IV.7. Second Reading Ordinance 2021-1177 Rezoning Property at 325 Blake Road North Lindahl
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Jason Lindahl, City Planner
Date: December 21, 2021
Subject: Second reading of Ordinance 2021-1177 rezoning the property at 325
Blake Road North (PID 19-117-21-14-0002) from I-2, General Industrial to
Mixed Use with a Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Proposed Action
Staff recommends the City Council approve the following motion:
• Move to adopt Resolution 2021-088 approving the second reading of Ordinance 2021-1177
rezoning the property at 325 Blake Road North (PID 19-117-21-14-0002) from I-2, General
Industrial to Mixed Use with a Planned Unit Development (PUD), subject to conditions.
Overview
The applicant, Alatus, LLC on behalf of the property owner the Minnehaha Creek Watershed
District (MCWD), request rezoning for the property located at 325 Blake Road North. This 16.87-
acre property is located on the west side of Blake Road between Lake Street Northeast and the
Southwest Light Rail Transit/Cedar Lake Regional Trail corridor. The rezoning request is necessary
to facilitate the applicant’s plans to subdivide and redevelop the subject property into an 833-unit
mixed use, transit-oriented development across Blake Road from the future Blake Road light rail
transit station.
The request would rezone the property from I-2, General Industrial to Mixed Use with a planned
unit development. The planned unit development approval is necessary to allow for deviations from
some of the Mixed Uses district development standards. These deviations are detailed in a separate
planned unit development (PUD) agreement. Together this rezoning application and the separate
PUD agreement finalize the rezoning and Master Development Plan the will guide redevelopment
of the 325 Blake Road Redevelopment Project.
The City Council approved the first reading of this rezoning ordinance, along with the associated
site plans for Sites A-D during the December 7, 2021 meeting. Prior to that action, the Planning &
Zoning Commission held a public hearing to review these items and recommended approval by the
City Council on November 23, 2021. Should the City Council approve the second reading of this
ordinance, and the separate planned unit development agreement, it would rezone the subject
properties to Mixed Use with a Planned Unit Development.
Attachments
• Site Location Map
• Resolution 2021-088
• Ordinance 2021-1177
• Master Development Plan
Site Location Map for 325 Blake Road North
Subject Property
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 2021-088
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 2021-1177
REZONING THE PROPERTY AT 325 BLAKE ROAD NORTH WITH PID 19-117-21-14-0002
FROM I-2, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE WITH A PLANNED UNIT
DEVELOPMENT (PUD), SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the applicant, Alatus, LLC on behalf of the property owner the Minnehaha Creek
Watershed District (MCWD), initiated a rezoning application for the property located at 325 Blake Road
North with PID 19-117-21-14-0002, and
WHEREAS, this property is legally described as follows:
LOT 74 AND COM AT A PT IN THE E LINE OF MONK AVE DIST 14 48/100 FT S FROM ITS
INTERSEC WITH THE NWLY LINE OF LOT 97 TH N 14 48/100 FT TO SAID NWLY LINE
THEREOF TH NELY 845 FT ALONG SAID NWLY LINE TH S14 48/100 FT PAR WITH E LINE
OF MONK AVE TH SWLY 845 FT TO BEG EXROAD, AUDITOR'S SUBDIVISION NO. 239
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINN
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That the above stated application was initiated by the applicant on October 22, 2021; and,
2. That the Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notice,
held a public hearing to review such application on November 23, 2021 and all persons
present were given an opportunity to be heard; and,
3. That written comments and analysis of City staff were considered; and,
4. That the Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed this application during the
November 23, 2021 meeting and recommended approval by the City Council, subject to
conditions; and
5. That the Hopkins City Council conducted reviewed this item during the December 7, 2021
meeting, agreed with the findings of the Planning & Zoning Commission and approved
Resolution 2021-077 approving the first reading of Ordinance 2021-1177 rezoning the
property located at 325 Blake Road North with PID 19-117-21-14-0002; and
6. That the Hopkins City Council conducted a second reading of Ordinance 2021-1177 during
the December 21, 2021 meeting.
WHEREAS, staff recommended approval of the above stated application based on the findings
outlined in the staff report dated December 7, 2021 and the staff memo dated December 21, 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hopkins
hereby approves the second reading of Ordinance 2021-1177 rezoning the property located at 325 Blake
Road North with PID 19-117-21-14-0002 from I-2, General Industrial to Mixed Use with a Planned Unit
Development (PUD), subject to the conditions listed below.
1. Approval by the City Council and execution by the Mayor and City Manager of a Planned Unit
Development (PUD) Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney.
2. Approval of the development by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and conformance with
all related conditions.
3. Payment of all applicable development fees including, but not limited to SAC, park dedication
and City Attorney fees.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 21st day of December, 2021.
By:___________________________
Jason Gadd, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Amy Domeier, City Clerk
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-1177
AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 325 BLAKE ROAD
NORTH WITH PID 19-117-21-14-0002 FROM I-2, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO
MIXED USE WITH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD)
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
1. That the present zoning classification of I-2, General Industrial, upon the following described
premise is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, said premise is hereby zoned to Mixed Use with
a Planned Unit Development (PUD).
2. The legal description of the property to be rezoned is as follows:
LOT 74 AND COM AT A PT IN THE E LINE OF MONK AVE DIST 14 48/100 FT S FROM
ITS INTERSEC WITH THE NWLY LINE OF LOT 97 TH N 14 48/100 FT TO SAID NWLY
LINE THEREOF TH NELY 845 FT ALONG SAID NWLY LINE TH S14 48/100 FT PAR
WITH E LINE OF MONK AVE TH SWLY 845 FT TO BEG EXROAD, AUDITOR'S
SUBDIVISION NO. 239 HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINN
First Reading: December 7, 2021
Second Reading: December 21, 2021
Date of Publication: December 30, 2021
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: December 30, 2021
________________________
Jason Gadd, Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________
Amy Domeier, City Clerk