Cond. Use Permit-Construction of an Offc. Bldg.August 23, 1984
Case No: 84 -27
Applicant: W. Pitt Rolfe
Location: Second Avenue South & 7th Street South
Request: Conditional Use Permit for Construction of an Office Building
STAFF FINDINGS & COMMENTS: Anderson /Kerrigan
1. Applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to construct an office
building. 427.26(c) requires a Conditional Use Permit for new construction
over $75,000.
2. The subject site is located North of 7th Street South and between Second
Avenue South and County Road 18. The site is zoned B -1, Limited Business.
3. The proposed office building is to be 14,268 square feet. The building is
three stories high with a mean building height of 25 feet. The first floor
of the building will be below street level with an elevation of 893.0 feet,
the average street elevation is 900 feet. The exterior of the building is
to be constructed of brick, with the windows being constructed of bronze
insulated glass.
4. The ro osed use for the office building is a dentist office p P g s o ice occupying the
first floor, an accounting firm on the second and the occupancy for the
third floor is unknown at this time.
5. The structure as presented would have a 38 foot front yard setback along
Second Avenue South, a 68 foot rear yard setback along County Road 18, a
80 foot sideyard setback to the North and a Southerly side yard setback of
20 feet along 7th Street South. Ordinance 427.35 requires setbacks of 20
feet for the front yard, 10 feet for the rear and 10 feet for the side yards.
6. An office building is located to the North of the subject site, single family
homes to the West, buffered by trees, construction of a medical clinic to the
South and Highway 18 to the east.
7. 58 parking stalls are to be provided with an entrance /exit from the Northwest.
14 compact stalls are provided along with two handicap stalls. The number of
parking stalls are in compliance with ordinance 427.45(20) which requires at
least one parking space for each two hundred and fifty square feet of gross
floor area for office. The ordinance requires 57 parking stalls based on these
requirements.
8. The perimeter of the parking lot is to be landscaped with sod and a variety of
over and understory trees. The landscaping would conform to the requirements
of the proposed landscaping ordinance.
9. The drainage plan has been reviewed by the City Engineer and has been found
acceptable. Drainage will flow in a Northwesterly direction on the site.
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10. Ordinance 427.35 requires a maximum Floor Area Ratio of 1.0. The proposed
building has a F.A.R. of .39 which meets the requirements of the ordinance.
11. Trash storage is to be located at the Northeast corner of the site and en_.
closed with a 5 foot high redwood fence.
12. Access to the proposed site will be from the Northwest corner from Second
Avenue South.
13. The Fire Marshal has reviewed the plans and noted that the building must be
sprinkled, any other Fire Code requirements will have to be complied with at
the building permit stage.
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0 WRITTEN OPINION OF THE HOPKINS PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
The Hopkins Planning and Zoning Commission provides a written opinion based
upon the following facts:
1) On November 8, 1976, the Hopkins Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA)
and on December 7, 1976, the Hopkins City Council approved a program for
the Redevelopment of the Downtown Central Business District Area entitled
"Hopkins CBD Redevelopment Program."
2) The HRA is presently involved in the process of acquiring certain properties
in order to implement the goal and objectives of CBD Redevelopment Program.
3) Minnesota Statute 462.356 Subd 2 requires that prior to a public bodies
acquisition or disposition of real property that a determination be made
that such action is in compliance with the existing Comprehensive Plan.
The Planning and Zoning Commission now advises the City Council, the Hopkins
Authority and all others that they have reviewed and discussed the acquisition/dis -
position of the following properties and it is the opinion of this Body that such
action is consistent with the Hopkins CBD Redevelopment Program and the Hopkins 1990
Comprehensive Plan.
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9042- 906 -908 Excelsior Avenue West
918 -20 -22 -222 Excelsior Avenue West and
3 -5 -7 South Tenth Avenue
715 Excelsior Avenue West
717 Excelsior Avenue West
902 Excelsior Avenue West