1986-04U1
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CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 86-4
RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND APPROVING
APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE VN85-48
WHEREAS, an application for Variance entitled VN -85-48 has
been made by Naegele Outdoor Advertising, to erect a billboard
which exceeds the height limit by 15 feet, on railroad right-of-
way south of Excelsior Boulevard and East of County Road 18,
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as
follows:
1. That an application for Variance VN85-48 was filed with
the City of Hopkins on August 26, 1985.
2. That the Hopkins Planning Commission reviewed such
application on September 24, 1985.
3. That the Hopkins Planning Commission, pursuant to mailed
notices, held a public hearing on December 30, 1985; all persons
present were given an opportunity to be heard.
4. The written comments and analysis of the City Staff and
the Planning Commission were considered.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Hopkins City Council
makes the following Findings of Fact in respect to VN85-48:
1. A unique circumstance is present due to the height of
the overpass.
2. A hardship exists due to the height of the overpass
which dictates the height of a billboard to be visible from
Highway 18.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that application for variance VN85-
48 is hereby approved subject to the following conditions:
1. As proposed by the applicant, advertising on the
billboard will not include liquor or cigarettes.
2. Naegele Outdoor Advertising will meet with the City
Staff in designing a sign identifying Hopkins below the main
sign.
3. Naegele proposes to allow the City of Hopkins to use two
faces of the sign or any other Naegele sign in Hopkins for one
month or one face of the sign or any other Naegele sign in
Hopkins for two months during each year, without cost to the
City.
Adopted this 21st day of January 1986.
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J. SCOTT RENNE, CITY CLERK
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ELLEN LAVIN, MAYOR