Ordinance 145CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 145
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE ZONING ORDINANCE
The City Council of the City of Chanhassen ordains:
Section 1. Section 20-904 of the Chanhassen City Code is
amended by reading as follows:
(a) A detached accessory structure, except a dock, shall be
located in the buildable lot area or required rear yard. No
accessory use or structure in any residential district shall
be located in any required front, side or rear setback with
the following exceptions:
1. In the RSF and R-4 Districts accessory structures shall
not exceed 1,000 square feet. These structures. may
encroach into the rear setback as follows:
a. Less than 140 square feet, minimum rear setback is
five (5) feet.
. b. 141 to 399 square feet, minimum rear setback is ten
(10) feet.
C. 400 square feet and above, minimum rear setback is
thirty (30) feet.
2. On riparian lots, detached garages and storage buildings
may be located in the front or rear yard but must comply
with front, side and applicable ordinary high water mark
setbacks and may not occupy more than thirty percent
(30%) of the yard in which it is built.
3. Tennis courts and swimming pools may be located in rear
yards with a minimum side and rear yard setback of ten
(10) feet, however, must comply with applicable ordinary
high water mark setbacks.
(b) A detached accessory structure may occupy not more than thirty
percent (30%) of the area of any rear yard.
(c) For parcels with less than three (3) acres in any residential
or agricultural district, no access structure or use shall be
erected or constructed prior to the erection or construction
of the principal or main building but may be erected
simultaneously.
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Section 2. Section 20-615 (6) of the Chanhassen City Code is
amended by reading as follows:
6 b. Accessory structures, twenty (20) feet.
Section 3. Section 20-1 of the Chanhassen City Code is
amended by adding the following:
Lot, riparian means any lot within 75 feet of the ordinary
high water mark of a lake, pond or wetland.
Storage building means a structure used for the storage of
materials and accessories used and normally associated with
the principal use of the property.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its publication according to law.
Passed and adopted by the City Council this 8th day
April , 1991.
ATTEST:
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• Don As worth, ity Manager Donald J.,,�'miel, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on April 18, 1991).
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