IV.7. Second Reading of Ordinance 2019-1144 Rezoning the Beacon (Vista 44) Apartment Building Site; LindahlMEMO
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Jason Lindahl, City Planner
Date: December 17, 2019
Subject: Second reading of Ordinance 2019-1144 rezoning the Beacon (Vista 44)
Apartment Building site
Proposed Action
Move to adopt Resolution 2019-101 approving the second reading of Ordinance 2019-1144
rezoning the south 1 acre of the St. Joseph’s Church Parking Lot (PID 24-117-22-34-0300) from R-
5 High Density Multiple Family to Mixed Use with a Planned Unit Development (Vista 44).
Overview
The applicant, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative (Vista 44 Housing Limited Partnership),
requests rezoning and planned unit development (PUD) approvals to allow construction of a 4-
story, 50-unit multifamily apartment building. The subject property is owned by the Parish of St.
Gabriel the Archangel of Hopkins, Minnesota and located on the south 1 acre (green space) of St.
Joseph’s Church parking lot. The site is currently guided HDR - High Density Residential by the
2030 Comprehensive Plan and zoned R-5, High Density Multiple Family.
The City Council adopted a motion to approve the first reading of this item on December 3, 2019.
Prior to that action, the Planning & Zoning Commission held a public hearing to review this item
and recommended the City Council approve it on October 22, 2019. After the Planning & Zoning
Commission review, City Council first reviewed this item on November 4 and ultimately decided to
table it to allow more time for review and discussion. The City Council then reviewed this item at a
work session on November 26 before directing staff to bring it back to the December 3 regular City
Council meeting for action.
Should the City Council approve the second reading of this ordinance, it will rezone the subject
property from R-5 High, Density Multiple Family to Mixed Use with a Planned Unit Development
(PUD). The version of the ordinance before the City Council for the second reading is the same as
approved during the first reading.
Attachments
•Resolution 2019-101
•Ordinance 2019-1144
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 2019-101
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2019-1144
REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM R-5 HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE
FAMILY TO MIXEDUSE – PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the applicant, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, on behalf of the
Parish of St. Gabriel the Archangel of Hopkins, Minnesota, initiated an application (“Application”)
requesting to rezone the real property legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the
“Property”) from R-5 High Density Multiple Family to Mixed Use – Planned Unit Development
to allow for the development of a 4-story, 50-unit multiple family apartment building; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Application, the applicant also submitted a separate
application for a site plan for the planned unit development and an administrative subdivision
application; and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the Application is as follows:
1. That the Application was initiated by the applicant on September 20, 2019.
2. That the Hopkins Planning and Zoning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed
notice, held a public hearing on the Application and reviewed such Application on
October 22, 2019 in accordance with state and local laws: all persons present were
given an opportunity to be heard.
3. That comments and analysis of all persons present, including City staff, were
considered by the Hopkins Planning and Zoning Commission who, via Planning and
Zoning Resolution 2019-12, recommended approval of said Application following the
aforementioned public hearing; and
4. That the Hopkins City Council reviewed this item on November 4, 2019, took public
comment and adopted a motion to continue it to allow time for further review and
discuss; and
5. That the Hopkins City Council had further review and discussion of this item during
their November 26, 2019 work session and directed staff to bring this item back to the
City Council during the December 3, 2019 regular meeting; and
6. That the Hopkins City Council reviewed this item on December 3, 2019 took public
comment and adopted a motion to approve Resolution 2019-089 approving the first
reading of Ordinance 2019-1144 rezoning the subject property.
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WHEREAS, City staff has also recommended approval of the Application based on the
findings outlined in City Council Report 2019-112 presented to the City Council on November 4,
November 26 and December 3, 2019, which is hereby fully incorporated into this Resolution as
additional findings of the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hopkins
the following:
1. All recitals set forth in this Resolution are incorporated into and made part of this
Resolution, and more specifically, constitute the express findings of the City Council.
2. Based on the findings contained herein which include the staff report referenced above, the
Application to rezone the Property to Mixed Use – Planned Unit Development to allow for
the proposed development is hereby approved, subject to the following conditions:
a. Execution by the applicant of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Agreement that
meets all requirements of the City Attorney.
b. Approval of the associated site plan application for the 4-story, 50-unit multiple
family apartment complex and adherence to all related conditions.
c. Approval of the associated subdivision application separating the Property from its
current parcel and adherence to all related conditions.
d. Approval of the aforementioned multi-family development by the Nine Mile Creek
Watershed Disctrict and any other entity with jurisdiction over this matter and
adherence to all related conditions.
3. Upon each of the aforementioned conditions being met, City staff shall update the City’s
official zoning map to reflect the rezoning of the Property memorialized herein.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 17th day of December, 2019.
________________________
Jason Gadd, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
Amy Domeier, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description of the Property
Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, inclusive, Block 8, West Minneapolis, according to the recorded
plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, together with that part of the adjacent vacated alley
that accrued thereto by reason of the vacation thereof, and part of Lots 13 and 20, said West
Minneapolis, which lie southerly of the following described line:
Commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 16; thence North 03 degrees 02 minutes 02
seconds East along the east line of said Block 8, a distance of 156.25 feet to the point of
beginning of the line to be described; thence North 86 degrees 52 minutes 42 seconds West a
distance of 264.42 feet to the west line of said Lot 20 and said line there terminating.
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-1144
AN ORDINANCE REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY
FROM R-5 HIGH DENSITY MULTIPLE FAMILY TO MIXED
USE – PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
1.That the present zoning classification of R-5, High Density Multiple Family, upon the
following described premises is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, said premises are hereby
zoned Mixed Use with a Planned Unit Development (PUD).
2. The legal description of the properties to be rezoned is as follows:
Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, inclusive, Block 8, West Minneapolis, according to the recorded
plat thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota, together with that part of the adjacent vacated alley
that accrued thereto by reason of the vacation thereof, and part of Lots 13 and 20, said West
Minneapolis, which lie southerly of the following described line:
Commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 16; thence North 03 degrees 02 minutes 02
seconds East along the east line of said Block 8, a distance of 156.25 feet to the point of
beginning of the line to be described; thence North 86 degrees 52 minutes 42 seconds West a
distance of 264.42 feet to the west line of said Lot 20 and said line there terminating.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
ATTEST:
December 3, 2019
December 17, 2019
December 26, 2019
December 26, 2019
_______________________
Jason Gadd, Mayor
__________________________
Amy Domeier, City Clerk