P&Z Resolution 2024-11 - A Resolution Recommending the City Council Approve an Ordinance Amending Chapter 102 of the Hopkins City Code Related to Miscellaneous ProvisionsCITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2024-11
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 102 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE RELATED TO
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
WHEREAS, the Hopkins Development Code is intended to establish the development
standards to implement the community vision and enact the vision, goals and policies of the
2040 Comprehensive Plan — Cultivate Hopkins; and
WHEREAS, in the two years since approval of Ordinance 2022-1180, which repealed
and replaced the former Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances with an updated Development
Code, staff has identified certain areas within said Development Code in need of refinement,
modification, and clarification; and
WHEREAS, staff is requesting a Development Code Text Amendment to address adult
day care uses, entertainment uses, final plat procedures, front porch encroachment, half -story
and backyard cottage roofs, home businesses, signage, tree replacement, twin homes, urban
agriculture, and use percentages; and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the Development Code Text Amendment is as
follows:
1. That the above stated Development Code Text Amendment was initiated by the City;
and,
2. That the Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission, pursuant to published notice, held
a public hearing on the application and reviewed such application on July 23, 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 the Planning & Zoning Report 2024-04 dated July 23, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning & Zoning Commission of the
City of Hopkins hereby recommends the City Council of the City of Hopkins approve an
ordinance amending the Hopkins Development Code related to miscellaneous provisions.
Adopted this 23rd day of July 2024.
Whitney Terrill, Chair