2006-977CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE N0. 06-977
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
That Sections 500, 520, and 535 of Hopkins Code of Ordinances be, and the same and are hereby
amended by amending and adding the following sections:
Section 535 - Zoning: business districts
535.01. Business districts. Subdivision 1. Description. The business (B)
districts are in four categories designated as B-1, B-2, B-3, and B-4.
Subd. 2. The permitted uses of any land or structure in a B district are
those uses indicated by the mark "X" and shall be further subject to those certain
special limitations, requirements and regulations pertaining to those B district
uses specially designated by the following marks: (1), (2) and (3).
(1} means that the use is prohibited on the ground floor;
(2) means that a conditional use permit is required;
(3) means not more than three devices allowed;
(4) means that the use is limited to 5,000 square feet per business.
Subd. 3. Capital letters following any "X" mark indicate that the use or
uses permitted are subject to and are set forth in the provisions of separate
paragraphs contained in subsection 535.03 which corresponds to the capital letter
or letters set forth in this subsection. The permitted use upon any land or in any
structure in a B district is considered the principal use.
(Amended Ord. 639) (Amended Ord. 96-787)
PERMITTED USES B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4
1. Adult-oriented business, as X X
governed and regulated by
Chapter 1165 of the City Code.
(Amended 95-762)
2. Airport X X
3. Amusement device (3)XBB (3)XBB XBB
4, Appliance store X X (2)XEE
5. Art shops - pictures X X X
6. Auction - public or private (1)X X
7. Auto repair X
8. Auto accessory and parts (1)X X
9. Auto sales and/or lease (2)XA
10. Auto wash subject to permit X
11. Armory, auditorium, exhibit hall (2)XB (2)XB
12. Bakery X X X
13. Banks, savings and loan X (2)XV X
14. Bar - Tavern X X X
15. Beauty or barber shop X X X X
16. Bike sales (4) X
17. Boat - marine sales X
18. Books - office supplies X X (4)X
19. Bottling plant not in excess of X
6,000 sq. ft.
2 0 . Boutique s ( 2) XJ X ( 2) XJ X
21. Bowling - table tennis, pool hall (2)XU X X
22. Broadcasting (T.V. - radio) X X
23. Bus and other transit X X
24. Business school (1)X X
25. Cabinet - electrical, heating, X
plumbing, upholstery, air condition -
ing provided the operation does not
exceed 6,000 sq. ft.
26. Camera - photographic X X
27. Carpet and floor covering X X X
28. Clinics X X X X
29. Clothing store X (2)X
3 0 . Clubs (private - non profit ) (1) XC ( 2) XC
31. Coin and stamp X X X
32. Commercial greenhouse (2)XD
33. Costume & formal wear rental X X
34. Cycle shop and snowmobile (2)XW X
35. Currency Exchange (added. 04-920) (2)XEE
3 6 . Day nursery ( 2) XE ( 2) XE ( 2) XE ( 2) XE
37. Delicatessen X X X
38. Department store X
39. Dental - Med. Lab (1)X X
40. Drive-ins (non food) (2)XF (2)XF
41. Dry cleaning and laundry (2)XG X X
42. Dry cleaning and laundry pickup X X X
43. Employment agency X X X
44. Essential public service & utility X X X
structures
45. Fabric and sewing store (2)XI X X
46. Fixit shop (2)XY XY XY
47. Florist X X X X
48. Furniture store X X (4)X
4 9 . Garden and landscape ( 2) XZ ( 2) XZ ( 2) XZ ( 2) (4) XZ
50. Gifts and novelties (2)XJ X (2)XJ X
51. Glassware, china, pottery X X X
52. Glass and mirror installation X
53. Grocery, fruit, vegetable X X
54. Hardware X X
55. Health clubs - studio X
56. Hobby - crafts - instruction X X X
57 . Hotel - motel ( 2) XK ( 2) XK
58. Interiors - decorating studio X X X
59. Jewelry X X
60. Karate, health club, dance studio (2)XL (1)X X X
61. Leather goods - luggage X X
62. Library - public or private X X
63. Liquors X X
64. Locker plan - 6,000 sq. ft. maximum X
65. Locksmith and fixit shop (2)XY (2)XY X
66. Lumber and related items X
67. Meats X X X
68. Mortuary X X X
69. Motors repairing X
70. Music store X X X
71. Newsstand X
72 . Offices (2) XN X X X
73. Open sales lot (2)XO (2)XO (2}XO
74. Optical - jewelry mfg. (1)X X X
75. Orthopedic - medical supplies X
(sales and manufacturing}
76. Paint and wallpaper X X X
77. Parking ramps and lots X X
78. Pawn shop - antiques - used materia ls X X
7 9 . Pet Store ( 2) X
80. Pharmacy - drug store X X
81. Photography - studio X X X
82. Picture framing - art shop X X X
83. Pipe - tobacco shop X
84. Post office X
8 5 . Print shop ( 2) XP X X
86. Public auction (see auction) X
87. Records, TV, radio, sound, phono X X (4)X
88. Religious institutions, etc. X (2)XCC (2)XCC
89. Rental service (2)XQ
90. Research labs (2)XT
91. Residential 2)XH (2)XH (2)XH (2)FF
92. Restaurant - traditional X X X X
93. Restaurant - carry-out and delivery X
94. Restaurant - drive-in (2)XR
95. Restaurant - fast food (2)XS
96. Roller rink - ice arena X
97. Self-service station (2)XDD
98. Service station (2)XM
99. Shoes - boots store X X
100. Sporting goods X X (4)X
101. Stationery - card shop X X (2)XJ X
102. Stone monument sales X
103. Tailoring X X X
104. Taxidermist X
105. Taxi terminal X
106. Theater - non-drive-in X X
107. Tires - battery, accessory & recap X
108. Trade school (1)X X
109. Transient merchants (Added Ord. 05- 947) X
110. Truck - trailer sales (2)XAA
111. Variety stores X X
112. Veterinary Clinic X X X
113, video - sales, rental X X X
114. Warehouse - 16,000 sq. ft. maximum,
not abutting Mainstreet (Amended Ord. 2000 -841) X
AREA AND YARD LIMITATIONS
Uses permitted in any B district category subject to the following minimum
floor and lot area, lot widths, yard requirements, and building heights, in feet.
B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4
Lot area - sq. ft. 5,000 - 3,000 -
Lot width - ft. 50 20 25
Floor area requirement - F.A.R. 1.0 6 1.5
Front yard 20 1 1 1
Front yard - P.U.D. 20
Side yard 10 0 0 10
Rear yard 10 10 15 10
Requirements for lots fronting state
and county roads, as follows:
Front yard 20 1
Side yard 10 10
Building height 25 45
Front yard of B lots abutting
R district 1/2 of the required R district
Side yard abutting R district same as R district
Rear yard abutting R district same as R district
Rear yard from alley 20 10 15
Building height 25 70 45 60
535.03. Conditional use requirements. Subdivision 1. The requirement of a
conditional use permit in connection with any use in any B district is indicated in
subsection 535.01 by appropriate capital letter (A, B, C etc.), which letters refer
to the appropriate paragraph in this subsection bearing the same capital letter.
Subd. 2. Conditional uses within B districts.
EE) Appliance store provided:
1. That the square footage is limited to 5000 square feet.
2. That the retail area is at least 40 percent.
FF) Residential provided:
1 . That -t-~ EnX~~I-sir--a~~~~ residential -f-~e~~ dwelling units
abutting a right-of-way of 50 feet or more in width can not occupy the
first floor.
2. That there is at least one underground parking space per unit.
3. That all dwellings must have an entrance leading directly out of the
building.
4. That the density allowed shall be R-5.
520.21 Districts Subdivision 1. Established. The city is divided into the
following zoning use districts:
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520.03. Subd. 4 Damage or destruction. In the case of a nonconforming use
destroyed by fire or other peril to the extent of greater _than 50 percent of its
market value, and no building permit has been applied for within 180 days of when
the property is damaged, a municipality may impose reasonable conditions upon a
building permit in order to mitigate any newly created impact on adjacent property.
500.61 Waiver of Plat.
Subd. 2. Application. A11 applications for a waiver of plat must include a survey
of the property to be divided and the new legal descriptions of the property after
the division. This survey will also include locating all existing utilities on the
property. The owner of the property must grant easements for the utilities if
needed.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
AT ST:
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Terry O maier, City Clerk
December 5, 2006
December 19, 2006
December 28, 2006
December 28, 2006
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Eugene J. axwell, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Atto ey Signature Date