Ordinance 274CITY OF CHANHASSEN
is CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.274
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of Chanhassen ordains:
Section 1 Sec. 20-908. Yard regulations, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The following requirements qualify or supplement district regulations. Yard measurements
shall be taken from the nearest point of the wall of a building to the lot line in question, subject to
the following qualifications:
(1) Every part of a required yard or court shall be open and unobstructed.
(2) A yard, court, or other open space of one (1) building used to comply with the provisions
of this chapter shall not again be used as a yard, court, or other open space for another
building.
• (3) Except as provided in the business, industrial, and office districts, the front yard setback
requirements shall be observed on each street side of a corner lot; provided, however, that
the remaining two (2) yards will meet the side yard setbacks.
(4) On double frontage lots, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
Whenever possible, structures should face the existing street.
(5) The following shall not be considered to be obstructions (variances granted from a
required setback are not entitled to the following additional encroachments);
a. Into any required front yard, or required side yard adjoining a side street lot line, cornices,
canopies, eaves, or other architectural features may project a distance not exceeding two (2)
feet, six (6) inches; fire escapes may project a distance not exceeding four (4) feet, six (6)
inches; an uncovered stair and necessary landings may project a distance not to exceed six (6)
feet, provided such stair and landing shall not extend above the entrance floor of the building;
bay windows, balconies, open porches and chimneys may project a distance not exceeding
three (3) feet; unenclosed decks and patios may project a distance not exceeding five (5) feet
and shall not be located in a drainage and utility easement. Other canopies may be permitted
by conditional use permit.
b. The above -named features may project into any required yard adjoining an interior lot line,
subject to the limitations cited above.
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c. Porches that encroach into the required front yard and which were in existence on February
• 19, 1987 may be enclosed or completely rebuilt in the same location provided that any porch
that is to be completely rebuilt must have at least a ten -foot minimum front yard.
d. Subject to the setback requirements in section 20-904, the following are permitted in the rear
yard: enclosed or open off-street parking spaces; accessory structures, toolrooms, and similar
buildings or structures for domestic storage. Balconies, breezeways and open porches,
unenclosed decks and patios, and onestory bay windows may project into the rear yard a
distance not to exceed five (5) feet.
e. Into any required front, rear, or side yard: driveways, sidewalks, stand wire agricultural
fence.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22" d day of September, 1997, by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen.
ATTEST:
• Don Ashwort , lerk/Manager
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Nancy K. Manci o, Mayor
(Published summary in the Chanhassen Villager on October 2, 1997.)
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
SUMMARY ORDINANCE 274
YARD REGULATIONS
The amendment to this ordinance will prohibit encroachments in setbacks where a variance
has been granted unless specifically granted by the Board of Adjustments and Appeals.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 22nd day of September, 1997.
Kathryn R. Aanenson, AICP
Planning Director
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on October 9, 1997)
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SUMMARY ORDI�ANG� 274
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Passed and adopted by the. Crhtinhassen
City council this 22nd day of September,
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Kathryn R. Aanepso AICP
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(PubUbedin the Chanhas"nVilligerOn
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the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Villager and
has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
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newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as
amended.
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