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City Council Memorandum To: Mayor Fasbender & City Councilmembers From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director Date: November 15, 2021
Item: Public Hearing-2nd Reading\Adopt Ordinance: City Code Amendment – DC Zoning District Bulk Standards Council Action Requested: Hold a public hearing and consider 2nd Reading adopting the attached amendment to
Hastings City Code Chapter 155.31, Subd. E.3 - Bulk Standards within the Downtown
Core (DC) Zoning District. The City Council considered 1st Reading and ordered the public hearing at the November 1, 2021 meeting. Approval requires a simple majority of the City Council.
Background Information:
The amendment allows a maximum height of 57 feet for properties within the DC District south of 3rd Street. A 47 foot height limit would remain for areas north of 3rd Street. Financial Impact:
N\A
Advisory Commission Discussion: The Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend adoption of the proposed amendment at the October 25, 2021 meeting with limited discussion. No one spoke for or against the
item during the public hearing. Council Committee Discussion: N\A
Attachments:
• Ordinance Amendment
• Planning Commission Staff Report - October 25, 2021
IX-02 & X-C-02
CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-___
An Ordinance of the City of Hastings amending City Code Section 155.31 - Zoning Code
Downtown Core Zoning District
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS:
SECTION 1. Hastings City Code Section 155.31, Subd. E.3 - Zoning Code - Downtown Core Zoning
District Bulk Standards is hereby amended as follows (strikethrough language is deleted):
(3) Maximum Building Height
(a) Properties located north of 3rd Street: 47 feet or 756.5 feet above sea level;
whichever is greater. Maximum of 4 stories in height.
(b) Properties located south of 3rd Street: 57 feet.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective upon seven (7) days after its
passage and publication.
Adopted by the Hastings City Council on this 15th day of November 2021, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
CITY OF HASTINGS
____________________________________
Mary Fasbender, Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Kelly Murtaugh
City Clerk
IX-02 & X-C-02
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the Ordinance presented to
and adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 15th day of
November 2021, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the
office.
_____________________________
Kelly Murtaugh
City Clerk
IX-02 & X-C-02
To: Planning Commission
From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director
Date: October 25, 2021
Item: City Code Amendment - Bulk Standards - Downtown Core Zoning District
Planning Commission Action Requested
Hold a public hearing and review an amendment to Hastings City Code Chapter 155.31, Subd.
E.3 – Bulk Standards within the Downtown Core (DC) Zoning District. Maximum height and
story limitations within the DC District would differ for areas north and south of 3rd Street.
Regulations for areas north of 3rd Street would not change. Areas zoned DC south of 3rd Street
would have a maximum height of 57 feet.
Downtown Core District
The DC District was established in 2003 to establish uses, standards, and site design that were
consistent with the Heart of Hastings Downtown Master Plan. Building height and story limits
were established to ensure new buildings constructed along 2nd Street and the riverfront
would not be out of scale with the existing historic landscape. Buildings could not exceed the
height of the tallest building on 2nd Street (Finch Building).
Properties Zoned DC
Areas presently zoned DC are located downtown and include The Confluence, Block 1 (Art
Space), Block 2 (Graphic Design), the larger parking lot next to the depot, and the recently
approved Siewert Apartment building (colored purple on the map below). All existing areas
are zoned DC are north of 3rd Street and would not be affected by the change.
Planning Commission Memorandum
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Future Building Plans
The City is reviewing conceptual plans for an
apartment building on property to be zoned DC
south of 3rd Street. The building would be slightly
taller than the existing DC height limit and would
be 4 stories of residential over first floor parking
that would be slightly submerged.
Analysis
Areas south of 3rd Street are separate from the
mass of connected buildings along 2nd Street and
are home to buildings of greater heights. The
effect of taller buildings south of 3rd street on the
historic downtown is diminished because of their
distance from 2nd Street.
Attachments:
• Ordinance Amendment
IX-02 & X-C-02
Planning Commission Review
CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-___
An Ordinance of the City of Hastings amending City Code Section 155.31 - Zoning Code
Downtown Core Zoning District
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS:
SECTION 1. Hastings City Code Section 155.31, Subd. E.3 - Zoning Code - Downtown Core Zoning
District Bulk Standards is hereby amended as follows (strikethrough language is deleted):
(3) Maximum Building Height
(a) Properties located north of 3rd Street: 47 feet or 756.5 feet above sea level;
whichever is greater. Maximum of 4 stories in height.
(b) Properties located south of 3rd Street: 57 feet.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective upon seven (7) days after its
passage and publication.
Adopted by the Hastings City Council on this 15th day of November 2021, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
CITY OF HASTINGS
____________________________________
Mary Fasbender, Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Kelly Murtaugh
City Clerk
IX-02 & X-C-02
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the Ordinance presented to
and adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 15th day of
November 2021, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the
office.
_____________________________
Kelly Murtaugh
City Clerk
IX-02 & X-C-02