Ordinance 028•
NHASSEN
CARVER ANDLAGE HENNEPINHCOUNTIES, MINNESOTA��,
ORDINANCE NO. 28
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PLANNING COMMISSION TO PLAN FOR THE
• PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGE AND TO RECOMMEND A ZONING
PLAN.
The Village Council of Chanhassen Ordains:
Section 1. Establishment of Commission. A Village Planning
Commission for the Village of Chanhassen is hereby established.
The Commission shall be the Village Planning agency and shall be
advisory to the Village Council. As used in this Ordinance the
term "Commission" shall mean the Planning Commission and "Council"
shall mean the Village Council of Chanhassen.
Section 2. Commission Composition, Terms and Vacancies.
(1) Composition. The Commission shall consist of seven
voting members. Seven members shall be appointed
by the Council and may be removed by a four -fifth
vote of the Council. One Commission member may
be chosen by the Council from among its own members.
(2) Terms and Vacancies. As of the effective date of
this Ordinance the Council shall appoint seven members
of the Commission for a term ending January 1, 1969.
Thereafter the Council shall appoint two members to
serve for a term of one year, two for a term of two
years and three for a term of three years. Their
successors shall be for terms of three years. Both
• original and successive appointees shall hold their
offices until their successors are appointed and
qualified. Vacancies during the term shall be filled
• by the Council for the unexpired portion of the
term. Every appointed member shall before entering
Section 3. Organization and Meetings.
(1)
The Commission shall elect a Chairman from among its
appointed members for a term of one year; and the
Commission may create and fill such other offices
as it may determine. The Village Clerk -Administrator
or his designated assistant shall act as secretary
of the Commission, but he shall not be a member.
(2) The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting
• each month. It shall adopt rules for the transaction
• of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions,
transactions, and findings, which record shall be a
public record. On or before January first of each
year the Commission shall submit to the Council a
report of its work during the preceding year. On or
before August first the Commission shall submit
to the Council a Budget for proposed planning
expenditures during the next fiscal year.
Expenditures of the Commission shall be within amounts
appropriated for the purpose by the Council.
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upon the discharge
of his duties
take an oath that
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he will faithfully
discharge the
duties of his office.
All members shall
serve without
compensation.
Section 3. Organization and Meetings.
(1)
The Commission shall elect a Chairman from among its
appointed members for a term of one year; and the
Commission may create and fill such other offices
as it may determine. The Village Clerk -Administrator
or his designated assistant shall act as secretary
of the Commission, but he shall not be a member.
(2) The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting
• each month. It shall adopt rules for the transaction
• of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions,
transactions, and findings, which record shall be a
public record. On or before January first of each
year the Commission shall submit to the Council a
report of its work during the preceding year. On or
before August first the Commission shall submit
to the Council a Budget for proposed planning
expenditures during the next fiscal year.
Expenditures of the Commission shall be within amounts
appropriated for the purpose by the Council.
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Section 4.
Program of Work.
The Commission
shall prepare
a program of work, outlining activities it proposes to undertake.
The program may include:
a. An outline of data and information to serve as a
basis for a comprehensive village plan and other plans;
• b. An outline of subjects to be covered by such plans; and
c. An outline of types of procedures necessary to make the
plans effective.
The Commission may, by resolution, revise its program of work from
time to time.
Section 5. Definitions.
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance the terms defined
in this section shall have the meanings given them.
(2) "Comprehensive Village Plan" means a compilation of
0 policy statements, goals, standards, and maps for
is guiding the physical, social and economic development,
both private and public, of the Village and its
environs and may include, but is not limited to,
the following:
statements of policies, goals, standards, a land use
plan, a community facilities plan, a transportation
plan, capital improvement program, and recommendations
for plan execution. A comprehensive plan represents
the Commission's recommendations for the future
development of the community.
(3) "Land Use Plan" means a compilation of policy statements,
goals, standards, and maps, and action programs for
guiding the future development of private and public
property.
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teoincludes a plan designa4ag typ f uses
for the entire Village as well as a specialized plan
• showing specific areas or specific types of land
uses, such as residential, commercial, industrial,
public or semi-public uses or any combination of such
uses.
is (4) "Transportation Plan" means a compilation of policy
statements, goals, standards, maps and action programs
for guiding the future development of the various
modes of transportation of the Village and its environs
such as streets and highways, mass transit, railroads,
air transportation, trucking and water transportation,
and includes a major thoroughfare plan.
(5) "Community Facilities Plan" means a compilation of
policy statements, goals, standards, maps and action
programs for guiding the future development of the
public or semi-public facilities of the Village such
as recreational, educational and cultural facilities.
(6) "Capital Improvement Program" means an itemized program
setting forth the schedule and details of specific
contemplated public improvements by fiscal year,
together with their estimated cost, the justification
for each improvement, the impact that such improvements
will have on the current operating expense of the
Village, and such other information on capital improvements
as may be pertinent.
• (7) "Official Map" means a map adopted in accordance with
Section 11 hereof, showing existing streets, proposed
ifuture streets and the area needed for widening of
existing streets of the Village. An official map
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alsshow the location of exiling a ture
public land and facilities within the Village.
Section 6. Preparation of Comprehensive Village Plan. It
shall be the function and duty of the Commission to prepare and
adopt a comprehensive village plan for the physical, economic and
• social development of the Village, including, but not limited to,
proposed public buildings, street arrangements and improvements,
public utility services, parks, playgrounds, and other similar
developments, the use of property, the density of population, and
other matters relating-to the development of the Village. The
comprehensive plan may also include a land use plan, capital
improvement programs, a community facilities plan, a transportation
plan, and recommendations for plan execution. The plan may be
prepared in sections, each of which shall relate to a major subject
of the plan or to a major geographical section of the Village as
• outlined in the Commission's program of work.
Section 7. Procedure for Adoption of Plan. Before adopting
the comprehensive village plan or section thereof or amendment
thereto, the Commission shall hold at least one public hearing
thereon. The notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing
shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the
Village at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing. The
proposed comprehensive village plan or section thereof or amendment
thereto shall be transmitted to the Council not less than seven
days prior to the publication of the notice of the hearing.
Adoption of any such Commission proposal shall be by a majority
• vote of all members of the Commission and a copy of the adopted
measure shall be certified by the Commission to the Council. The
Commission may from time to time amend or add to the comprehensive
village plan or section thereof as herein provided for the adoption
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of the ori plapiwhenever changed conditions or er studies
by the Commission indicate that such amendment or addition is
. necessary.
Section 8. Adoption by the Council. By resolution of a
majority of its members, the Council may adopt and amend the
• comprehensive village plan or portion thereof so recommended as
the official village plan after public hearing by the Council.
Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in the official
newspaper of the Village at least ten days prior to the date of
hearing. Until so adopted by the Council, the plan shall constitute
only the recommendation of the Commission. Amendment of the
comprehensive village plan or portion thereof shall be in accordance
with Section 13 hereof.
Section 9. Procedure for Plan Effectuation.
Upon the adoption
of the comprehensive village plan or any section thereof, the
• Commission shall recommend to the Council reasonable and practical
means for putting the same into effect. Such recommendation will
serve as a guide to orderly physical, economic and social
development of the Village and as a basis for efficient expenditure
of funds relating thereto. Commission recommendations may cover
zoning regulations, control of subdivision plats, maps, normal
Village public improvements, capital expenditures and other matters
necessary to attain the objectives hereof.
Section 10. Zoning Ordinances.
(1) After adoption of a Village land use plan, the Commission,
for the purpose of carrying out the goals of the plan,
• may and upon instructions of the Council shall prepare
a revised zoning ordinance and submit it to the Council
• with its recommendations for adoption.
(2) No zoning ordinance or amendment thereto shall be adopted
it a public hearing has been held they by the
Council. A notice of the time, place and purpose of
the hearing shall be published in the official newspaper
of the Village at least ten days prior to the day of
the hearing. When an amendment involves changes in
. district boundaries affecting an area of five acres or
less, a similar notice shall be mailed by the Village
Clerk at least ten days before the day of the hearing
to each owner of affected property and property
situated wholly or partly within 200 feet of the
property to which the amendment relates. For the
purpose of giving mailed notice, the Village Clerk
may use any appropriate records to determine the names
and addresses of owners. A copy of the notice and a
list of the owners and addresses to which the notice
• was sent shall be attested to by the Village Clerk and
shall be made a part of the records of the proceedings.
The failure to give mailed notice to individual property
owners, or defects in the notice shall not invalidate
the proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt to comply
with this subdivision has been made.
(3) Initiating Amendments to Zoning Ordinances. An amendment
to a zoning ordinance may be initiated by the Council,
the Commission, or by petition of affected property
owners as defined in the zoning ordinance. An amendment
not initiated by the Commission shall be referred to it
• for study and report and may not be acted upon by the
Council until the Council has received the recommendation
of the Commission or until 60 days have elapsed from the
date the amendment was referred without a report by
the Commission.
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Sectiicial
Map.
facilities plan,
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(1) After
adoption of
a major thoroughfare
plan and a
instructions by the Council shall prepare an official
• map of the platted and unplatted portions of the
Village and adjoining territory, or portions thereof,
indicating upon such map the land that is needed for
future street purposes and as sites for other necessary
public facilities and services within the Village.
(2) After such map has been prepared, it shall be submitted
to the Council, which shall thereupon consider such
map and may adopt it or any part of it with such
amendments as it deems advisable. Before such adoption
by the Council, a public hearing shall be held upon
• the proposal at least ten days after a notice of the
• time, place and purpose thereof has been published in
the official Village newspaper. After such map has
been adopted by the Council and filed with the Register
of Deeds, whenever any street or highway is widened or
improved or any new street is opened, or interests in
land for other public purposes are acquired by the
Village, it shall not be required in such proceedings
to pay for any building or structure placed without a
permit or in violation of conditions of the permit within
the limits of the mapped street or outside of any
• building line that may have been established upon the
existing street or within any area thus identified for
public purposes.
Section 12. Plats.
(1) Every proposed plat of land within the Village or
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community
facilities plan,
the Commission with the
assistance
of the Village
Engineer, may and upon
instructions by the Council shall prepare an official
• map of the platted and unplatted portions of the
Village and adjoining territory, or portions thereof,
indicating upon such map the land that is needed for
future street purposes and as sites for other necessary
public facilities and services within the Village.
(2) After such map has been prepared, it shall be submitted
to the Council, which shall thereupon consider such
map and may adopt it or any part of it with such
amendments as it deems advisable. Before such adoption
by the Council, a public hearing shall be held upon
• the proposal at least ten days after a notice of the
• time, place and purpose thereof has been published in
the official Village newspaper. After such map has
been adopted by the Council and filed with the Register
of Deeds, whenever any street or highway is widened or
improved or any new street is opened, or interests in
land for other public purposes are acquired by the
Village, it shall not be required in such proceedings
to pay for any building or structure placed without a
permit or in violation of conditions of the permit within
the limits of the mapped street or outside of any
• building line that may have been established upon the
existing street or within any area thus identified for
public purposes.
Section 12. Plats.
(1) Every proposed plat of land within the Village or
M
hin 90 miles of the limits o0he Vi and not
within a town which itself requires the approval of
. plats, shall be submitted to the Council before being
filed and no plat of land shall be filed unless and
until the same shall first have been approved by the
Council.
• (2) Any owner or agent of the owner of land who violates
this provision or who sells or conveys land or offers
land for sale or contracts for the sale of land by
reference to or by other use of any plat before such
plat has been approved by the Council in accordance
with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and
pay to the municipality a penalty of $100.00 for each
lot or parcel so conveyed. The Village may enjoin such
conveyance or may recover such penalty by a civil
action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
i` (3) Before approving a plat, the Council shall submit the
same to the Commission for its recommendations. The
Commission, within 60 days after any such plat has been
referred to it by the Council, shall act on the same
and shall make its recommendations with respect thereto.
Such recommendations may consist of:
a. Recommendation that the Council approve such plat; or
b. Recommendation that the Council disapprove such plat,
in which case such recommendation shall include a
statement of the specific reasons for such recommendation,
or
C. Recommendation that the Council approve such plat
• after specified changes or revisions are made
therein, which recommendations may include the
condition that a revised plat, containing such
• changes or revisions, be submitted to the Commission,
in which case such revised plat shall be so
submitted to the Commission for its further
consideration and recommendations before action
thereon by the Council.
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(4) 00 to the approval of a plat, a publi 0ring shall
be held thereon by the Council or Commission after
notice of the time and place thereof has been published
once in the official newspaper at least ten (10) days
before the hearing.
Section 13.
Procedure for Amendments. No change shall be made
in the comprehensive village plan or any portion thereof after such
plan has been adopted by the Council, until the proposed change
has been referred to the Commission for report thereon and an
attested copy of such report has been filed with the Council.
Failure of the Commission so to report within 45 days or such longer
period as may be designated by the Council after such reference
shall be deemed to be approval of the proposed change.
Section 14. List of Recommended Public Works.
(1) Each officer, department, board or commission of or
in the Village whose functions include recommending
preparing plans for, or constructing public works shall,
at least three months before the end of each fiscal
year, submit to the Commission a list of the proposed
public works recommended by such officer, department,
board or commission for planning, initiation, or
constructing during the ensuing fiscal year. The
Commission shall request from the local school district
a similar list of its proposed public works. The
Commission shall list and classify all such proposed
public works and shall prepare a coordinated program
• of proposed public works for the ensuing fiscal year.
• Such program shall be recommended by the Commission to
the Council and to such other officers, departments,
boards, or public bodies as have jurisdiction over the
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ommefing, planning or constr*ing o h public
works. A copy of such recommended program of public
works shall be included in the annual report of the
Planning Commission provided for in Section 3.
(2) Compliance with Plan. After a comprehensive village
• plan or section thereof has been recommended by the
Commission and a copy filed with the Council, no
publicly owned interest in real property within the
Village shall be acquired or disposed of, nor shall
any capital improvement be authorized by the Village
or special district or agency thereof or any other
political subdivision having jurisdiction within the
Village until after the Commission has reviewed the
proposed acquisition, disposal, or capital improvement
and reported in writing to the Council its findings
• as to compliance of the proposed acquisition, disposal
or improvement with the comprehensive village plan.
Failure of the Commission to report on the proposal
within 45 days after such a reference, or such other
period as may be designated by the Council shall be
deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this
subdivision. The Council may, by resolution adopted
by two-thirds vote dispense with the requirements of
this subdivision when in its judgment it finds that
the proposed acquisition or disposal of real property
or capital improvement has no relationship to the
comprehensive village plan.
Section 15. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. All ordinances
or portions thereof heretofore enacted by the Village of Chanhassen
or the Township of Chanhassen conflicting or inconsistent with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
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Secti ,i. Ar-ective Date. This ordinari-ce bec effective
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from and after its passage and publication.
Passed by the Council this %; day of , 1968.
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ATTEST:
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CLERK-A INISTRATOR
Published in on the day of
1968.
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