97
thence north 14.48 feet to said northwesterly line thereof thence
northeasterly 845 feet along said northwesterly line thence south 14.48
feet parallel with east line of Blake Road thence southwesterly 845 feet to
beginning excluding road
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application for rezoning ZN11-6 is hereby
recoinmended for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the zoning and the Coinprehensive Plan designation will be consistent.
Adopted this 25th day of October 2011
Aaron Kuznia, Chair
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CITY OF HOPKINS
^ Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 11-1034
AN ORDINANCE REZONING 525 BLAKE ROAD, FROM I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL,
TO MIXED USE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
That the present zoning classification of I-2, General Industrial, upon the following described
preinises is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, the said premises is hereby zoned as Mixed Use.
Lot 74 and coinmencing at a point in the east line of Blake Road distance 14.48 feet south from
its intersection with the northwesterly line of Lot 97 thence north 14.48 feet to said northwesterly
line thereof thence northeasterly 845 feet along said northwesterly line thence south 14.48 feet
parallel with east line of Blake Road thence southwesterly 845 feet to begiruiing excluding road
First Reading: Noveinber 1, 2011
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Second Reading: November 15, 2011
Date of Publication: Noveinber 24, 2011
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: November 24, 2011
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kristine A. Luedke, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney Signature Date
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� October 1 S, 2011 �o P K � � � Planning Report SUBD 11-2
PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT—208 - 14t" AVENUE NORTH
Proposed Action
Staff recominends the following motion: Move to adopt Resolution RZ11-15, recoininendin�
a��roval of a preliininar /f�plat at 208 14`h Avenue North.
Overview
Richard Stein and Martha Krawczak live at 208 - 14th Avenue North and have reinoved the
existing garage. The existing garage was razed earlier this year, and access to the garage was
froin 14`h Avenue. The applicants are proposing to construct a new garage straddling the lot
line with the possibility of attaching the garage to the home in the future. The access from
14`h Avenue has been reinoved, and access to the proposed garage will be from the alley.
Because the garage will be straddling the lot line, the lots need to be combined.
The applicants' lot is a part of two lots. The north lot is 35 feet of lot 8, and the south lot is
30 feet of lot 9. The new lot will be approximately 65' x 123'.
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Primary Issues to Consider
• What is the zoning of the property, and how has the Coinprehensive Plan
designated the subject site?
• Do the lots ineet the zoning requirements?
• What are the specifics of the plat?
• Does the proposed plat meet the subdivision requirements?
• Will a park dedication fee be required?
Supporting Documents
• Analysis of Issues
• Preliminary/Final Plat
• Resolution RZ 11-15
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Nanc �. Anderson, AICP
Plann
� Financial Impact: $ N/A Budgeted: Y/N Source:
Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.):
Notes:
SUBD 11-2
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Primary Issues to Consider
• What is the zoning of the propert,y, and how has the Comprehensive Plan
designated the subject site?
The zoning of the property is R-1-A, Single and Two-Fatnily High Density. The
Comprehensive Plan has designated this site as Residential. The proposed uses will comply
with both documents.
• Do the lots meet the zoning requirements?
A lot in the R-1-A zoning district is required to have a minimum size of 6000 square feet and
a minimum lot width of 50 feet. The proposed lot will be 64 feet in width. The proposed lot
is approximately 7808 square feet.
• What are the specifics of the plat?
The lot will be approximately 64' x 122'. This lot is consistent with the other parcels in the
area.
^ • Does the proposed plat meet the subdivision requirements?
The plat, as proposed, meets the subdivision requirements.
• Will a park dedication fee be required?
A park dedication fee not will not be required because no additional lots will be created.
Alternatives
1. Recommend approval of the preliininary plat/final plat. By recominending approval of
the preliininary/final plat, the City Council will consider a recorrunendation of approval.
2. Recommend denial of the preliminary/final plat. By recommending denial of the
preliminary/final plat, the City Council will consider a recommendation of deniaL If the
Planning Commission considers this alternative, findings will have to be identified that
support this alternative.
3. Continue for further infoimation. If the Planning Commission indicates that further
infonnation is needed, the item should be continued.
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CITY OF HOPKINS
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RESOLUTION NO: RZ11-15
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT FOR 208 - 14TH AVENUE NORTH
WHEREAS, an application for a preliininary/final plat SUBD11-2 has been submitted by
Richard Stein and Martha Krawczak;
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for preliininary/final plat was submitted by Richard Stein and Martha
Krawczak on Septeinber 20, 2011;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Coinmission, pursuant to inailed and published
notice, held a public hearing on the application and reviewed such application on October
25, 2011: all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard; and
'�` 3. That the written comments and analysis of City staff were considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application for a preliminary/final plat
SUBD11-2 is hereby recommended for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the preliminary/final plat meets the subdivision requirements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that application for prelitninary/final plat SUBDI 1-2 is hereby
recoininended for approval based on the following condition:
1. That the applicant must provide current evidence of title, in the fonn of a commitment for
title insurance, to the City Attorney.
Adopted this 25th day of October 2011.
Aaron Kuznia, Chair
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� October 18, 2011 ti o P K � N s Planning Report SUBD11-3
PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT—215Y AVENUE NORTH
Proposed Action
Staff recoininends the following motion: Move to adopt Resolution RZl 1-16 recoirunendin�
approval of a�relimina /r f� inal�lat for the em�tv lots between 349 and 337 - 21st Avenue
North.
Overview
A.K.A.R.E. Companies LLC, the applicant, has purchased two lots on 21 St Avenue North. A
single family home is proposed to be constructed on this property. The existing parcels
consist of a 40-foot and a 35-foot lot. Homes are not allowed to straddle lots, and so the lots
need to be coinbined into one. A detached garage exists on the lots at this time. The garage
will be razed for the new home to be constructed.
Primarv Issues to Consider
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• What is the zoning of the property, and how has the Coinprehensive Plan
designated the subject site?
• Do the lots meet the zoning requirements?
• What are the specifics of the plat?
• Does the proposed plat meet the subdivision requirements?
• Will a park dedication fee be required?
Supporting Documents
• Analysis of Issues
• Preliminary/Final Plat
• Resolution RZ 11-16
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Planner
Financial Impact: $ N/A Budgeted: Y/N Source:
Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.):
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Primarv Issues to Consider
• What is the zoning of the propert,y, and how has the Comprehensive Plan
designated the subject site?
The zoning of the property is R-1-A, Single and Two-Family High Density. The
Comprehensive Plan has designated this site as Residential. The proposed uses will comply
with both documents.
• Do the lots meet the zoning requirements?
A lot in the R-1-A zoning district is required to have a minimum size of 6000 square feet and
a ininimuin lot width of 50 feet. The proposed lot will be 75 feet in width. The proposed lot
size is 9855.50 square feet.
• What are the specifics of the plat?
The lot will be 75' x 131'. This lot is consistent with the other parcels in the area.
• Does the proposed plat meet the subdivision requirements?
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The plat, as�roposed, meets the subdivision requirements.
• Will a park dedication fee be required?
A park dedication fee not will not be required because no additional lots will be created.
Alternatives
1. Recommend approval of the preliminary plat/final plat. By recommending approval of
the preliininary/final plat, the City Council will consider a recommendation of approval.
2. Reconunend denial of the preliminary/final plat. By recoriunending denial of the
preliminary/final plat, the City Council will consider a recommendation of denial. If the
Planning Commission considers this alternative, findings will have to be identified that
support this alternative.
3. Continue for further infonnation. If the Planning Coirunission indicates that further
infonnation is needed, the item should be continued.
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CITY OF HOPKINS
--� Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: RZ11-]6
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF A PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT FOR THE EMPTY LOTS BETWEEN 349 AND
347 21S1 AVENUE NORTH
WHEREAS, an application far a preliminary/final plat SUBD11-3 has been subinitted by
A.K.A.R.E. Companies L.L.C;
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for preliininary/final plat was submitted by A.K.A.R.E. Companies
L.L.C. on Septeinber 22, 2011;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed and published
notice, held a public hearing on the application and reviewed such application on October
� 25, 2011: all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard; and
3. That the written cormnents and analysis of City staff were considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application for a preliminary/final plat
SUBDI 1-3 is hereby recommended for approval based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the preliminary/final plat ineets the subdivision requirements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that application for preliminary/final plat SUBD11-3 is hereby
recommended for approval based on the following condition:
L That the applicant must provide current evidence of title, in the form of a commitment for
title insurance, to the City Attorney.
Adopted this 25th day of October 2011.
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