IV.2. Second Reading Ordinance 2024-1207 Assigning the MX-S Zoning Designation for 9451 Excelsior Boulevard); Krzos
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2024-043
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Ryan Krzos, City Planner
Date: April 16, 2024
Subject: Second Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Map for 9451
Excelsior Boulevard – Hopkins Depot
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Adopt for second reading, Ordinance 2024-1207 Assigning the MX-S
Zoning Designation for 9451 Excelsior Boulevard.
OVERVIEW
Ordinance 2024-1207 is unchanged from the first reading conducted at the April 2, 2024
City Council Meeting. The ordinance would assign the MX-S, Mixed-Use Suburban
Center zoning designation to the currently un-zoned property containing the Depot,
Regional Trailhead, and parking. The Zoning Map Amendment would facilitate an
update to the City’s permit with the Metropolitan Council, the property owner, to occupy
the space for the Depot. No modifications to the site or use are proposed in conjunction
with this request.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
• Ordinance 2024-1207 assigning the MX-S Zoning Designation for 9451 Excelsior
Boulevard.
• Proposed Zoning Map
Planning & Development
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CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE 2024-1207
AN ORDINANCE ASSIGNING THE MX-S, MIXED-USE SUBURBAN CENTER ZONE
TO THE PROPERTY AT 9451 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD
(WITH PID 19-117-21-31-0002)
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
1. That the following described premises is hereby zoned MX-S, Mixed-Use
Suburban center.
2. The property to be rezoned, addressed as 9451 Excelsior Boulevard is legally
described in Exhibit A.
First Reading: April 2, 2024
Second Reading: April 16, 2024
Date of Publication: April 25, 2024
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: April 25, 2024
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ATTEST: Patrick Hanlon, Mayor
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk
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Exhibit A
Legal Description of Subject Parcel
That part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 117, Range 2, Hennepin
County, Minnesota, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Southerly line of Excelsior Road (now Excelsior Boulevard),
as said Road was established prior to the widening and improvement thereof (1978),
distant 71.6 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from said original main track
center line; thence Southwesterly parallel with said center line a distance of 302.47 feet;
thence Southwesterly along a straight line a distance of 636.8 feet to a point on the East
line of Washington Avenue, distant 50 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles,
from said original main track center line; thence Southerly along said East line of
Washington Avenue a distance of 58 feet, more or less, to a point distant 15 feet
Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from the center line of Chicago and North
Western Transportation Company (formerly Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Company) connecting track ICC No. 9, as said track is now located; thence
Northeasterly parallel with the center line of said connecting track (and the continuation
thereof to the center line of the Westbound main track of the Chicago Milwaukee, St.
Paul and Pacific Railroad Company) a distance of 830 feet, more or less, to a point
opposite the point of switch for said connecting track (at said last described main track
center line); thence Southeasterly radial to the last described course a distance of 3
feet, more or less, to a point distant 50 feet Southeasterly, measured at right angles,
from said original (Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company) main track center line;
thence Northeasterly parallel with said original main track center line a distance of 430
feet, more or less, to a point on the Southerly line of said Excelsior Road; thence
Westerly along said Southerly line of Excelsior Road a distance of 315 feet, more or
less, to the point of beginning.
Proposed as MX-S