Ordinance 413CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
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ORDINANCE NO. 413
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1-2, DEFINITIONS AND
CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE III, FIRE CODE, SECTION 9-44 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
Section 1. Chapter 1, Section 1-2 of Chanhassen City Code shall be amended by adding the
following definitions:
Cooking device means any barbecue, rotisserie, roaster, oven or similar equipment used in
food preparation. (9)
Open Flame Fire means any burning of fuel, and includes any torch, flare, decorative
light, fondue or other heating, burning, or lighting equipment or device having an open
flame. (9)
Permitted cooking device means a cooking device fueled by briquettes or electricity or a
permanently mounted natural gas cooking device as described in Section 9-44 of
Chanhassen City Code. (9)
Section 2. Chapter 9, Article III, Section 9-44 of the Chanhassen City Code concerning the fire
code shall be amended to read as follows:
Fires or Cooking Devices on Balconies or Patios.
(a) Prohibition. No person may kindle, maintain or cause any fire or Open Flame Fire
or store or use any Cooking Device, fuel, torch, or other heating or lighting equipment or
flammable chemicals on any balcony above ground level or on any ground floor patio
immediately adjacent to or within 15 feet of any unit in any structure containing two or more
vertically stacked residential units.
(b) Exception; Permitted Cooking Devices in Certain Structures. Subdivision 1 does
not apply to the storage or use of Permitted Cooking Devices on balconies or ground floor patios
that are constructed of noncombustible material on five or six sides. Fuel for a permitted
Cooking Device must be stored in compliance with Subdivision 1 of this Section.
(c) Exception; Permanent Natural Gas and Electrical Cooking Devices. Natural gas
fired or electrically heated Cooking Devices that are permanently mounted, plumbed to the
building's natural gas supply or electrically connected to the building's electrical service, not
merely plug -ins, and which maintain a minimum clearance of 16 inches on the sides and back of
the device may be installed on balconies and patios.
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Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 1P day of February,
2006.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on February 23, 2006)
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HE'NNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 413
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1-2,
DEFINITIONS AND CHAPTER 9,
ARTICLE III, FIRE CODE,
SECTION'
9-44 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:,
Section 1. Chapter 1, Section 1-2
of Chanhassen City Code shall be
amended by adding the following
definitions:
Cooking device means any
barbecue, rotisserie, roaster, oven
or similar equipment used in food
preparation. (9) -
Open Flame Fire means any
burning of fuel, and includes any
torch, flare, decorative light,
fondue or other heating, burning, or
lighting equipment or device having
an open flame. (9)
Permitted cooking device means a
cooking device fueled by briquettes
or electricity or a permanently
mounted natural gas cooking device
as described in Section 9-44 of
Chanhassen City Code. (9)
Section.Z. Chapter 9,-Article III,
Section 9-44 of the Chanhassen' City
Code concerning the fire code shallbe
amended to read as follows:
Fires or Cooking Devices -on
Balconies or Patios.
(a) Prohibition. No person may
kindle, maintain or cause any fire or
Open Flame Fire or store or use any
Cooking Device, fuel, torch, or other
heating or lighting equipment or
flammable chemicals on any balcony
above ground level or on any ground
floor patio immediately adjacent to
or within 15 feet of any unit in any
structure containing two or more
vertically stacked residential units.
(b) Exception: Permitted
Cooking Devices in 'Certain
Structures. Subdivision 1 does not
apply , to the storage or --ttse of
Permitted Cooking Devices on
balconies or ground floor patios that
are constructed of noncombustible
material on five or six sides. Fuel,for
a permitted Cooking Device must be
stored in compliance with
Subdivision 1 of this Section.
(c) Exception: Permanent -
Natural Gas and Electrical Cooking
Vices. Natural gas fired or
electrically heated Cooking Devices
that are permanently mounted,
plumbed to the building's natural
gas supply or electrically connected
to the building's electrical service,
not merely plug -ins, and which
maintain a minimum clearptnce of 16
inches on the sides and back of the
device may be installed on balconies
and patios.
Section 3. This ordinance shall
be effective immediately upon its
passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the
Chanhassen City Council this 13th
day of February, 2006.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A.
Furlong, Mayor
(Published intheChanhassen Villager
on Thursday, February 23, 2006; No.
4615)
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