P&Z Resolution 2024-08 - A Resolution Recommending the City Council Approve an Ordinance Establishing the MX-S, Mixed Use Suburban Center Zoning Designation for the Property Located at 9451 Excelsior BoulevardCITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNNESOTA
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2024-08
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE MX -S, MIXED USE SUBURBAN CENTER
ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
9451 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, The City, on behalf of the property owner the Metropolitan Council,
has requested the MX -S, Mixed Use Suburban Center zoning designation to be
assigned for the property at 9451 Excelsior Boulevard with PID: 19-117-21-31-0002;
and,
WHEREAS, this property is legally described in Exhibit A; and,
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That the above stated application was initiated by the City; and,
2. That the Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission, pursuant to published and
mailed notice, held a public hearing on the application and reviewed such
application on March 26, 2024 and all persons present were given an
opportunity to be heard; and,
3. That written comments and analysis of City staff were considered; and,
WHEREAS, staff recommended approval of the above stated application based
on the findings outlined in Planning and Zoning Report 2024-02 dated March 26, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning & Zoning Commission
of the City of Hopkins hereby recommends the City Council approve an ordinance
rezoning the property with PID 19-117-21-31-0002, to MX -S, Mixed Use Suburban
Center.
Adopted this 26th day of March 2024.
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Andr Wright, Chair
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.