Ordinance 705 1
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 705
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE,
AMENDING SOUTHWEST VILLAGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
Section 1. Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code, the City's zoning ordinance, is hereby
amended by amending the SouthWest Village Planned Unit Development Standards for all property
within SouthWest Village PUD.
Section 2. The rezoning of this property incorporates the following amendments to the
development design standards:
SouthWest Village
b. Permitted Uses
The permitted uses in this zone should be limited to appropriate commercial and service uses
consistent with meeting the daily needs of the neighborhood and the transit facility users. The
uses shall be limited to those as defined herein. If there is a question as to whether or not a
use meets the definition, the Community Development Director shall make that
interpretation. The type of uses to be provided on these lots shall be low-intensity
neighborhood-oriented retail and service establishments to meet daily needs of residents.
Commercial and transit uses shall be limited to the area located north of the access point off
of Highway 101. Residential uses shall be located south of the Highway 101 access.
Coffee shop not to exceed 2,000 square feet with a drive-through is permitted subject to
compliance with Section 20-292 of the Chanhassen City Code. A coffee shop is an
establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types and may serve cold drinks, such
as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-caffeinated beverages.
Small to medium-sized restaurant-not to exceed 8,000 square feet per building (no drive-thru
windows).
Office.
Daycare.
Neighborhood scale commercial up to 12,600 square feet per building footprint.
Convenience store without gas pumps.
Specialty retail (book store jewelry, Sporting Goods sale/rental, Retail Sales, Retail Shops,
Apparel Sales, etc.).
Personal services (an establishment or place of business primarily engaged in providing
individual services generally related to personal needs, such as a tailor shop, Shoe Repair,
Self-service Laundry, Laundry Pick-up Station, Dry Cleaning, dance studios, etc).
Park-and-Ride not to exceed 800 spaces.
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Residential High Density (8-16 units per acre).
And
i. Signage
1. Project Identification Sign:
One project identification and tenant sign shall be permitted for the development at the
entrance off Highway 101. The total area of the Project identification sign shall not exceed
80 square feet in the sign display area nor be greater than eight feet in height. The sign shall
be set back a minimum of 10 feet from the interior property line.
3. d. Signs along the sides of the retail building are permitted.
7. Prohibited Signs:
Individual lots are not permitted low-profile ground business signs.
Pylon signs are prohibited.
Backlit awnings are prohibited.
Window Signs are prohibited except for company logo/symbol and not the name.
Such logo shall not exceed 10% of a window area
Section 3. The zoning map of the City of Chanhassen shall not be republished to show the
aforesaid zoning, but the Clerk shall appropriately mark the zoning map on file in the Clerk's Office
for the purpose of indicating the rezoning hereinabove provided for in this ordinance, and all of the
notations, references, and other information shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference and
made a part of this ordinance.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of April, 2023, by the City Council of the City
of Chanhassen, Minnesota
Kim Meuwissen, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on April 20, 2023)
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