https://www.hopkinsmn.com/197/Downtown-Overlay-DistrictNow that you mention the facade, doesn't the lot fall in the area of mainstreet that has a few guidelines of what buildings can look like?
I forget where the zone is and what the guidelines are exactly but I know it's in place to keep to a similar style.
It extends down to 13th Avenue (between St. Gabriel's and the dentist). It could, arguably, be extended as far as 17th, but they didn't ask me.