Resolution NO:RZ97-8 F 1
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: RZ97 -8
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE TO ALLOW SIGNAGE
IN THE SETBACK AREA FOR THE OAKS OF MAINSTREET
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN97 -1 has been made by Real Estate Equities, and;
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN97 -1 was made by Real Estate Equities on March 28,
1997;
2. That the Hopkins Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed notice, held a meeting on the
application and reviewed such application on April 29, 1997: all persons present were
given an opportunity to be heard;
3. That the written comments and analysis of the City staff were considered; and
4. A legal description of the subject property is as follows:
Parcel 1:
That part of the Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 117, Range 22
described as follows:
Commencing at a point in a line parallel to and 660 feet West at right angles from the east
line of said Subdivision which point is 689.3 feet measured along said line Northerly from
the intersection of said line with the Northerly line of the right -of -way of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company; thence West at right angles 291 feet to the
point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence continuing West 382.6 feet more or
less to the West line of said Subdivision; thence North to the Northwest corner of said
Subdivision; thence East along the North line thereof; thence East along the North line
thereof to an intersection with a line drawn from the actual point of beginning parallel with
the East line of said Subdivision; thence South along said parallel line to the point of
beginning.
Parcel 2:
That part of the Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 117, Range 22
described as follows:
S Commencing at a point in a line parallel to and 660 feet West at right angles from the East
line of said Subdivision which point is 689.3 feet measured along said line Northerly from
the intersection of said line with the Northerly line of the right -of -way of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company; thence West at right angles 291 feet; thence
North at right angles to the North line of said Subdivision; thence East along the North
line of said Subdivision to a point in a line parallel to and 660 feet West at right angles
from the East line of said Subdivision; thence Southerly on an extension of the last
mentioned line to the point of beginning.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that application for Variance VN97 -1 is hereby
recommended for approval, based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the site has a hardship due to the amount of frontage on a right -of -way.
Adopted this 29th day of April, 1
Bill Schumacher, hair