Ordinance 424CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.424
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ZONING
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 20-1259 (2) of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(2) Motion signs and flashing signs, except electronic message center signs, time and
temperature signs and barber poles which may be permitted by conditional use permits (see
sections 20-231 through 20-237), and shall comply with the following standards:
a) No electronic message center sign may be erected that, by reason of position, shape,
movement or color interferes with the proper functioning of a traffic sign, signal or
which otherwise constitutes a traffic hazard.
• b) Electronic message center displays shall not exceed 5,000 Nits between the hours of
civil sunrise and civil sunset and shall not exceed 500 Nits between the hours of civil
sunset and civil sunrise.
c) Electronic message center signs shall not cause direct glare nor become a distraction
due to excessive brightness.
d) The lamp wattage and luminance level in candelas per square meter (Nits) shall be
provided at the time of permit applications.
e) There shall be no electronic message center signs in the front setback area within fifty
feet (50') of a street intersection (as measured from intersecting right-of-way lines) or
within one hundred twenty five feet (125') of a residential district, except where
lighting for such sign is indirect or diffused and in no way constitutes a traffic hazard.
f) Electronic and non -electronic message center space used on a sign shall not exceed a
total of forty (40) square feet or twenty five percent (25%) of the allowable sign area,
whichever is less. The message displayed on electronic message center signs shall be
depicted in one statement and not a continuing sentence or flow of information.
Flashing, scrolling, special effects or animated scenes on electronic reader boards shall
be prohibited.
• g) Electronic message center signs shall not be located in agricultural or residential zoning
districts.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24`h day of July, 2006, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota
T dd Gerhardt, City Manager
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Thomas A. Furlon
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on August 3, 2006)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.424
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 20, ZONING
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA
ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 20-1259 (2) of the
City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
(2) Motion signs and flashing
signs, except electronic message
center signs, time and temperature
signs and barber poles which may be
permitted by conditional use
permits (see sections 20-231 through
20-237), and shall comply with the
following standards:
a)No electronic message center sign
may be erected that, by ' reason of
position, shape, movement or color
interferes with the proper functioning
of a traffic sign, signal or which
otherwise constitutes a traffic hazard.
b)Electronic message center
displays shall not exceed 5,000 Nits
between the hours of civil sunrise and
civil sunset and shall not exceed 500
Nits between the hours of civil sunset
and civil sunrise.
c)Electronic message center signs
shall not cause direct glare nor become
a distraction due to excessive
brightness. a,
d)The lampwattage and luminance
level in candelas per square meter (Nits)
shall be provided at the time of permit
applications.
e)There shall be no electronic
message center signs in the front
setback area within fifty feet (50') of a
street intersection (as measured from
intersecting right-of-way lines) or
within one hundred twenty five feet
(125') of a residential district, except
where lighting for such sign is indirect
or diffused and in no way constitutes a
traffic hazard.
f)Electronic and non -electronic
message center space used on a sign
shall not exceed a total of forty (40)
square feet or twenty five percent (25 % )
ofthe allowable sign area, whichever is
less. The message displayed on
electronic message center signs shall
be depicted in one statement and not a
continuing sentence or flow of
information. Flashing, scrolling,
special effects or animated scenes on
electronic reader boards shall be
prohibited.
g)Electronic message center signs
shall not be located in agricultural or
residential zoning districts.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be
effective immediately upon its
passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th
day of July, 2006, by the City Council
of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager
on Thursday, August 3, 2006; No. 4706)
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