Ordinance 7041
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 704
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 10
LICENSES, PERMITS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS, AND
CHAPTER 14, PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA,
ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 2-20 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended as follows:
Sec. 2-20. Enforcement of City Code.
The city manager or city manager's designee, peace officers, part-time peace officers, reserve
officers, code enforcement specialists, community service officers, community development
director, building official, public works director, fire inspector officers within their job
descriptions or as otherwise authorized by ordinance, are expressly authorized to institute in the
name of the city any appropriate actions, civil or criminal, including the issuance of a citation in
lieu of arrest against a person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this City Code
or the Minnesota Statutes. Pursuit of one remedy shall not bar or act as a limitation on any other
remedy the city may have at law.
Section 2. Section 10-19(h)(3)(c) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as
follows:
(h) Temporary on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses.
(1) The city council may issue to a club or charitable religious or nonprofit organization in
existence for at least three years or to a political committee registered under M.S. §
10A.14 a temporary license for the on-sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with a
social event within the city sponsored by the licensee. The license may authorize the on-
sale of intoxicating liquor for not more than four consecutive days, and may authorize on-
sales on premises other than premises the licensee owns or permanently occupies. The
license may provide that the licensee may contract for intoxicating liquor catering
services with the holder of a full-year on-sale liquor license issued by the city. The
licenses are subject to the terms, including license fee, imposed by the city. The licenses
issued under this section are subject to all laws and ordinances governing the sale of
intoxicating liquor except M.S. § 340A.409 and § 340A.504, subd. 3, paragraph (d), and
the laws and ordinances which by their nature are not applicable.
(2) The city council may issue to a brewer who manufactures fewer than 3,500 barrels of
malt liquor in a year or a microdistillery a temporary license for the on-sale of
intoxicating liquor in connection with a social event within the municipality sponsored by
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the brewer or microdistillery. The terms and conditions specified for temporary licenses
under paragraph (1) shall apply to a license issued under this paragraph, except that the
requirements of section M.S. § 340A.409 subd. 1 to 3a, shall apply to the license.
(3) Limitations on temporary on-sale intoxication liquor licenses:
a. Temporary licenses must first be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety
before they become valid.
b. No more than three four-day, four three-day, or six two-day temporary licenses, in
any combination not to exceed 12 days per year, may be issued for the sale of
alcoholic beverages to any one organization or registered political committee, or for
any one location, within a 12-month period.
Section 3. Section 10-19(l) to of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as
follows:
(l) Small Brewer Off-Sale License. May be issued to a brew pub or brewery licensed under
Minn. Stat. Section 340A.301, subdivision 6, clause (c), (d), (i), or (j) for the off-sale of malt
liquor at its licensed premises that has been produced and packaged by the brewer as
provided in Minn. Stat. 340A.24, 340A.28, 340A.285, and 340A.29.
(1) Small Brewer Off-Sale License holders are allowed Sunday off-sale as provided in
Minn. Stat. 340A.24 340A.28, 340A.285, and 340A.29. No Sunday off-sales are allowed
before 10:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
Section 4. Section 14-65(a) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-65 Animals.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) below, no person shall be permitted to take any animal,
including but not limited to dogs and cats, into a park. This prohibition shall not apply to
properly harnessed or leashed service animals, from a recognized service training program,
assisting totally or partially blind or deaf persons or persons with a physical or sensory
disability, or to a dog used by law enforcement officers, or persons training a dog or other
animal to be a service animal or in rescue action.
(b) Walking leashed dogs is allowed on city trails and streets, except in public beach areas. The
person having control of the dog shall immediately remove any feces left by the dog. The
person in control of the dog must have in their possession equipment for picking up and
removing the feces.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of March 2023 by the City Council of the City
of Chanhassen, Minnesota
Kim Meuwissen, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
(Ordinance 704 published in the Chanhassen Villager on March 23, 2023)
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