Ordinance 390CITY OF CHANHASSEN
• CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.390
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 1 AND 20
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Section 1-2 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended by adding definitions, which shall read as follows:
Electric Distribution Substation: are located above ground near to the end -users. Distribution
substation transformers change the transmission or subtransmission voltage to lower levels for
use by end -users.
Underground Electric Distribution Substation: are located underground near to the end -users.
Distribution substation transformers change the subtransmission voltage to lower levels for use
by end -users.
SECTION 2. Section 20-257 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Electrical Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations
Electrical Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations are subject to the
following conditions:
(1) The Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations must be served by
a collector or major arterial street as designated in the comprehensive plan.
(2) The Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations will not have
sanitary facilities and will not be used for habitation.
(3) The Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations will be located on
at least five (5) acres of property.
(4) A security fence as specified in the Nation Electric Safety Code shall surround the
Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations.
(5) A landscaping plan shall be submitted for city approval.
(6) Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations shall be a minimum of
five hundred (500) feet from single-family residences.
(7) A summary of current research regarding the health effects of EMT levels, conducted
by health and scientific professionals, including those who do and do not receive utility
sponsorship;
(8) Provide EMF levels under maximum and average anticipated loading at the base of the
• utility poles, underneath the wires between the poles, at ground level above
underground wires, at the edge of the property line, at the edge of the closest habitable
building, and at the point above ground where there would be the greatest EMT level;
(9) Reasonable and prudent measures to minimize EMF levels along all alternative Electric
Line routes;
(10) Depictions of the views of the proposed facility, if above ground, from at least two
directions selected by city staff.
(11) The site is guided Office/Industrial on the City of Chanhassen Land Use Plan.
SECTION 3. Chapter 20, Article IV, Division 4 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 20-313, which shall read as
follows:
Electrical Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations
Electrical Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations are subject to the
following conditions:
(1)
The Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations must be served by
a collector or major arterial street as designated in the comprehensive plan.
(2)
The Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations will not have
sanitary facilities and will not be used for habitation.
(3)
The Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations will be located on
at least five (5) acres of property.
(4)
A security fence as specified in the Nation Electric Safety Code shall surround the
Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations.
(5)
A landscaping plan shall be submitted for city approval.
(6)
Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations shall be a minimum of
five hundred (500) feet from single-family residences.
(7)
A summary of current research regarding the health effects of EMF levels, conducted
by health and scientific professionals, including those who do and do not receive utility
sponsorship;
(8)
Provide EMF levels under maximum and average anticipated loading at the base of the
utility poles, underneath the wires between the poles, at ground level above
underground wires, at the edge of the property line, at the edge of the closest habitable
building, and at the point above ground where there would be the greatest EMF level;
(9)
Reasonable and prudent measures to minimize EMT levels along all alternative Electric
Line routes;
(10)
Depictions of the views of the proposed facility, if above ground, from at least two
directions selected by city staff.
(11)
The site is guided Office/Industrial on the City of Chanhassen Land Use Plan.
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SECTION 4. Section 20-574 (9) of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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Electrical Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations
SECTION 5. Section 20-814, City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota is hereby amended by
adding a subsection to be numbered (15), which shall read as follows:
Electrical Distribution and Underground Electric Distribution Substations
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14`h day of March, 2005, by the City Council of the City
of Chanhassen, Minnesota
J�t
d Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on March 24, 2005)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 390
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTERS 1 AND 20
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS
THE CITY COUNCI-L OF THE
CITY OF CHANHASSEN,
MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Section 1-
2 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended by
adding definitions, which shall read Affidavit of Publication
as follows:
Electric Distribution �rubstation:
are located above Southwest Suburban Publishing ground near
to the end -users. ,Distribution
substation transformers
change the. transmission or
subtransmission voltage to State of Minnesota)
lower levels for use by end- )SS.
users.
Underground Electric County of Carver )
Distribution Substation: are
located underground nearto
the end -users. Distribution
substation transformers
change the subtransmission Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
voltage to lower levels for agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Vil-
use by end -users. lager and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
SECTION . Section.20-257 of the g g
City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to read (A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
as follows: newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as
Electrical Distribution and amended.
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations (B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No.�
Electrical Distribution and was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
Underground Electric Distribution Notice is hereby incorporated art of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
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following conditions: the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
(1) The Distribution and inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
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designated in the comprehensive
plan.
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underneath the wires between the
poles, at ground level above
underground wires, at the edge Qf the
propertyline, at the edgeoftheclosest
habitable budder, and at the point
above ground where there would be
the greiatest EW level;
Reasonable ' and prudent
measures to minimize EMF levels
Along all alternative Electric Line
routes;
Depictions of the views of the
proposed facility, if above ground,
from at least two directions selected
by city staff.
The site is ' guided Office/
Industrial on the City of Chanhassen
Land Use Plan.
SECTION 3. Chapter 20, Article
IV, Division 4 of the City Code, City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended by adding a section to be
numbered 20-313, which shall read as
follows: I ,
Electrical Distribution and
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations
Electrical Distribution and
'Underground Electric Distribution
Substations are subject to the
following conditions:
The Distribution and
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations must be served by a
collector or major arterial street as
designated in the comprehensive
plan.
The Distribution and
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations will not have sanitary
facilities and will not be used for
habitation.
The Distribution and
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations will be located on at least
five (5) acres of property.
A security fence as specified in
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surround the stribution .; an N
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations.
A landscaping plan shall be
submitted for city approval.
Distribution and Underground
Electric Distribution Substations
shall be a minimum of five hundred
(500) feet from single-family
residences:
A summary of current research
regarding the health effects of EMF
levels, conducted by health and
scientific professionals, including
those who do and do not receive utility
sponsorship;
Provide EMF levels,_ under
mcnum and ive�rage anticipated
loading at the base of the utility poles,
underneath the wires between the
poles, at ground level above
underground wires, at the edge of the
property line, at the edge of the closest
habitable building, and at the point
above ground where there would be
the greatest EMF level;
Reasonable and prudent
measures to minimize EMF levels
along all alternative Electric Line
routes;
Depictions of the views of the
proposed facility, if above ground,
from at least two directions selected
by city staff.
The site is, guided Office/
Industrial on the City of Chanhassen
Land Use Plan.
SECTION 4 Section 20-574 (9) of
the City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Electrical Distribution and
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations
SECTION 5. Section 20-814,, City
Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota
amended by adding a
subsectiontobenumbered(15), which
shall read as follows:
Electrical Distribution and
Underground Electric Distribution
Substations
SECTION 6 This ordinance shall
be effective immediately upon its
passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 141'
day ofMarch, 2005, by the City Council
of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Mayor Thomas A. Furlong,
(Published in the Chanhassen
Villager on Thursday, March 24, 2005;
No. 4385)