Ordinance 7061
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 706
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE,
THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, BY REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY TO
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT – XCEL SERVICE CENTER
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 rezoning all property in attached Exhibit A from Agricultural Estate District (A2) to
Planned Unit Development (PUD).
Section 2. The rezoning of this property incorporates the following development design
standards:
XCEL SERVICE CENTER
a. Intent
The purpose of this zone is to create a PUD for the Xcel Service Center. The use of the PUD
zone is to allow for more flexible design standards while creating a higher quality and more
sensitive proposal. The PUD requires that the development demonstrate a higher quality of
architectural standards and site design. Except as modified by the Xcel Service Center PUD
ordinance, the development shall comply with the requirements of the Industrial Office Park
District.
b. Permitted Uses
The permitted uses in this zone shall be five buildings and their ancillary uses as shown in the
Chanhassen Service Center site plan prepared by Loucks dated January 2023.
80,000 square-foot main building including 18,226 square-foot office, 21,920 square-foot
crew area, and 39,884 square-foot vehicle storage.
17,580 square feet of vehicle maintenance and boom maintenance tall bay.
three storage buildings of 5,738, 9,447, and 9,840 square feet.
outdoor storage areas within the courtyard area of the storage buildings.
a 175-foot communication tower for fleet communications
Ancillary uses shall include employee patios, driveways, and parking facilities, canopies
over gas pumps, electric vehicle charging stations, solar panels, solar-paneled car ports,
sidewalks, site landscaping, stormwater best management practices, and telecommunication
equipment buildings. Such uses may include directional signage.
c. Lot Requirements and Setbacks
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The PUD ordinance requires setbacks from roadways and exterior property lines. The following
table displays those setbacks.
Building and Parking Setback Standards
Highway 5 75 feet, maximum 150 feet
Side Lot Line 30 feet
Coulter Boulevard 30 feet
Hard Surface Coverage 70%
Wetland: Buffer and buffer setback 40 feet and 20 feet
Creek 50 feet
d. Building Materials and Design
Building materials shall be as specified in the architectural plans prepared by Hagen
Christensen & McIlwain Architects plans dated 02/17/2023, City Re-submission.
e. Signage
1. Signage shall comply with City standards for Industrial Office Park District.
2. Signage shall not be illuminated on the south elevation of the building.
f. Landscaping
Landscaping shall comply with the landscaping plan prepared by Loucks, dated 01/12/2023.
g. Towers and Antennas
Shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 20, Article XXX of the Chanhassen City Code.
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 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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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description:
That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 116, Range
23, Carver County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter;
thence North 89 degrees 28 minutes 31 seconds East, assumed basis for bearings, 315.34
feet, along the North line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, to the actual
point of beginning; thence South 02 degrees 29 minutes 16 seconds East 398.42 feet, thence
South 70 degrees 59 minutes 16 seconds East 125.00 feet; thence South 20
degrees 59 minutes 16 seconds East 510.00 feet; thence South 21 degrees 00 minutes 44
seconds West 323.46 feet thence Easterly 386.37 feet along a non-tangential curve, concave
to the North, having a radius of 1637.00 feet, a central angle of 13 degrees 31 minutes, 23
seconds, and a chord bearing of North 89 degrees 32 minutes 56 seconds East; thence North
82 degrees 47 minutes 14 seconds East 364.21 feet; thence Easterly
100.88 feet along a tangential curve, concave to the South, having a radius of 1637.00 feet,
and a central angle of 03 degrees 31 minutes 52 seconds, to the East line of said Northwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 02 degrees 08 minutes 32 seconds West
1168.57 feet, along said East line, to the north line of said Northwest Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 31 seconds West, along said North
line to the point of beginning.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM, that part contained within Parcel 215D on Minnesota Department
of Transportation Right of Way Plat Numbered 10-09.
Carver County, Minnesota Abstract
Property
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SITE PLAN
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