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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGE/ZONING AMENDMENT - OPUS PROPERTY
ProDosed Action.
Staff recommends the following motion: Move to approve Resolution 95-1 approving a
Comprehensive Plan change from High Density Residential to Medium Density Residential
and Ordinance 94-752 which will rezone the property north of St. Therese from R-4 PUD to
R-2 for first reading.
At the Zoning and Planning meeting Mr. Hutchison moved and Mr. Day seconded a motion to
approve Resolution RZ94-22, recommending approval of a zoning and Comprehensive Plan
change for the Opus property. The motion carried unanimously.
Overview.
In an effort to reduce the number of potential multi family units within the City, the Planning
Commission has begun a process to amend the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance to
reflect new goals for the City regarding multi-family sites. As part of this process the Planning
Commission has also reviewed several sites in the City that are potentially available for
development/redevelopment for multi-family housing projects.
The staff is presently proposing that the Planning Commission hold a hearing at each of its
e next several meetings to consider a zoning and/or land use change to one to two parcels per
month. For this month staff is proposing that the Commission consider the vacant land north
of St. Therese.
The vacant lot north of St. Therese is zoned R-4 PUD, Medium High Density Multiple
Family. The Comprehensive Plan has designated the area as High Density Residential. The
Planning Commission has recommended as part of its previous review that this property is
rezoned to R-2, Low Density Multiple Family and that the Comprehensive Plan is also
amended to medium density multi-family.
Primary Issues to Consider.
0 What is the zoning of the property?
0 What has the Comprehensive Plan designated the subject site?
0 What are the new goals in the Comprehensive Plan?
0 What are the surrounding uses?
0 What has the Planning Commission recommended for the site?
0 What is the staff recommendation?
0 What was the discussion at the Zoning and Planning meeting?
SUDDortiDlie: Documents,
0 Analysis of Issues
e 0 Resolution 95-1
0 Ordinance 94-752
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. Primary Issues to Consider.
0 What is the zoning of the property?
The zoning of the property is R-4, Planned Unit Development which allows multi-family
dwellings.
0 What has the Comprehensive Plan designated the subject site?
The Comprehensive Plan has designated the site as High Density Residential.
0 What are the new goals in the Comprehensive Plan?
One of the goals in the Strategic Plan is to examine the multi-family zoned and guided
properties within the City. As a result of this goal in the Strategic Plan, the Comprehensive
Plan was amended. Earlier this year the City Council amended the Comprehensive Plan to
reflect new residential neighborhood policies. The following are the new policies:
0 The City will work to assure a strong and well maintained neighborhoods in
order to foster an overall positive economic development climate in Hopkins.
0 The City will work to provide an overall mixture of residential land use in the
City.
. 0 The City will work to correct the disproportional amount of multiple family
land uses within the City.
0 The City will work to provide a balance of land uses within the City.
0 The City will seek to provide housing opportunities for people in all segments
of the life cycle.
0 The stability and growth of neighborhoods is key to the success of any
economic development efforts of a city. Neighborhoods provide employees for
existing and potential business, a market for the retail sector, and create an
image of the community which is a reflection upon the local business.
Neighborhoods are also a reflection upon a community's social and economic
standards of living and overall quality of life, which in turn impacts economic
growth,
0 What are the surrounding uses?
The subject site is surrounded by the following uses:
0 north - landfill/Westbrooke patio homes
0 south - St. Therese
0 east - Westbrooke patio homes
0 west - Greenfield apartments
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. 0 What has the Planning Commission recommended for the site?
In reviewing the site it was determined that because of the surrounding uses that a multiple
family designation would be appropriate for the site, but that the density should be reduced,
As a result of the proposed change the density will decrease from approximately 231 units to
approximately 105 units, The Planning Commission in their preliminary review of the site has
recommended that the site is rezoned to R-2 and the Comprehensive Plan is changed to
medium density residential.
The Planning Commission made this recommendation because the surrounding area is all
multiple family and a lower density will reduce the number of units that could be constructed.
0 What is the staff recommendation?
Staffwould concur with the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
0 What was the discussion at the Zoning and Planning meeting?
Staff reviewed the proposed rezoning and Comprehensive Plan change. Staff noted that the
owner of the property had been notified. The Planning Commission has reviewed this site
before and made the recommendation to amend the Comprehensive Plan and to rezone the
property. There was no one at the public hearing to speak on this item.
. Alternatives
1. Approve of the Comprehensive Plan and zoning amendment. By approving the
Comprehensive Plan and zoning amendment, the City Council action regarding the
Comprehensive Plan will be forwarded to the Met Council for final approval.
2. Deny the Comprehensive Plan and zoning amendment. By denying the Comprehensive
Plan and zoning amendment, the zoning and the Comprehensive Plan will remain as is, If
the City Council considers this alternative, findings of fact will have to be stated that
support this decision.
3. Continue for further information. If the City Council indicates that further information is
needed, the item should be continued,
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. CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 95-1
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING
AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AND REZONE THE OPUS PROPERTY
WHEREAS, an application to ZN94-4 and COMP94-2, made by the City of Hopkins for an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan from High Density Multiple Family to Medium Density Multiple
Family and a rezoning from R-4 PUD to R-2 for the vacant property owned by Opus, is approved.
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application to amend the Comprehensive Plan and a rezoning was filed by the
City of Hopkins on November 28, 1994.
2. That the Hopkins Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a
public hearing on the application and reviewed such application on December 27, 1994:
all persons present at the hearing were given an opportunity to be heard.
. 3. That the written comments and analysis of the City staff and the Planning Commission
were considered.
4. A legal description of the subject property is as follows:
Lot I Block I Opus Ninth Addition
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application ZN94-4 and COMP94-2 is hereby
approved based on the following Findings of Fact:
1 That a goal in the City of Hopkins Strategic Plan for Economic Development is to
review the multi-family zoned and guided property.
2. That a change in the zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation of the subject
property will work to provide an overall mixture of residential land use the City
3. That a change in the zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation of the subject
property wi11 help to reduce the disproportional amount of multiple family land
uses within the City.
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. 4 That a change in the zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation of the subject
property will work to provide a balance of land uses within the City.
5 That a change in the zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation of the subject
site will help to provide housing opportunities for people in all segments of the life
cycle
Adopted this 3rd day of January, 1995.
Charles D, Redepenning, Mayor
ATTEST:
James A. Genellie, City Clerk
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. CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 94-752
AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE OPUS PROPERTY
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hopkins as follows:
That the present zoning classification of R-4 POD upon the following described premises
is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the said premises are hereby zoned as R-2, Low Density
Multiple Family:
Lot 1 Block 1 Opus Ninth Addition
That the presently existing Hopkins Zoning Map adopted as part of Hopkins Zoning
Ordinance is hereby amended and changed in accordance with the above provision.
First Reading: January 3, 1995
. Second Reading: January 17, 1995
Date of Publication: January 25, 1995
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: February 14, 1995
Charles D, Redepenning, Mayor
ATTEST:
James A. Genellie, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
. City Attorney Signature Date