RZ05-29 CITY OF HOPKINS ZON[NG ANll PLANNING CONIMISSION
� Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. RZOS-2y
4 RESnI,L�77nN RECOMVI�:NDI�'G T�[E A1'1'ROV,�L OF PROPOSF;D OItDINANCE
NO. 200�-956 REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2005-954 AND ALL PREVIOUS
ORDINANCF,S REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND
i��(AINTENANCE OF SIGNS IN THE CITY OT HOPK[NS AND RECOMn�'[ENDING
'1'1[E APPROVAL OF PROPOSED ORUINAI�CE NO. 2005-955 ��DOPTING A
('O1`.1PRI:IIF.VSIV1�,, CO\'S�C1T['T[O\AI,L�� SOL�1��D ORDINANCE RECCL.aT[1�G
T�HF C01��S7'RUC'C[ON, 1NS7'AI.I.,�T[ON ��ND 1[AINTF.I�ANCE OF SICVS IN THI�;
CITY OI� HOPI�INS.
VI�I[ERTAS, the Cit}� Council pre�iously has adopted ordinances regulatii�g the
construction, install�ltion and maiiltenanee of signs locate�i i�1 bott� comme►-ci�il ��ncl residential
areas of E(opkins (the "Sign Or�in,inc�s"). and;
�VI�iEREAS, a lawsuit ���a� filc�l a�ainst tl�e City ol Hopkins (Advanta�e Media, L.L.C.,
et al. v. Citv of Hopkins, U.S. Dist. Ct. File No. 04-04959, hereaftel•, the "Lawsuit") challenging
the coilstitutionality of the Sigil Ordi�lances a�ld, on July 29, 2005, U.S. District Court Judge
�- Michael ll�lvis isstied a prelimi�ia�y i�ljunctiou in the Lawsuit preventing Hopl:i�ls from enforcing
t'�c Si�i� nr�linanecs �vl�ile lhe in_�unction �vus in ��lace, and;
�VHE.RE.���, as a resnit ��f th�; in,iuncti�n, 1����kins v��as �ti�ithout an�� re�ulati��n re�ardin�
th� sirc ;u�d loc�ition of�si�ns, the number of signs that mi�ht be permitted on a property and the
types of materi�ls from �vllich si��ns can b� constructed, and;
`NI IERI?AS. p�n-suant to Section 3.03 Subd. 4 ol�the Hopkins Charter, the City Council
cn A��i�us� 3_ 200�, �i�lopted Urd.nance �10. 2005-9��, an emet-gency interim ordinance to
re�ulatc thc construction, inst;illation and maintenance of sigi�s in Ho��l<ins �vhile a
cc�1���reh�nsive, const�tutionally soun�i sigil oi�di�i�ince could be di-afted, and:
WHEREAS, the City Cotmcil is considei-ing pr-oposed Ordinance No. 2005-956, an
emerg�ncy ordinance repealin; Grdinanee No. 2005-954, and repealing all the provisions of
H��pkins Citv Co�1c Scction 5"0 as adc�pte�i by Hopl:ins Ordivance 86-569 on November 18,
19�6, �u�d �u�lended therealt�r, that re��ulated signs in tl�e City of Hopl:ins, aii�1;
�VI��EREAS, the City Council is considerin� proposed Ordinance No. 2005-9�5, an
emcr�.;cncy ordinance ado}�ting a ne�v ordinance to regulate the co��struction, installation and
>>>aint��nance of si�ns in thc Cit�� �>f Hop'ci is.
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\�'HERI:��S, at a special �i�eetin7 con�ilicted August 15, 2005, the Planning Commission
�— review�ca the ��roposed ordin��nc�s an�i a -eport rcgardin� the ordinances prepared by the City's
Planning stafl� ai��i recei��ed cc��,�ments :run� ��ersons attendin� the meetin�, ai�ter v��hich thc
1'lannin�� Comn�ission discusse�i the proposed ordinances and determined tl�at they should be
a��prove�i and ado��ted.
NOW, THI:RT?FORF, the Plannin� Commission of the City Co�ulcil hereby recommends
t.�a� �,he Citv C'ouncii aclopt pr<�posed Ordin�ince No. 2005-9�5 and proposed Ordinanee No.
''0O5.9j6.
Au�tist 15, 2005
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Peter S1loltz, Cllair
APPRO�'ED AS TO FORM AN1� LEGALITY:
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C�ty Att��rne}� �gnature Date
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