Ordinance 302CITY OF CHANHASSEN
• CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.302
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 20-1, Definitions, of the Chanhassen City Code shall hereby be amended
by adding the following:
Home occupation means an occupation, profession, activity or use carried out for potential gain by a
resident that is clearly a customary, incidental, and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and
which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
Section 2 ARTICLE XXIII. GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS, DIVISION
3. HOME OCCUPATIONS, Section 20-976 is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 976. Purpose.
The purpose of this ordinance is to regulate home occupations in residential zoning districts to
ensure that they are incidental to the primary residential use of the property and to establish standards by
• which home occupations can be conducted without compromising the character of the residential
neighborhood.
Sec. 20-977. Subordinate use.
The use of a dwelling unit for any home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to
its residential use. Not more than twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area of one (1) floor of a dwelling
unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation. No garage or accessory buildings except
accessory agricultural buildings existing on February 19, 1987 shall be used for any home occupation.
Sec. 20-978. Occupations prohibited.
(1) Contractors' yards/landscaping businesses.
Sec. 20-979. Outside appearance.
The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within a fully enclosed building. No change in
the outside appearance of the building or land, or other visible evidence of the conduct of the home
occupation shall be permitted. Outdoor storage of anything is prohibited in connection with a home
occupation.
Sec. 20-980. Hours of operation.
The hours of operation of any home occupation shall be limited to between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00
• p.m.
Sec. 20-981. Use of equipment.
No mechanical or electrical equipment requiring the use of voltage in excess of two hundred
twenty (220) volts single phase shall be used in the conduct of a home occupation.
Sec. 20-982. Traffic and parking.
No traffic shall be generated by any home occupation in greater volume than would be normally
be expected in a residential neighborhood, and no home occupation involving the need for more than
three (3) parking spaces for the occupants and visitors shall be permitted.
Adequate off-street parking facilities required to'�ervice the home occupation shall be provided
on the premises, but no such parking facilities shall be established within any required front or side yard,
except upon an established driveway.
Sec. 20-983. Retail and wholesale sales prohibited.
No commodities, merchandise or supplies shall be sold or offered for sale upon or from the
premises, whether at retail or wholesale. .
Sec. 20-984. Nonresident employee.
Only one (1) nonresident of the dwelling unit may be employed upon the premises of a home
occupation.
Sec. 20-985. Commercial equipment and vehicles.
Exterior parking of trailers, steerskid loaders, landscaping equipment, cement mixers, and other
similar types of equipment used in conjunction with the home occupation is prohibited. Parking of
commercial vehicles in excess of 22 feet in length is prohibited. No commercial vehicles in excess of
nine thousand (9,000) pounds gross weight shall be used in connection with the home occupation or
parked on the property.
Section 3_ This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 8`h of May, 2000.
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Mananger
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Nancy cino, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on May 25, 2000)
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Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Suburban Publishing
State of Minnesota)
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County of Carver )
Stan Rolfsrud, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the publisher or the authorized agent of
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:
SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 302
(A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331 A.02, 331 A.07, and other applicable laws, as
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amended.
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
The purpose of this ordinance
(B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. /7/,.;�2/
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was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
in residential zoning districts to ensure
Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
that they are incidental to the primary
the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
residential use of the property and to
inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
establish standards by which home
and publication of the Notice:
occupations can be conducted without
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Passed and adopted by the City
Council this 8* day of May, 2000.
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Stan Rolfsrud, General anager
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RATE INFORMATION
Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space.... $13.00 per column inch
Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter ................................ $13.00 per column inch
Rate actually charged for the above matter ................................................ $9.25 per column inch