Ordinance 250• CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
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ORDINANCE NO.250
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE ZONING ORDINANCE
CONCERNING LANDSCAPING AND TREE REMOVAL
FOR TRANSITIONAL BUFFERING BETWEEN USES
PURPOSE AND INTENT
It is the policy of the city to provide buffering between different intensities and densities of land
uses and between developments and public collector and arterial right-of-ways in order to
provide screening from light, noise, and air pollution, to enhance public safety, and to improve
the aesthetics and compatibility of uses. The intent of this ordinance is to provide minimum
standards that are understandable, reasonable, and implementable. The standards must address a
comprehensive range of development opportunities. Standards shall not unduly restrict design
flexibility and they should permit a good designer to reflect the demands of the site in which it is
placed.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
Section 1. ARTICLE III. DESIGN STANDARDS, Section 18-61 (a) (5).
Landscaping and tree preservation requirements is amended to read:
(5) Landscaped buffers around the exterior of the subdivision and adjacent to collector and
arterial streets shall be required by the city as specified in section 20-1176 (f).
Section 2. ARTICLE XXV. LANDSCAPING AND TREE REMOVAL, DIVISION
1. GENERALLY, Section 20-1176. Intent, scope and compliance,
subsection (b) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read:
(b) Except for buffer yard requirements specified in section 20-1176 (f) below, this article
does not apply to single-family developments in Al, A2, RR, RSF, and R4 zoning
districts which are regulated by landscaping requirements contained in the subdivision
ordinance (chapter 18).
Section 3. ARTICLE XXV. LANDSCAPING AND TREE REMOVAL, DIVISION
1. GENERALLY, Section 20-1176. Intent, scope and compliance,
subsection (f) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read:
(f) Buffering shall be provided between high intensity and low intensity uses, between a site
• and major streets and highways, and in areas where buffering is required by the
comprehensive plan. Such buffering shall be located within a required buffer yard. The
• buffer yard is a unit of yard together with the planting required thereon. The amount of
land and the type and amount of planting specified for each buffer yard required by this
ordinance are designed to ameliorate nuisances between adjacent land uses or between a
land use and a public road. The planting units required of buffer yards have been
calculated to ensure that they do, in fact, function to "buffer."
(1) Buffer yards shall be located on the outer perimeter of a lot or parcel extending to
the lot or parcel boundary line, except where easements, covenants or natural
features may require the buffer yard to be set back from the property line. Subject
to review and approval by the City Engineering Department, buffer yards that are
compatible with the typical city boulevard planting requirements may be located
within a portion of an existing municipal public collector or arterial right-of-way.
(2) To determine the buffer yard required between two adjacent parcels or between a
parcel and a street, the following procedure shall be followed:
a. Identify the proposed land use of the parcel and the land use of the
adjacent parcel or functional classification of abutting right-of-way based
on the City of Chanhassen Future Land Use Plan.
b. Determine the buffer yard required on each boundary, or segment thereof,
of the subject property by referring to the following Table of Buffer Yard
• Requirements and illustrations which specify the buffer yard required
between adjacent uses or streets.
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C. Buffer yard requirements are stated in terms of the width of the buffer yard
and the number of plant units required per 100 linear feet of buffer yard.
Each illustration depicts the minimum buffer yard required between two
uses or adjacent to a collector or arterial right-of-way. The plant unit
multiplier is a factor by which the basic number of plant materials required
for a given buffer yard is determined in accordance with the selected width
of the yard. The project developer shall be responsible for providing 75
percent of the required plantings. If abutting property owner(s) desire to
bring the buffering to 100 percent of the required buffer yard plantings,
then the adjacent property owner(s) may install the remaining 25 percent
of the required plantings on their own property.
d. Whenever a wall, fence, or berm is required within a buffer yard, these are
shown as "structure required" in the buffer yard illustrations. The erection
and maintenance of all required structures shall be the responsibility of the
buffer yard provider (project developer). Maintenance of the structure
shall be the responsibility of the landowner on whose property the
structure is located.
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• e. All buffer yards shall be maintained free from all forms of development or
storage of equipment or materials. A ground cover of vegetative or
organic material shall be provided. Buffer yards shall be maintained free
from junk and debris. Dead or diseased vegetation shall be removed and
replaced with healthy vegetation. The responsibility to maintain, remove
or replace plant materials shall be that of the landowner on whose property
the plant material needing maintenance or replacement is located.
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TABLE OF BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
ADJACENT
LAND USE
LL/LD
MD
HD
OFF
MIX
COM
PUB
ACT
PASS
OFF/
IND
LL/LD
none
B
C
C
C
D
B
B
A
D
MD
none
A
B
B
C
D
B
B
A
D
HD
none
A
A
B
C
D
B
B
A
D
OFF
none
B
B
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
MIX
none
C
C
B
B
B
C
C
C
B
COM
none
C
D
B
B
A
C
C
C
B
PUB
none
A
A
B
C
C
A
A
A
C
ACT
none
A
B
B
B
C
A
A
A
C
PASS
none
A
A
B
B
C
A
A
A
C
OFF/IND
none
C
C
B
B
B
C
B
B
B
ROAD
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
The land use abbreviations are as follows:
LL/LD - large lot and low density residential;
MD - medium density residential;
HD - high density residential;
OFF - office; Mix - mixed use;
Com - commercial;
Pub - public/semi-public;
Act - active park/open space;
Pass - passive park/open space;
Off/Ind - office/industrial;
Road - collector and arterial road.
(3) Plant material existing on a parcel which meets the buffer yard planting
• requirements of location, size and species may be counted toward the total buffer
yard plant material requirement. Existing natural features such as slopes,
woodlands or wetlands which provide physical separation between developments
or between a development and a collector and arterial road may satisfy the
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• buffering function of the required buffer yard. The plant unit multiplier for the
required plantings shall be reduced proportionally to the increase in the buffer
yard width incorporating said features.
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(4) Buffer yards may be used for passive recreation and they may contain a trail
provided that no plant material is eliminated, the total width of the buffer yard is
maintained, and all other regulations of this ordinance are met. Utility easements
may be included within buffer yards provided that the utility requirements and
buffer yard requirements are compatible and canopy trees are not planted within
said easement.
(5) Where front, side and rear yards are required by this ordinance, buffer yards may
be established within such required yards.
(6) Canopy trees are defined as those trees specified as primary or secondary
deciduous trees in the city's subdivision ordinance.
(7) Understory trees are defined as those trees specified as ornamental or conifer trees
in the city's subdivision ordinance.
(8) In instances in which the city deems it necessary to provide year round screening,
the city may designate that all planting be of conifers.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of April, 1996, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota.
Don Ashworth, Manager Donald J. C e , ayor
(Summary published in the Chanhassen Villager on April 18, 1996.)
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ORDINANCE SUMMARY NO. 250
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20
OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
An ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code, Section 18-61 (a)(5)
referencing Section 20-1176 (f) and Section 20-1176 establishing minimum buffer yard standards
between different intensities and densities of land uses.
Robert Generous, Senior Planner
937-1900 ext. 141
(Publish in the Chanhassen Villager on April 18, 1996.)
ORDINANCE SUMMARY NO.250
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 20
OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
An ordinance amending Chapter 20
of the Chanhassen City Code, Section 18-
61(a)(5) referencing Section 20-1176 (f)
and Section 20-1176 establishing mini-
mum buffer yard standards between dif-
ferent intensities and densities of land
uses.
Robert Generous, Senior Planner
937-1900 ext. 141
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on
Thursday, April 18, 1996; No. 2687)
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