Memo Second Reading Zoning Ordiance Amendments
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To: City Council
From: Nancy Anderson
Date: Thursday, December 15, 1994
Subject: Second reading for Zoning Ordinance Amendments
Attached is Ordinance 94-747, which makes various amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance. The following two changes were made from the first reading:
0 added natural area in buffer defInition
0 added sentence that will not include awnings in the banner
definition
. The City Council's action is to approve Ordinance 94-747 for second readinq and order
it published.
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. CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 94-747
AN ORDINANCE A1\1ENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No. 515 be and the same is hereby amended by
amending the following sections:
Subd. 19. Buffer area: a landscaped or natural area intended to separate and partially
obstruct the view of two adjacent land uses or properties from one another.
Subd. 27. Church or place of religious worship: an institution that people regularly
attend to participate in or hold religious services, meetings, and other activities. The term
"church" shall not carry secular connotation and shall include buildings in which religious services
of any denomination are held.
Subd. 94. Nonconforming building: a building which lawfully existed prior to the
adoption, revision or amendment of this ordinance, but now such building does not meet the
limitations on building size and/or location on a lot, for the district in which such building is
located
. Subd. 95. Nonconforming use: a use or activity which lawfully existed prior to the
adoption, revision, or amendment of this ordinance, but which fails by reason of such adoption,
revision, or amendment to conform to the use district in which it is located.
Subd. 120. Setback: the minimum distance from any lot line that an improvement may be
placed, measured perpendicularly from the lot line to the closest point of the improvement.
Subd. 121. Setback line: a line which is the specified setback distance from and parallel
to any lot line.
That section 515 is renumbered.
Section 525.13
Subd. 3. h) location of trash container, screening and type of material for screening of the trash
container and pick-up plan;
Section 530.05 delete the following:
3 story Multiple Dwelling
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. 535.03 subd. 2. a) 20 foot front yard setback in which there shall be no auto parking. The 20
foot setback area shall be landscaped with a permanent barrier between the parking lot and the
setback area.
555.16 Trash container screening. All conditional use permits under section 525.13 subd
2c are required to screen the trash container with an opaque material.
Section 570
Subd. 3. Erect: shall mean to build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend, or affix and shall
also include the painting of wall signs.
Subd. 7. Sign - banner: shaH mean any sign intended to be hung either with or without frames,
possessing character, letter, illustrations, or ornamentation's applied to paper, plastic, or fabric of
any kind. National flags, flags of political subdivisions, and symbolic flags of any institution or
business shall not be considered banner for the purpose of this section. This definition does not
include awnings.
570.25. Prohibited signs. The following types of signs are prohibited:
t) banners that are erected permanently (for more than 30 days)
e 570.57
Subd. 5. Banners. All banners that are erected permanently and existing on January 17, 1995
many continue in use for a period terminating on January 17, 1997.
First Reading: December 6, 1994
Second Reading: December 20, 1994
Date of Publication: December 28, 1994
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: January 17, 1995
Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor
ATTEST:
. James A Genellie, City Clerk