1992-074
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 92-74
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND
APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE
WHEREAS, an application for a Variance titled VN 92-2 made by
Jean Mason is approved.
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as
follows:
1. That an application for VN 92-2 was filed with the
City of Hopkins on May 29, 1992.
2. That the Hopkins Planning Commission reviewed such
application on August 25, 1992.
3. That the Hopkins Planning Commission, pursuant to
mailed notice, held a hearing on August 25, 1992:
all persons present at the hearing were given an
opportunity to be heard.
4. That the written comments and analysis of the City
Staff and the Planning Commission were considered.
5. A legal description of the property is as follows:
That part of Lot 13, Block 68 West Minneapolis Second
Division described as follows:
commencing at the southwest corner of said Lot 13,
thence north along the west line of said lot 69.4
feet, thence easterly on a line drawn parallel
with the south line of said Lot a distance of 3
inches thence southerly to the point of beginning;
and the east 29.2 feet of Lot 14, Block 68, West
Minneapolis Second Division.
That part of Lots 14 and 15, Block 68, "West
Minneapolis Second Division," according to the recorded
plat thereof, described as follows:
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Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 15;
thence westerly, along the northerly line of said
Lot 15, a distance of 11.96 feet; thence southerly
a distance of 66.38 feet, along a line passing
through a point on the southerly line of said Lot
15 distant 12.45 feet westerly from the southeast
corner of said Lot 15, said last described line
.,.
hereinafter referred to as "Line A;" thence
easterly, a distance of 28.04 feet, to a point on
a line 28.00 feet easterly of, measured at right
angle to and parallel with said "Line A" distant
66.39 feet southerly of the northerly line of said
Lot 14, as measured along said parallel line;
thence northerly along said parallel line to the
northerly line of said Lot 14; thence westerly,
along last said northerly line to the point of
beginning.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that application for VN 92-2 is
hereby approved based on the following Findings of
Fact:
1. That the mansard roof on the abutting property creates
a hardship as it blocks the view of the signage on the
applicants building.
2. That the applicant's multi tenant building has internal
tenants which creates a hardship as they do not have
their own area to post signage visible to the public.
3. That the applicant's building configuration is a unique
circumstance in the downtown as it contains a public
walk-through area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that application for VN92-2 is hereby
approved subject to the following Conditions:
1. That the proposed sign is 10 feet in height from the
bottom of the sign.
2. That at such time the mansard roof on the adjacent
property is removed, the applicant's sign will be
brought into conformance with the Ordinance.
3. Limit total signage to 12 square feet with each sign
placard per tenant on building identification signage
to not more than 3 square feet.
4. Sign will not protrude from building more than 4 feet 6
inches.
C2
. Adopted this 1st day of September, 1992.