CR 11-060 Amendment to Zoning Ordinace - Mixed use• June 30, 2011 H O P K I N S Council Reportl 1-60
ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS — MIXED USE
Proposed Action
Staff recommends the following motion: Move to adopt Resolution 11-34, approving
Ordinance 11-1031 addingLa mixed use zoning district for first reading.
At the Zoning and Planning meeting, Mr. Kuznia moved and Mr. Hatlestad seconded a motion
to adopt Resolution RZ 11-8, recommending approval of Ordinance 11-1031, adding a mixed
use zoning district. The motion was approved unanimously.
Overview
For the past year the Planning Commission has been working on a mixed use zoning district.
This zoning district would be used around the three transit stations for the Southwest LRT. The
Comprehensive Plan has designated the areas around the stations as mixed use. The proposed
mixed use ordinance has standards' for all the areas and then standards for the specific stations.
At this time the staff is proposing standards for two of the stations, Blake Road and Downtown.
Since we do not know what the configurations of the Shady Oak Station will be, we are
• proposing to do the ordinance for that station when the infrastructure has been determined.
Following the enactment of the mixed use ordinance, the rezoning of several properties will
start. Since this is a new ordinance and has not been applied to a development, there may be
amendments in the future to refine the ordinance.
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Primary Issues to Consider
• What are the proposed amendments?
• What is the staff recommendation?
• What was the discussion at the Zoning and Planning meeting?
Supporting Documents
• Analysis of Issues
• Comprehensive Plan
• Resolution 11-34
Ordinance 11-1031
Nancy. Anderson, AICP
Planner
Financial Impact: $ N/A Budgeted: Y/N Source:
Related Documents (CIP, ERP, etc.):
Notes:
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• Primary Issues to Consider
What are the proposed amendments?
DEFINITIONS - SECTION 515
Subd. 13. Artisan Shops: retail stores selling glass, ceramics, jewelry, and other
handcrafted items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the items being sold.
Subd. 14. Assisted Living: provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily
living; coordination of services by outside health care providers; and monitoring of resident
activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being.
Subd. 21. Banks and Financial Services: financial institutions including banks and
trust companies, credit agencies, holding companies, lending and thrift institutions, other
investment companies, securities/commodity contract brokers, and dealers security and
commodity exchanges, vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies.
Subd. 22. Bar/Tavern: a bar, also called a pub or tavern, is a business that serves
drinks, especially alcoholic beverages as beer, liquor, and mixed drinks, for consumption on the
premises or adjacent outdoor seating areas.
• Subd. 25. Big -Box Retail: any commercial retail establishment that meets or exceeds
50,000 square feet of gross floor area.
Subd. 26. Bike Parking - Lon Tenn: parking for more than eight hours.
Subd. 27. Bike Parking - Short Term: parking for less than eight hours.
Subd. 29. Boutiques: a small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes,
or accessones.
Subd. 59. Delicatessen: a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving,
ready -to -serve foods such as cheeses, cold cooked meats, and salads.
Subd. 75. Educational Facilities: Includes public and private schools at the primary,
elementary, middle, junior high or high school level that provide state -mandated basic
education or a comparable equivalent. This also includes colleges, universities, and other
institutions of higher learning such as vocational or trade schools that offer courses of general
or specialized study leading to a degree or certification.
Subd. 80. Farmers Market: the sale of organic, non-organic, or otherwise locally
grown fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products directly to the consumer by the farmer,
. typically in an outdoor setting.
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• Subd. 97. Green Roof. green roofs are vegetated roof covers, with growing media and
plants taking the place of bare membrane, gravel ballast, shingles or tiles. The number of
layers and the layer placement may vary from system to system and green roof type, but at a
minimum all green roofs include a single to multi -ply waterproofing layer, drainage, growing
media and the plants, covering the entire roof deck surface. There are two main types of green
roofs — extensive or intensive — although a green roof is often designed with features of both
and then referred to as either semi -extensive or semi -intensive.
Subd. 105. Indoor Sports and Recreation Facility: predominantly participant sports
and health activities conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Typical uses include
bowling alley, billiard parlor, ice/roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, indoor
climbing facilities, and soccer areas.
Subd. 130. Medical Service — Clinics Offices. and Laboratories: facility primarily
engaged in furnishing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health
services, but which is separate from hospitals, including; medical and dental laboratories,
medical, dental and psychiatric offices, out-patient care facilities, acupuncture, and other allied
health service. Counseling services by other than medical doctor psychiatrists are included
under offices.
Subd. 133. Mixed-use Building: means a building that contains at least one floor
devoted to permitted nonresidential uses and at least one devoted to permitted residential uses.
• Subd. 134. Mixed Use: generally refers to a deliberate mix of housing, civic uses, and
commercial uses, including retail, restaurants, and offices.
Subd. 138. Music Store: a musical instrument retailer selling guitars, amps, sound
systems, drums, band and orchestra instruments for sale or rental and may also have lessons
available.
Subd. 139. Neighborhood Market: a pedestrian -oriented grocery/specialty market
store offering food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of
the store and oriented to the daily shopping needs of surrounding residential areas.
Neighborhood markets are less than 5,000 square feet in size and operate less than 18 hours per
day. Neighborhood markets may include deli or beverage tasting facilities that are ancillary to
the market/grocery portion of the use.
Subd. 146. Nursing Home: a residential facility for person with chronic illness or
disability. A nursing home may also be called a convalescent home or long-term care facility.
Subd. 156. Park and Ride Facility: a designated area where a vehicle may be left in
order to carpool with other commuters or to ride public transit.
Subd. 168. Print Shop: is a business which prints and copies things such as documents
• and cards for customers.
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• Subd. 177. Retail Sales, General: stores and shops selling merchandise. These stores
and lines of merchandise include; art galleries, artists' supplies, bakeries, bicycles, books,
cameras and photographic supplies, clothing and accessories, collectibles (cards, coins, comics,
stamps, etc.) department stores, drug and discount stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing
supplies, florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales), furniture, home furnishings and
equipment, general stores, gift and souvenir shops, hardware, hobby materials, jewelry, luggage
and leather goods, musical instruments, parts and accessories, newsstands, orthopedic supplies,
pet supplies sales with no animals but fish, religious goods, small wares, specialty shops,
sporting goods and equipment, stationery, toys and games, variety stores. This does not
include big box retail, superstores or warehouse clubs.
Subd. 194. Street Food Vendor: street food is a quick eat/or quick meal sold by vendor
with a push cart, basket, or at a stall, where customer can see the preparation of cooking or the
prepared street food clearly.
Subd. 208. Transit Stations: passenger stations for vehicular and rail mass transit
systems.
Subd. 217. Variety Store: a retail store that sells a wide range of inexpensive items.
Other uses listed in Section 515 are to be renumbered accordingly.
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Section 543 - Zoning: Mixed Use
543.01 Mixed Use. The primary purposes of the Mixed Use Zone Districts are to:
• Provide appropriate areas for and facilitate quality mixed use development in activity
centers that are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's land use and transportation
goals, objectives, policies and strategies;
• Accommodate intensities and patterns of development that can support multiple modes
of transportation, including public transit, biking and walking;
• Group and link places used for living, working, shopping, schooling, and recreating,
thereby reducing vehicle trips, relieving traffic congestion, improving air quality in the
City and encouraging active living principles;
• Provide a variety of residential housing types and densities to assure activity in the
district and support a mix of uses, and enhance the housing choices of City residents;
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• Integrate new mixed use development with its surroundings by encouraging connections
for pedestrians and vehicles and by assuring sensitive, compatible use, scale, and
operational transitions to neighboring uses.
543.02. Permitted and Conditional Uses:
RESIDENTIAL
UN
(Blake)
DT
(8th Ave)
CTC
(Shady
Oak
1. Multi—unit dwellings
x
x
x
2. Townhomes
x
x
COMMERCIAL
3. Bar/Tavern
x
4. Anti ues
x
x
5. Art Gallery
x
6. Artisan Shop
x
x
7. Bakery
x
x
x
8. Bank and Financial
Services
x (a)
x(a)
x(a )
9. Beauty/Barber Shop
x
x
x
10. Bike Sales
x
x
11. Books — Office supplies
x
x
12. Boutiques
x
x
13. Butcher
x
x
x
14. Camera — Photographic
x
x
15. Clothing Store
x
16. Clubs (private —
onprofit)
x
x
x
17. Coffee Shop
x
x
x
18. Collectibles (cards, coins,
comics, stamps, etc.
x
x
19. Costume and Formal
Wear Rental
x
x
20. Currency Exchange
x (b)
x b
21. Day Nursery
x
x
x
22. Delicatessen
x
x
x
23. Dry Clean and Laundry
x
x
x
24. Educational Facilities
x
x (c)
x
25. Electronics
x (d)
x (d)
26. Employment Agency
x
x
x
27. Essential Public Service &
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I x
x
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Utility Structures
28. Fabric and Sewing Store
x
x
29. Florists
x
x
x
30. Garden and Landscape
x(e)
x (e
31. Gifts and Novelties
x
x
32. Glassware, China, Pottery
x
33. Health Club
x
X
34. Hobby- Craft - Instruction
x
x
35. Hotel
x
36. Karate, Dance - Studio
x
x
37. Ice Cream
x
x
x
38. Indoor Sports &
Recreation Facility
x
x(f)
x
39. Interiors - Decoration
Studio
x
x
40. Jewelry
x
x
41. Leather Goods - Luggage
x
x
42. Liquors - Off -sale
x
x
X
43. Locksmith and Fixit Shop
x
x
x
44. Medical Service
x
x
x
45. Music Store
x
46. Neighborhood Market
x
x
x
47. Offices
x
x
x
48. Optical
x
x
49. Paint and Wallpaper
x
50. Parking Ramps & Lots
x
x
x
51. Pawn Shop
x
x
52. Pet Grooming
x
x
53. Pet Store
x
x
54. Pharmacy - Drug Store
x
X(g)
55. Photography - Studio
x
56. Picture Framing -Art Shop
x
57. Pipe - Tobacco Shop
x
x
x
58. Print Shop
x
x
x
59. Restaurant - Traditional
x
x
x
60. Restaurant - Carry -out &
deliver
x
x
x
61. Shoes - Boot Store
x
x
62. Sporting Goods
x
x
63. Stationery - Card Shop
x
x
x
64. Street Food Vendors
x
x
x
65. Tailoring
x
x
x
66. Travel Agent
x
x
x
67. Variety Store
x
x
68. Vet Clinic
x
x
x
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69. Video/DVD -Sales, Rental
x
x
x
CIVIC
70. Transit Station
x
x
x
71. Park & Ride Facility
x
x
x
72. Public Open Space/Park
x
x
x
Conditional uses
a. Bank and Financial Services, provided:
1. The applicant must show that the drive thru in an integral part of the building
and the traffic and queuing will not interfere with the pedestrian experience. It
shall be at the sole discretion of the City Council to allow a drive thru.
b. Currency Exchange:
1. The use shall be located at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any other
currency exchanges, secondhand goods stores, and pawnshops.
2. The use shall be located at least three hundred fifty (350) feet from an off -sale
liquor establishment.
3. Back—lighted signs, back -lighted awnings, portable signs, temporary signs and
offreestanding signs are prohibited.
c. Educational Facilities, provided:
1. use shall not be located on first floor
d. Electronics, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
e. Garden and Landscape, provided:
1. outside display limited to area in front of store
f. Indoor Sports and Recreation Facility, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
g. Pharmacy - Drug Store, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
Development Standards for Mixed Use:
543.03. Parkin. Parking within the mixed use district must be located in multi-level structures
or in shared parking lots where feasible and with approval of the City. The following
• requirements will apply to all permitted uses located within the mixed use zoning district if a
TDM or shared parking study has not been completed and approved by the City Council:
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a) A minimum of one and a maximum of 1.5 parking spaces per multi -family unit
is permitted; one guest space per 15 units is permitted.
b) All uses other than residential shall require a parking study to determine the
necessary parking required.
c) Where practicable, ingress and egress from parking must be from side streets or
alleys.
543.04. Travel Demand Management Plan(TDM)/Mass Transit Links. Off-street parking
requirements may be reduced subject to approval by the City Council, where a TDM plan,
parking and transportation study is submitted. The TDM plan, parking and transportation study
is conducted in accordance with accepted methodology approved by the City staff, prepared by
an independent traffic engineering professional under the supervision of the City, and paid for
by the applicant. These plans must address the transportation impacts of the development and
proposed TDM mitigating measures and show that parking demand will be decreased by access
to nearby transit. Where a TDM plan is approved, a properly drawn legal instrument, executed
by the parties concerned, must be filed on the property in the Recorder's or Register's Office of
Hennepin County. Five acres commercial, office or retail development or 100 residential units
require a TDM study.
543.05. Shared parking. The City Council may approve the use of shared parking where:
a. The applicant demonstrates with a parking study that the hours, size, and mode of
operation of the respective uses does not create a substantial conflict in the peak parking
demands of the uses for which shared parking facilities is proposed, and there is
adequate parking to meet the needs for each use. A shared parking plan must be
submitted where shared parking is proposed that includes specific analysis on the peak
characteristics of the various uses indicated.
b. Where a shared use of parking exists with the same site or across sites, a properly drawn
legal instrument, executed by the parties concerned, must be filed as a deed restriction
on all impacted properties in the Hennepin County Recorder's Office. A parking study
is required to be conducted in accordance with accepted methodology approved by the
City staff, prepared by an independent traffic engineering professional under the
supervision of the City and paid for by the applicant, demonstrating that there is not a
present need for the portion of parking for which the applicant is requesting shared
parking flexibility.
c. Shared parking shall be no more that 500 feet from the front doors of the buildings
sharing the parking.
543.06. Bicycle Parking.
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a) Bicycle parking facilities must be provided for all office and multi -family
structures and freestanding commercial uses.
b) The required number of bicycle parking spaces will be based on the following:
Lon term erm Short term
Multi -family Residential 1 per 2 units 1 per 20 units
Retail .50 space per employee .50 space per 1,000
square feet of net
building area
Office .25 space per 1 per 40,000
1,000 square feet square feet of net
of net building area building area
Park and Ride Facilities 10 spaces an acre 10 percent of
parking stalls
c) Bicycle parking facilities must be located in a well -lighted area.
d) All bicycle racks, lockers, or other facilities must be securely anchored to the
ground or to a structure.
e) All required bicycle parking must be located within 50 feet of central or well -
used building entrances.
f) Long-term bicycle parking facilities that provide parking for bike storage lasting
eight or more hours shall be located inside buildings or a bike storage facility for
added security.
g) The required amount of short-term bicycle parking required for bike storage
lasting less than two hours must be provided for at each building.
h) In buildings that have several uses, shared short-term bicycle parking facilities
are encouraged and should be centrally located between uses.
543.07. Shadow Study. A shadow study is required for all buildings four stories or higher.
The shadow study will indicate the shadows cast at the shortest and longest days of the year.
Impacts of a shadow on the surrounding property may be a reason to lower and/or adjust the
location or height of building(s).
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543.08. Exterior. The primary exterior treatment of walls facing a public right-of—way or
parking lot on a structure shall be brick, cast concrete, stone, marble or other material similar in
appearance and durability. Regular or decorative concrete block, float finish stucco, EIFS-type
stucco, cementitious fiber board, or wood clap board may be used on the front fagade as a
secondary treatment or trim but shall not be a primary exterior treatment of a wall facing a
public right-of-way.
543.09. Building Orientation. Subdivision 1. Buildings within the Mixed Use district must be
oriented toward the pedestrian by providing a direct link between each building and the
pedestrian walking system, with emphasis on directing people to a transit station.
Subd. 2. Facade. The primary street side fagade of a building shall not consist of an
unarticulated blank wall, flat front facades or an unbroken series of garage doors. The front of
a building shall be broken up into individual bays of a minimum of 25 feet and maximum of 40
feet wide.
Subd. 3. Blocks. Blocks must not exceed (600) feet in length and must provide pedestrian
connectors. These pedestrian connectors can be pedestrian easements and pathways or
through -building linkages at least every 300 feet.
Subd. 4. Hei t. All nonresidential floor space provided on the ground floor of a mixed use
• building must have a minimum floor -to -ceiling height of 11 feet.
543.10. Transparency. Subdivision 1. A minimum of 60 percent to a maximum of 75 percent
of the front street -facing fagade between two feet and eight feet in height must comprise clear
windows that allow views of indoor nonresidential space or product display area. Side facades
abutting a public right-of-way shall have a minimum of 30 percent clear windows.
Subd. 2. Hei t. The bottom edge of any window or product display window used to satisfy
the transparency standard of paragraph (1) above may not be more than three feet above the
adjacent sidewalk.
Subd. 3. Dis la . Product display windows used to satisfy these requirements must have a
minimum height of four feet and be internally lighted.
Subd. 4. Windows. Transparent windows allowing visual access into and out of nonresidential
buildings shall be required on the first floor frontage along the front yard.
Subd. 5. Fenestration. 30 percent fenestration for windows above the first floor for all sides
that abut a public right-of-way.
543.11. Sidewalks. Subdivision 1. Sidewalks shall be constructed along the frontage of all
public streets and within and along the frontage of all new development or redevelopment.
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Subd. 2. Width. Sidewalks may range in width from a minimum of five feet to a maximum of
20 feet, depending on expected pedestrian traffic.
543.12. Pedestrian/Streetscapes. Subdivision 1. Street trees in grates or planters are required
along sidewalks for all new platted streets. Existing streets may not allow sufficient right-of-
way for street trees. If the existing right-of-way does not allow for street trees, landscaping,
trees, planters or street furniture will be added to the interior side of the sidewalk where the
setback will allow.
Subd. 2. Improvements. Pedestrian improvements of at least one percent of the project value
shall be included in the development. These improvements shall create a high quality
pedestrian experience through the provision of benches, planters, drinking fountains, waste
containers, median landscaping, etc. Said improvements shall be on all public streets that lead
directly to the station.
Subd. 3. Li tin . Pedestrian -scale light fixtures that shine downward on the sidewalks and
walkways shall be no greater than 12 feet in height and must be provided along all sidewalks
and walkways to provide ample lighting during nighttime hours for employees, residents, and
customers.
Subd. 4. Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the abutting building to
maintain the streetscape.
543.13. Landscaping. Subdivision 1. All open areas of a lot that are not used or improved for
required parking areas and drives shall be landscaped with a combination of over -story trees,
under -story trees, shrubs, flowers and ground cover materials. The plan for landscaping shall
include ground cover, bushes, shrubbery, trees, sculptures, fountains, decorative walks or other
similar site design features or materials. The following table is a minimum value for the
landscaping:
Project Value
Below $1,000,000
$1,000,000 - $2,000,000
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000
$3,000,000 - $4,000,000
Minimum
2 percent
$20,000 + 1 percent
of project value in
excess of $1,000,000
$30,000 + .75 percent
of project value in
excess of $2,000,000
$37,500 +.25 percent
of project value
in excess of $3,000,000
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a. Documentation showing an estimated dollar amount of landscaping shall be provided to
the City prior to any approval.
b. All new over -story trees shall be balled and burlapped or moved from the growing site
by tree spade. Deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of 2.5 inches. Coniferous
trees shall be a minimum caliper of 1.5 inches.
c. All site areas not covered by buildings, sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, patios or
similar hard surface materials shall be covered with sod or an equivalent ground cover
approved by the City. This requirement shall not apply to site areas retained in a natural
state.
d. An underground sprinkler system shall be provided as part of each new development.
A sprinkler system shall be provided for all landscaped areas except areas to be
preserved in a natural state. The sprinkler system is required to have a sensor for an
automatic shut-off to prevent the system from operating when it is raining.
543.14. Indoor/Outdoor Operations. All permitted uses in the mixed use district must be
conducted within a completely enclosed building unless permitted by a conditional use permit.
This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller
machines, or outdoor seating area, alone or in connection with restaurants.
543. 15. Wall signs. Subdivision 1. Each tenant other than those in multi -tenant buildings
may have one flat wall sign, not extending more than 18 inches from the face of the building,
except that such signage may extend from the face of the roof over a covered walk. Such wall
signs shall not exceed two times of the lineal frontage of the wall to which the business is
located, to a maximum of 96 square feet. Signs shall not be internally illuminated.
Subd. 2. Canopies and Awnings. The design of canopies shall be in keeping with the overall
building design in terms of location, size, and color. No canopies with visible wall hangers
shall be permitted. Signage on canopies maybe substituted for allowed building signage and
shall be limited to 25 percent of the canopy area. Canopies shall not be internally illuminated.
Subd. 3. Projecting. Projecting signs will have a maximum size of 12 square feet and a
maximum width of three feet. Projecting signs cannot extend beyond the first floor of the
building. No less than 10 feet of clearance shall be provided between the sidewalk surface and
the lowest point of the projecting sign. Maximum distance between sign and building face is
one foot.
Subd. 4. Monument signs. One monument sign shall be permitted for each multi -tenant
building provided the surface area of the sign does not exceed two square feet per front foot of
• lot. No sign shall be over 150 square feet, 20 feet in height and have a setback in no case less
than 20 feet from the property lines.
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543.16. Drive throup-h. A one -lane drive through may be permitted with a conditional use
permit. The applicant must show that the drive through is an integral part of the building and
the traffic and queuing will not interfere with the pedestrian experience.
543.17. Urban Neighborhood (UN) Subdivision 1. This area is primarily located around
the Blake Transit Station. The Urban Neighborhood District is intended primarily for mixed
pedestrian -scaled, neighborhood -serving, nonresidential uses and high density residential uses
in the same structure or in close proximity to one another. Nonresidential uses may include
small-scale retail, service, and professional offices that provide goods and services to the
residents of the surrounding neighborhood.
Subd. 2. Height.
Height 3-4 stories for residential structures
Mixed Use 5-6 stories (retail on the first floor)
4-5 stories for office structures
Subd. 3. Floor Area Ratio.
Residential minimum FAR - 2
Residential maximum FAR - 3
• Mixed use building minimum FAR - 4
Mixed use building maximum FAR - 5
Office building minimum FAR - 3
Office building maximum FAR - 4
Subd. 4. Front yard setbacks along Blake Road and Excelsior Blvd
Residential building 15'- 25'
Office building 25'- 40'
Subd. 5. Front yard setbacks along 2nd Street
Residential building 5'— 15'
Structured parking 5' — 15'
Office building 5'-15'
Side yard 10 feet
Rear yard 10 feet
543.18. Downtown (DT) Subdivision 1. This area is primary located from the Downtown
• Hopkins Transit Station to Mainstreet. The Downtown District provides for development of
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• high density residential and vertically -integrated, mixed uses over ground -floor, non-residential
uses on lots fronting Eighth Avenue from Excelsior Boulevard to Mainstreet. This district acts
as a transition from the transit station to Mainstreet and to draw people to Mainstreet.
Subd 2. Development Standards
Each off-street parking area is encouraged to be designed and located so that parking lots on
adjacent parcels may be linked.
The principal functional doorway for public or direct -entry access into a building shall face the
fronting street. Corner entrances shall be provided on corner lot buildings or have dual entries.
A secondary entrance may be oriented towards off-street surface parking.
Subd. 3. Outdoor Gathering Space
Outdoor Gathering Space shall have direct access to the sidewalk. All outdoor Gathering
Spaces will have a treatment such as a wrought iron fence, hedge, or a one to three feet wall
following the building line of the abutting buildings. The space may have the following:
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Lighted bollards
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Movable or unmovable tables and chairs
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Fountains or other water features
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Benches
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Seat walls and/or landscape planters
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Shade trees
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Pots or hanging baskets filled with seasonal plant material
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Information kiosks
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Sculptures or other public art features
Subd. 4. Heipht.
Minimum height three stories from alley south of Mainstreet to Mainstreet
Minimum FAR - 2
Maximum FAR - 3
Minimum height four stories from Excelsior Blvd to alley south of Mainstreet
Minimum FAR - 4
Maximum FAR - 5
Subd. 5. Setbacks
• Front yard minimum 1 foot
maximum 5 feet - except for the following:
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a. A portion of the building may be set back to provide an articulated fagade or accommodate a
building entrance feature, provided that the total area of the space created must not exceed one
square foot for every linear foot of building frontage.
b. A building may be set back to accommodate an outdoor eating area. To preserve the
continuity of the street wall, the building may be set back no more that 12 feet from the front or
street side property line, or at least 40 percent of the building facade must be located abutting a
street. The total area of an outdoor eating area that is located between a public sidewalk and
the building facade may not exceed 12 times the buildings street frontage in linear feet.
Minimum side yard setback - 0
Minimum rear yard — 10 feet
543.19. Commuter Town Center (CTC) - This area is primary located around the Shady Oak
Transit Station in the west side of Hopkins. The Commuter Town Center District is intended to
support a variety of housing types and compatible vertically -integrated mixed uses composed
of street -level nonresidential and upper -story residential uses. High-density, attached
residential use types that are supportive of transit are encouraged.
What is the staff recommendation?
• Staff is recommending approval of the proposed ordinance.
What was the discussion at the Zoning and Planning Commission?
Ms. Anderson reviewed the proposed ordinance. The Commission has been reviewing the
proposed ordinance for the past year. No one appeared at the public hearing regarding the
proposed mixed use ordinance.
Alternatives.
1. Approve the amendments to the zoning ordinance. By approving the amendments to the
zoning ordinance, the City Council will consider a recommendation of approval.
2. Deny the amendments to the zoning ordinance. By denying the amendments to the zoning
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CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: RZ11-34
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
APPROVING A MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT
WHEREAS, an application for Zoning Amendment ZN11-4 has been initiated by the City of
Hopkins;
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for zoning amendment was initiated by the City of Hopkins;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission published notice, held a
public hearing on the application and reviewed such application on June 28, 2011:
all persons present were given an opportunity to be heard;
3. That the written comments and analysis of City staff were considered.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application for Zoning Amendment ZN 11-4
is hereby approved based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the Zoning and Planning Commission reviewed the proposed
ordinance.
2. That the Comprehensive Plan has a mixed use designation.
3. That the Southwest LRT is proposed to be completed in 2017.
4. That most of the mixed use designations in the Comprehensive Plan are
near the proposed LRT stations.
Adopted this 5th day of July 2011.
ATTEST:
Deborah L. Sperling, City Clerk
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
• CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-1031
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No. 515-570 be, and the same and is hereby
amended by amending and adding the following sections:
DEFINITIONS - SECTION 515
Subd. 13. Artisan Shops: retail stores selling glass, ceramics, jewelry, and other
handcrafted items, where the facility includes an area for the crafting of the items being sold.
Subd. 14. Assisted Living: provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily
living; coordination of services by outside health care providers; and monitoring of resident
activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being.
Subd. 21. Banks and Financial Services: financial institutions including banks and trust
is companies, credit agencies, holding companies, lending and thrift institutions, other investment
companies, securities/commodity contract brokers, and dealers security and commodity
exchanges, vehicle finance (equity) leasing agencies.
Subd. 22. Bar/Tavern: a bar, also called a pub or tavern, is a business that serves drinks,
especially alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, and mixed drinks, for consumption on the
premises or adjacent outdoor seating areas.
Subd. 25. Big -Box Retail: any commercial retail establishment that meets or exceeds
50,000 square feet of gross floor area.
Subd. 26. Bike Parking - Lon Term- erm- parking for more than eight hours.
Subd. 27. Bike Parking- Short Term: parking for less than eight hours.
Subd. 29. Boutiques: a small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, or
accessories.
Subd. 59. Delicatessen: a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving,
ready -to -serve foods such as cheeses, cold cooked meats, and salads.
Subd. 75. Educational Facilities: Includes public and private schools at the primary,
• elementary, middle, junior high or high school level that provide state -mandated basic education
or a comparable equivalent. This also includes colleges, universities, and other institutions of
higher learning such as vocational or trade schools that offer courses of general or specialized
study leading to a degree or certification.
• Subd. 80. Farmers Market: the sale of organic, non-organic, or otherwise locally grown
fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products directly to the consumer by the farmer,
typically in an outdoor setting.
Subd. 97. Green Roof green roofs are vegetated roof covers, with growing media and
plants taking the place of bare membrane, gravel ballast, shingles or tiles. The number of layers
and the layer placement may vary from system to system and green roof type, but at a minimum
all green roofs include a single to multi -ply waterproofing layer, drainage, growing media and
the plants, covering the entire roof deck surface. There are two main types of green roofs —
extensive or intensive — although a green roof is often designed with features of both and then
referred to as either semi -extensive or semi -intensive.
Subd. 105. Indoor Sports and Recreation Facility: predominantly participant sports and
health activities conducted entirely within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling
alley, billiard parlor, ice/roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball courts, indoor climbing facilities,
and soccer areas.
Subd. 130. Medical Service — Clinics Offices, and Laboratories: facility primarily
engaged in furnishing outpatient medical, mental health, surgical and other personal health
services, but which is separate from hospitals, including; medical and dental laboratories,
medical, dental and psychiatric offices, out-patient care facilities, acupuncture, and other allied
• health service. Counseling services by other than medical doctor psychiatrists are included under
offices.
Subd. 133. Mixed-use Building: means a building that contains at least one floor
devoted to permitted nonresidential uses and at least one devoted to permitted residential uses.
Subd. 134. Mixed Use: generally refers to a deliberate mix of housing, civic uses, and
commercial uses, including retail, restaurants, and offices.
Subd. 138. Music Store: a musical instrument retailer selling guitars, amps, sound
systems, drums, band and orchestra instruments for sale or rental and may also have lessons
available.
Subd. 139. Neighborhood Market: a pedestrian -oriented grocery/specialty market store
offering food products packaged for preparation and consumption away from the site of the store
and oriented to the daily shopping needs of surrounding residential areas. Neighborhood markets
are less than 5,000 square feet in size and operate less than 18 hours per day. Neighborhood
markets may include deli or beverage tasting facilities that are ancillary to the market/grocery
portion of the use.
Subd. 146. Nursing Home: a residential facility for person with chronic illness or
disability. A nursing home may also be called a convalescent home or long-term care facility.
• Subd. 156. Park and Ride Facility: a designated area where a vehicle may be left in
order to carpool with other commuters or to ride public transit.
• Subd. 168. Print Shop: is a business which prints and copies things such as documents
and cards for customers.
Subd. 177. Retail Sales. General: stores and shops selling merchandise. These stores
and lines of merchandise include; art galleries, artists' supplies, bakeries, bicycles, books,
cameras and photographic supplies, clothing and accessories, collectibles (cards, coins, comics,
stamps, etc.) department stores, drug and discount stores, dry goods, fabrics and sewing supplies,
florists and houseplant stores (indoor sales), furniture, home furnishings and equipment, general
stores, gift and souvenir shops, hardware, hobby materials, jewelry, luggage and leather goods,
musical instruments, parts and accessories, newsstands, orthopedic supplies, pet supplies sales
with no animals but fish, religious goods, small wares, specialty shops, sporting goods and
equipment, stationery, toys and games, variety stores. This does not include big box retail,
superstores or warehouse clubs.
Subd. 194. Street Food Vendor: street food is a quick eat/or quick meal sold by vendor
with a push cart, basket, or at a stall, where customer can see the preparation of cooking or the
prepared street food clearly.
Subd. 208. Transit Stations: passenger stations for vehicular and rail mass transit
systems.
Subd. 217. Variety Store: a retail store that sells a wide range of inexpensive items.
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Other uses listed in Section 515 are to be renumbered accordingly.
Section 543 - Zoning: Mixed Use
543.01 Mixed Use. The primary purposes of the Mixed Use Zone Districts are to:
• Provide appropriate areas for and facilitate quality mixed use development in activity
centers that are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's land use and transportation
goals, objectives, policies and strategies;
• Accommodate intensities and patterns of development that can support multiple modes of
transportation, including public transit, biking and walking;
• Group and link places used for living, working, shopping, schooling, and recreating,
thereby reducing vehicle trips, relieving traffic congestion, improving air quality in the
City and encouraging active living principles;
• • Provide a variety of residential housing types and densities to assure activity in the
district and support a mix of uses, and enhance the housing choices of City residents; and
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• Integrate new mixed use development with its surroundings by encouraging connections
for pedestrians and vehicles and by assuring sensitive, compatible use, scale, and
operational transitions to neighboring uses.
543.02. Permitted and Conditional Uses:
RESIDENTIAL
UN
(Blake)
DT
(8r" Ave)
CTC
(Shady
Oak
1. Multi—unit dwellings
x
x
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2. Townhomes
x
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3. Bar/Tavern
x
4. Antiques
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5. Art Gallery
x
6. Artisan Shop
x
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7. Bakery
x
x
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8. Bank and Financial
Services
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9. Beauty/Barber Shop
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10. Bike Sales
x
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11. Books — Office supplies
x
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12. Boutiques
x
x
13. Butcher
x
x
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14. Camera — Photographic
x
x
15. Clothing Store
x
16. Clubs (private —
nonprofit)
x
x
x
17. Coffee Shop
x
x
x
18. Collectibles (cards, coins,
comics, stamps, etc.
x
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19. Costume and Formal
Wear Rental
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20. Currency Exchange
x (b)
x (b)
21. Day Nursery
x
x
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22. Delicatessen
x
x
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23. Dry Clean and Laundry
x
x
x
24. Educational Facilities
x
x (c)
x
25. Electronics
x (d)
x (d)
26. Employment Agency
x
x
x
27. Essential Public Service &
Utility Structures
x
x
x
28. Fabric and Sewing Store
x
x
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29. Florists
x
x
x
30. Garden and Landscape
x(e)
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31. Gifts and Novelties
x
x
32. Glassware, China, Pottery
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33. Health Club
x
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34. Hobby- Craft - Instruction
x
x
35. Hotel
x
36. Karate, Dance - Studio
x
x
37. Ice Cream
x
x
x
38. Indoor Sports &
Recreation Facility
x
x(f)
x
39. Interiors - Decoration
Studio
x
x
40. Jewelry
x
x
41. Leather Goods - Luggage
x
x
42. Liquors - Off -sale
x
x
X
43. Locksmith and Fixit Shop
x
x
x
44. Medical Service
x
x
x
45. Music Store
x
46. Neighborhood Market
x
x
x
47. Offices
x
x
x
48. Optical
x
x
49. Paint and Wallpaper
x
50. Parking Ramps & Lots
x
x
x
51. Pawn Shop
x
x
52. Pet Grooming
x
x
53. Pet Store
x
x
54. Pharmacy - Drug Store
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55. Photography -Studio
x
56. Picture Framing -Art Shop
x
57. Pipe - Tobacco Shop
x
x
x
58. Print Shop
x
x
x
59. Restaurant - Traditional
x
x
x
60. Restaurant - Carry -out &
deliver
x
x
x
61. Shoes - Boot Store
x
x
62. Sporting Goods
x
x
63. Station - Card Shop
x
x
x
64. Street Food Vendors
x
x
x
65. Tailoring
x
x
x
66. Travel Agent
x
x
x
67. Variety Store
x
x
68. Vet Clinic
x
x
x
69. Video/DVD -Sales, Rental
x
x
x
CIVIC
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70. Transit Station x x x
71. Park & Ride Facility x x x
72. Public Open Space/Park x x x
Conditional uses
a. Bank and Financial Services, provided:
1. The applicant must show that the drive thru in an integral part of the building and
the traffic and queuing will not interfere with the pedestrian experience. It shall
be at the sole discretion of the City Council to allow a drive thru.
b. Currency Exchange:
1. The use shall be located at least one thousand (1,000) feet from any other
currency exchanges, secondhand goods stores, and pawnshops.
2. The use shall be located at least three hundred fifty (350) feet from an off -sale
liquor establishment.
3. Back—lighted signs, back -lighted awnings, portable signs, temporary signs and
freestanding signs are prohibited.
c. Educational Facilities, provided:
• 1. use shall not be located on first floor
d. Electronics, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
e. Garden and Landscape, provided:
1. outside display limited to area in front of store
f. Indoor Sports and Recreation Facility, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
g. Pharmacy - Drug Store, provided:
1. less than 5000 square feet
Development Standards for Mixed Use:
543.03. Parking. Parking within the mixed use district must be located in multi-level structures
or in shared parking lots where feasible and with approval of the City. The following
requirements will apply to all permitted uses located within the mixed use zoning district if a
TDM or shared parking study has not been completed and approved by the City Council:
• a) A minimum of one and a maximum of 1.5 parking spaces per multi -family unit is
permitted; one guest space per 15 units is permitted.
• b) All uses other than residential shall require a parking study to determine the
necessary parking required.
c) Where practicable, ingress and egress from parking must be from side streets or
alleys.
543.04. Travel Demand Management Plan TDM)/Mass Transit Links. Off-street parking
requirements may be reduced subject to approval by the City Council, where a TDM plan,
parking and transportation study is submitted. The TDM plan, parking and transportation study
is conducted in accordance with accepted methodology approved by the City staff, prepared by
an independent traffic engineering professional under the supervision of the City, and paid for by
the applicant. These plans must address the transportation impacts of the development and
proposed TDM mitigating measures and show that parking demand will be decreased by access
to nearby transit. Where a TDM plan is approved, a properly drawn legal instrument, executed
by the parties concerned, must be filed on the property in the Recorder's or Register's Office of
Hennepin County. Five acres commercial, office or retail development or 100 residential units
require a TDM study.
543.05. Shared parking. The City Council may approve the use of shared parking where:
a. The applicant demonstrates with a parking study that the hours, size, and mode of
operation of the respective uses does not create a substantial conflict in the peak parking
• demands of the uses for which shared parking facilities is proposed, and there is adequate
parking to meet the needs for each use. A shared parking plan must be submitted where
shared parking is proposed that includes specific analysis on the peak characteristics of
the various uses indicated.
b. Where a shared use of parking exists with the same site or across sites, a properly drawn
legal instrument, executed by the parties concerned, must be filed as a deed restriction on
all impacted properties in the Hennepin County Recorder's Office. A parking study is
required to be conducted in accordance with accepted methodology approved by the City
staff, prepared by an independent traffic engineering professional under the supervision
of the City and paid for by the applicant, demonstrating that there is not a present need
for the portion of parking for which the applicant is requesting shared parking flexibility.
c. Shared parking shall be no more that 500 feet from the front doors of the buildings
sharing the parking.
543.06. Bicycle Parking.
a) Bicycle parking facilities must be provided for all office and multi -family
structures and freestanding commercial uses.
b) The required number of bicycle parking spaces will be based on the following:
• Lon term erm Short term
Multi -family Residential 1 per 2 units 1 per 20 units
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c) Bicycle parking facilities must be located in a well -lighted area.
d) All bicycle racks, lockers, or other facilities must be securely anchored to the
ground or to a structure.
e) All required bicycle parking must be located within 50 feet of central or well -used
building entrances.
f) Long-term bicycle parking facilities that provide parking for bike storage lasting
eight or more hours shall be located inside buildings or a bike storage facility for
added security.
g) The required amount of short-term bicycle parking required for bike storage
lasting less than two hours must be provided for at each building.
h) In buildings that have several uses, shared short-term bicycle parking facilities are
encouraged and should be centrally located between uses.
543.07. Shadow Study. A shadow study is required for all buildings four stories or higher. The
shadow study will indicate the shadows cast at the shortest and longest days of the year. Impacts
of a shadow on the surrounding property may be a reason to lower and/or adjust the location or
height of building(s).
543.08. Exterior. The primary exterior treatment of walls facing a public right-of—way or
parking lot on a structure shall be brick, cast concrete, stone, marble or other material similar in
appearance and durability. Regular or decorative concrete block, float finish stucco, EIFS-type
stucco, cementitious fiber board, or wood clap board may be used on the front facade as a
secondary treatment or trim but shall not be a primary exterior treatment of a wall facing a public
right-of-way.
543.09. Building Orientation. Subdivision 1. Buildings within the Mixed Use district must be
oriented toward the pedestrian by providing a direct link between each building and the
pedestrian walking system, with emphasis on directing people to a transit station.
Subd. 2. Fagade. The primary street side facade of a building shall not consist of an
unarticulated blank wall, flat front facades or an unbroken series of garage doors. The front of a
building shall be broken up into individual bays of a minimum of 25 feet and maximum of 40
feet wide.
Subd. 3. Blocks. Blocks must not exceed (600) feet in length and must provide pedestrian
connectors. These pedestrian connectors can be pedestrian easements and pathways or through -
building linkages at least every 300 feet.
Subd. 4. Height. All nonresidential floor space provided on the ground floor of a mixed use
building must have a minimum floor -to -ceiling height of 11 feet.
543.10. Transparency. Subdivision 1. A minimum of 60 percent to a maximum of 75 percent of
the front street -facing facade between two feet and eight feet in height must comprise clear
windows that allow views of indoor nonresidential space or product display area. Side facades
abutting a public right-of-way shall have a minimum of 30 percent clear windows.
Subd. 2. Height. The bottom edge of any window or product display window used to satisfy the
transparency standard of paragraph (1) above may not be more than three feet above the adjacent
sidewalk.
Subd. 3. Display. Product display windows used to satisfy these requirements must have a
minimum height of four feet and be internally lighted.
Subd. 4. Windows. Transparent windows allowing visual access into and out of nonresidential
buildings shall be required on the first floor frontage along the front yard.
Subd. 5. Fenestration. 30 percent fenestration for windows above the first floor for all sides that
abut a public right-of-way.
543.11. Sidewalks. Subdivision 1. Sidewalks shall be constructed along the frontage of all
public streets and within and along the frontage of all new development or redevelopment.
Subd. 2. Width. Sidewalks may range in width from a minimum of five feet to a maximum of
20 feet, depending on expected pedestrian traffic.
543.12. Pedestrian/Streetscapes. Subdivision 1. Street trees in grates or planters are required
along sidewalks for all new platted streets. Existing streets may not allow sufficient right-of-way
for street trees. If the existing right-of-way does not allow for street trees, landscaping, trees,
planters or street furniture will be added to the interior side of the sidewalk where the setback
will allow.
Subd. 2. Improvements. Pedestrian improvements of at least one percent of the project value
shall be included in the development. These improvements shall create a high quality pedestrian
experience through the provision of benches, planters, drinking fountains, waste containers,
median landscaping, etc. Said improvements shall be on all public streets that lead directly to the
station.
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Subd. 3. Ling. Pedestrian -scale light fixtures that shine downward on the sidewalks and
walkways shall be no greater than 12 feet in height and must be provided along all sidewalks and
walkways to provide ample lighting during nighttime hours for employees, residents, and
customers.
Subd. 4. Maintenance. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the abutting building to
maintain the streetscape.
543.13. Landscaping. Subdivision 1. All open areas of a lot that are not used or improved for
required parking areas and drives shall be landscaped with a combination of over -story trees,
under -story trees, shrubs, flowers and ground cover materials. The plan for landscaping shall
include ground cover, bushes, shrubbery, trees, sculptures, fountains, decorative walks or other
similar site design features or materials. The following table is a minimum value for the
landscaping:
Project Value
Below $1,000,000
$1,000,000 - $2,000,000
$2,000,000 - $3,000,000
$3,000,000 - $4,000,000
over $4,000,000
Minimum
2 percent
$20,000 + 1 percent
of project value in
excess of $1,000,000
$30,000 + .75 percent
of project value in
excess of $2,000,000
$37,500 + .25 percent
of project value
in excess of $3,000,000
1 percent
a. Documentation showing an estimated dollar amount of landscaping shall be provided to
the City prior to any approval.
b. All new over -story trees shall be balled and burlapped or moved from the growing site by
tree spade. Deciduous trees shall have a minimum caliper of 2.5 inches. Coniferous trees
shall be a minimum caliper of 1.5 inches.
c. All site areas not covered by buildings, sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, patios or
similar hard surface materials shall be covered with sod or an equivalent ground cover
approved by the City. This requirement shall not apply to site areas retained in a natural
state.
d. An underground sprinkler system shall be provided as part of each new development. A
sprinkler system shall be provided for all landscaped areas except areas to be preserved in
a natural state. The sprinkler system is required to have a sensor for an automatic shut-
off to prevent the system from operating when it is raining.
543.14. Indoor/Outdoor Operations. All permitted uses in the mixed use district must be
conducted within a completely enclosed building unless permitted by a conditional use permit.
This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller
machines, or outdoor seating area, alone or in connection with restaurants.
543. 15. Wall signs. Subdivision 1. Each tenant other than those in multi -tenant buildings may
have one flat wall sign, not extending more than 18 inches from the face of the building, except
that such signage may extend from the face of the roof over a covered walk. Such wall signs
shall not exceed two times of the lineal frontage of the wall to which the business is located, to a
maximum of 96 square feet. Signs shall not be internally illuminated.
Subd. 2. Canopies and Awnings. The design of canopies shall be in keeping with the overall
building design in terms of location, size, and color. No canopies with visible wall hangers shall
be permitted. Signage on canopies maybe substituted for allowed building signage and shall be
limited to 25 percent of the canopy area. Canopies shall not be internally illuminated.
Subd. 3. Projecting. Projecting signs will have a maximum size of 12 square feet and a
maximum width of three feet. Projecting signs cannot extend beyond the first floor of the
building. No less than 10 feet of clearance shall be provided between the sidewalk surface and
the lowest point of the projecting sign. Maximum distance between sign and building face is one
foot.
Subd. 4. Monument signs. One monument sign shall be permitted for each multi -tenant building
provided the surface area of the sign does not exceed two square feet per front foot of lot. No
sign shall be over 150 square feet, 20 feet in height and have a setback in no case less than 20
feet from the property lines.
543.16. Drive through. A one -lane drive through may be permitted with a conditional use
permit. The applicant must show that the drive through is an integral part of the building and the
traffic and queuing will not interfere with the pedestrian experience.
543.17. Urban Neighborhood (UN) Subdivision 1. This area is primarily located around the
Blake Transit Station. The Urban Neighborhood District is intended primarily for mixed
pedestrian -scaled, neighborhood -serving, nonresidential uses and high density residential uses
in the same structure or in close proximity to one another. Nonresidential uses may include
small-scale retail, service, and professional offices that provide goods and services to the
residents of the surrounding neighborhood.
Subd. 2. Height.
Height 3-4 stories for residential structures
• Mixed Use 5-6 stories (retail on the first floor)
4-5 stories for office structures
Subd. 3. Floor Area Ratio.
Residential minimum FAR - 2
Residential maximum FAR - 3
Mixed use building minimum FAR - 4
Mixed use building maximum FAR - 5
Office building minimum FAR - 3
Office building maximum FAR - 4
Subd. 4. Front yard setbacks along, Blake Road and Excelsior Blvd
Residential building 15'- 25'
Office building 25'- 40'
Subd. 5. Front yard setbacks along 2nd Street
Residential building 5' — 15'
Structured parking 5' — 15'
Office building 5'-15'
0 Side yard 10 feet
Rear yard 10 feet
543.18. Downtown (DT) Subdivision 1. This area is primary located from the Downtown
Hopkins Transit Station to Mainstreet. The Downtown District provides for development of high
density residential and vertically -integrated, mixed uses over ground -floor, non-residential uses
on lots fronting Eighth Avenue from Excelsior Boulevard to Mainstreet. This district acts as a
transition from the transit station to Mainstreet and to draw people to Mainstreet.
Subd 2. Development Standards
Each off-street parking area is encouraged to be designed and located so that parking lots on
adjacent parcels may be linked.
The principal functional doorway for public or direct -entry access into a building shall face the
fronting street. Corner entrances shall be provided on corner lot buildings or have dual entries.
A secondary entrance may be oriented towards off-street surface parking.
Subd. 3. Outdoor Gathering_ Space
Outdoor Gathering Space shall have direct access to the sidewalk. All outdoor Gathering Spaces
will have a treatment such as a wrought iron fence, hedge, or a one to three feet wall following
• the building line of the abutting buildings. The space may have the following:
0 Lighted bollards
• • Movable or unmovable tables and chairs
• Fountains or other water features
• Benches
• Seat walls and/or landscape planters
• Shade trees
• Pots or hanging baskets filled with seasonal plant material
• Information kiosks
• Sculptures or other public art features
Subd. 4. Height.
Minimum height three stories from alley south of Mainstreet to Mainstreet
Minimum FAR - 2
Maximum FAR - 3
Minimum height four stories from Excelsior Blvd to alley south of Mainstreet
Minimum FAR - 4
Maximum FAR - 5
• Subd.5. Setbacks
Front yard minimum 1 foot
maximum 5 feet - except for the following:
a. A portion of the building may be set back to provide an articulated fagade or accommodate a
building entrance feature, provided that the total area of the space created must not exceed one
square foot for every linear foot of building frontage.
b. A building may be set back to accommodate an outdoor eating area. To preserve the continuity
of the street wall, the building may be set back no more that 12 feet from the front or street side
property line, or at least 40 percent of the building facade must be located abutting a street. The
total area of an outdoor eating area that is located between a public sidewalk and the building
fagade may not exceed 12 times the buildings street frontage in linear feet.
Minimum side yard setback - 0
Minimum rear yard —10 feet
543.19. Commuter Town Center (CTC) - This area is primary located around the Shady Oak
Transit Station in the west side of Hopkins. The Commuter Town Center District is intended to
support a variety of housing types and compatible vertically -integrated mixed uses composed of
street -level nonresidential and upper -story residential uses. High-density, attached residential
• use types that are supportive of transit are encouraged.
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First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
ATTEST:
Deborah L. Sperling, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney Signature
Date
July 5, 2011
July 19, 2011
July 28, 2011
July 28, 2011
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor