Second Reading for Ordinance 2012-1050MEMO
To: City Council
From: Nancy Anderson
Date: July 12, 2012
Subject: Second Reading for Ordinance 2012-1050
Attached is Ordinance 2012-1050 for second reading. This ordinance will update the
intent and purpose section of the zoning ordinance and tie the zoning ordinance to the
Comprehensive Plan. These amendments are part of the Minnesota GreenStep
Program.
The City Council's action is to approve the ordinance for second reading and order it
published.
Attachment
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 2012-1050
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:
515.03 Intent and purpose. The purpose of this code is to:
a) Pr-eteet the publie health, mefa1Ps, eeffeft, eenvenierle
welfafe To protect and provide for the public health, safety and general welfare of
the city;
b) To guide the future growth and development of the city in accordance with the
comprehensiveug ide plan, the official map and the capital improvement plan of
the city,
c) Divide the city into zones and districts restriction and regulation therein the
location, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of structures and land;
d) nate the er-derly development of the fesiuential, business, ndustf a,,
To protect the character and the social and economic
stability of all areas of the city and to encourage the orderly and beneficial
development of all areas of the city;
e) nevi e f adequateht, and enienee—efaeeess to prem
,lat the e f the land „a buildings n the bulk ,. f building ela to
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stiffeunding ; To provide for adequate light, air and privacy, to secure
safety of the land and undue congestion of population;
f) Limit eengestien in the publie right of wa ; To provide the most beneficial
relationship between the uses of land and buildings and the circulation of traffic
throughout the city having particular regard to the avoidance of congestion in the
streets and highways, and the pedestrian traffic movements appropriate to the
various uses of land and buildings and to provide for the proper location and
width of streets and buildingline,
ine,
g) To guide public and private policy and action in order to provide adequate and
efficient transportation, water sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds, recreation
and other public requirements and facilities;
h) Provide for the compatibility of different land uses and the most appropriate use
of the land through the city;
i) Provide for the administration of this code;
j) Define the powers and duties of city administrative offices and bodies in the
administration of this code;
k) Identify land within the flood plain to regulate development therein to minimize
erosion, pollution, flooding, loss of life and property;
1) To prevent the pollution of air, streams, ponds; to assure the adequacy of drainage
facilities; to safeguard the water table; and to encourage the wise use and
management of natural value of the land;
m) To preserve the natural beauty and topojzraphy of the city and to ensure
appropriate development with regard to these natural features;
n) To provide for open spaces through the most efficient design layout of the land;
o) To preserve open land; and
p) To promote the availability of housing affordable to all persons and families of all
income levels
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney Signature
Date
July 10, 2012
July 17, 2012
July 26, 2012
July 26, 2012
Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor