08-08 Resolution No. 11380 RESOLUTION NO. 11380
RESOLUTION APPROVING
AN AMENDMENT TO A SITE PLAN
FOR A SERVICE OFFICE USE
AT 6941 NICOLLET AVENUE
WHEREAS, an application has been filed with the City of Richfield which requests
approval of an amendment to a previously approved site plan to allow a service office use at
6941 Nicollet Avenue and legally described as follows:
S 80 FT OF N 240 FT OF W 1/8 OF S 1/3 OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 EXCEPT ROAD,
Hennepin County, Minnesota
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richfield approved Resolution No. 9539 on
November 9, 2004, granting an Off-Street Parking Permit for 6941 Nicollet Avenue; and
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution No. 9539 specifically prohibits parking spaces
located in the front yard area; and
WHEREAS, the requested site plan amendment would remove the prohibition on
parking spaces in the front yard area and allow the striping of two (2) parking spaces to
accommodate customer parking; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Richfield held a public hearing and
recommended approval of the requested site plan amendment at its July 24, 2017 meeting;
and
WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing was published in the Sun Current on July 13,
2017 and mailed to properties within 350 feet of the subject property on July 11, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the requested site plan amendment meets the requirements necessary for
issuing a site plan amendment as specified in Richfield's Zoning Code, Subsection 547.13 and
as detailed in City Council Staff Report No. 113; and
WHEREAS, the City has fully considered the request for approval of the site plan
amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Richfield, Minnesota, as follows:
1. The City Council adopts as its Findings of Fact the WHEREAS clauses set forth above.
2. An amended site plan for a service office use, as described in City Council Report No.
113, on the Subject Property legally described above is approved.
3. The approved site plan amendment is subject to the following conditions:
• The site can accommodate five parking spaces in the rear of the property and two
parking spaces in the front yard area; and
• This amendment does not constitute approval of any physical expansion of parking
areas; and
• Commercial vehicles shall not be parked in the front yard area; and
• All other conditions stipulated in Resolution No. 9539 shall remain in effect; and
• This approval shall expire one year following the date of approval unless the use has
commenced or a building permit has been obtained and construction begun.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 8th day of August
2017.
Pat Elliott, Mayor
ATTEST:
Eliza be VanHoose, City Clerk