2007-066CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 07-66
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
APPROVAL OF A SIGN VARIANCE FOR L.A. FITNESS
WHEREAS, an application for Variance VN07-6 has been made by City Center
Ventures, LLC; and
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN07-6 was made by City Center
Ventures, LLC on August 28, 2007;
2. That the Hopkins Zoning and Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed
notice, held a meeting on the application and reviewed such application on
September 25, 2007: 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. Legal description of the parcel is as follows:
That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23,
Township 117, Range 22, lying South of the center line of State Highway No. 7
and Northeasterly of the northeasterly line of the Minneapolis and St. Louis
Railway Company's right-of--way, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HOPKINS, MINNESOTA, that application for Variance VN07-6 for signs is hereby approved
based on the following Findings of Fact:
1. That the scale of the signage is proportional to the scale of the
building.
2. That larger signs are needed because of the higher speed limit on
Highway 7.
3. That the signs are on the building and setback from the property line
necessitates that the signs are larger.
BASED ON THE FOREGOING FINDINGS OF FACT, the City Council of the City of
Hopkins, Minnesota, hereby determines that the literal enforcement of the maximum size
requirement would cause an undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the subject
property, that the granting of the requested variance to the extent necessary to compensate for
such hardship is in keeping with the intent of the Hopkins City Code, and that the sign variance
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is reasonable. Therefore, application for Variance VN07-6 is approved subject to the following
conditions:
1. That the sign variance is added to the development agreement.
2. That no pylon signs be placed on the site.
3. That any additional monument signs on the site be no more that 12 feet in
height.
Adopted this 2nd day of October 2007.
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.~ rry O rmai`r, City Clerk
Eu e J axwell, Mayor
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