IV.5. Second Reading Ordinance Amending Chapter 102 of the Hopkins City Code Regarding Signage; Krzos
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2023-137
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Ryan Krzos, City Planner
Date: December 19, 2023
Subject: Second Reading of a Zoning Text Amendment for Office Uses in Mixed
Use Zones.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Adopt for second reading, Ordinance 2023-1204, amending the Hopkins
Development Code regarding signage.
BACKGROUND
Ordinance 2023-1204 is unchanged from the first reading conducted at the December
5, 2023 City Council meeting. The proposed ordinance amendment clarifies the
definition of sign area and creates a new type of sign for pedestrian wayfinding.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
• Proposed Ordinance 2023-1204 amending the Hopkins Development Code
regarding signage
Planning & Development
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORIDNANCE 2023-1204
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
REGARDING SIGNAGE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Hopkins City Code, Part III, Chapter 102, Article 10, Section 102-10110, is
hereby amended by adding the double-underlined language as follows:
102-10110 Driveway and Walkway Signs
102-10110 (a) ENTRANCES AND EXITS One driveway sign may be installed at
each vehicle entrance and exit to any lot occupied by an allowed nonresidential use
or multi-unit residential building. Such signs must be located within 10 feet of the
intersection of the driveway and the street right-of-way. Driveway signs may be
illuminated but may not exceed 4 square feet in area or 3 feet in height.
102-10110 (b) INTERNAL
(1) Off-street parking areas with a capacity of more than 4 vehicles, multi-tenant
developments and uses on lots exceeding 50,000 square feet in area may
display internal site driveway signs. Such signs must be located within 10 feet of
an internal site driveway or drive aisle and may not exceed 8 square feet in area
or 6 feet in height.
(2) Developments containing multiple buildings on a lot, or lots exceeding 50,000
square feet in area may display internal walkway signs. Such signs must be
located within 10 feet of an internal walkway and may not exceed 6 square feet in
area or five feet in height.
SECTION 2. Hopkins City Code, Part III, Chapter 102, Article 10, Section 102-1010 (f)
(61), is hereby amended by adding the double-underlined language as follows:
(61) Walkway sign. A sign located near an internal site sidewalk circulation network
that provides a permanent pathway for pedestrians between public streets and
building entrances.
(62) Window sign. Any building sign, pictures, symbol, or combination thereof,
designed to communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event,
sale, or service, that is placed inside a window or upon the window panes or glass
and is visible from the exterior of the window.
SECTION 3. Hopkins City Code, Part III, Chapter 102, Article 10, Section 102-1010 (f)
(51), is hereby amended by adding the double-underlined language as follows:
(51) Sign area. A measurement of the area (size/square footage) within the frame of
the sign, excluding any structural elements outside the limits of such sign and not
forming an integral part of the display. except that when the width of the frame exceeds
12 inches in the frame must be included in calculating sign area. When letters or
graphics are mounted directly on a wall, or fascia, canopy, or awning without a frame,
the calculation of the sign's area shall be the smallest rectangle which encloses the
sign message or logo. must include the area extending 6 inches beyond the periphery
formed around the letters or graphics in a plane figure bounded by straight lines. Each
surface utilized to display a message or to attract attention must be measured as a
separate sign. Symbols, flags, pictures, wording, figures or other forms of graphics
painted on or attached to windows, walls, awnings, freestanding structures,
suspended by balloons, or kites or on persons, animals, or vehicles are considered a
sign and are included in calculating total sign area.
SECTION 4. The effective date of this ordinance shall be December 28, 2023.
First Reading: December 5, 2023
Second Reading: December 19, 2023
Date of Publication: December 28, 2023
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: December 28, 2023
By:___________________________
Patrick Hanlon, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk