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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 47-A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 19. 10(l), and 19. 16(1) , OF THE CHANHASSEN
ZONING ORDINANCE AND ADDING THERETO SECTIONS 10. 10(l), 12.12 (1) , 13,
19.18, 19.19, 23.06(5) and 23.10.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Sections 19. 10(1) , and 19. 16(1) , of Ordinance No. 47 entitled, "The
Chanhassen Zoning Ordinance", adopted February 8, 1972, are hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 19. 10 Moving, Alteration or Wrecking of Structures .
1. Buildings or structures moved into or within the City shall
comply with the provisions of this ordinance and the Chanhassen Building
• Code for new buildings or structures. A permit shall be required to move
buildings or structures into the City, and any such permit may prescribe
conditions and restrictions regulating any such move.
Section 19. 16 Outside Storage in Residential Districts.
1. The outside storage of recreational equipment is prohibited
in front and side yards in all residential zoning districts; except that if
the rear yard of a zoning lot is inaccessible or physically unsuitable, such
storage may be permitted in one side yard only of said zoning lot as close
as practicable to the side of the principal structure on said lot; provided
further, that any such side yard storage area shall not be adjacent to a
street. Not permitted for storage by this section are vehicles and recre-
ational equipment not originally constructed for recreational use.
a. For the purposes of this ordinance, recreational
equipment shall include the following:
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Boats and canoes
Snowmobiles
All terrain vehicles
Trailers for the transportation of the above
All motor vehicles, either self-propelled or
capable of being towed and designed, con-
structed, or used to provide temporary,
movable living quarters for recreational use.
Not included within this definition are vehicles
and recreational equipment not originally con-
structed for recreational use.
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SECTION 2 . Sections 10. 10, 12. 12, 19 and 23 of Ordinance No. 47 entitled,
"The Chanhassen Zoning Ordinance", adopted February 8, 1972, are hereby
amended by adding thereto the following subsections to read as follows:
Section 10. 10 Boundaries of the C-2 Commercial District.
The boundaries of the C-2 Commercial District shall include the
following described tracts and parcels of land: -
1. The Northerly 420 feet of the Westerly 10 acres of that
part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying North of
the Northwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
& Pacific Railroad Company and South of the South line of County Road
No. 16, in Section 13, Township 116, Range 23 West, Carver County,
Minnesota.
Section 12. 12 Boundaries of the I-1 Industrial District.
The boundaries of the I-1 Industrial District shall include the
following described tracts and parcels of land:
40 1. The Southerly 480 feet of the Westerly 10 acres of that
part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying North of the
Northwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
& Pacific Railroad Company and South of the South line of County Road
No. 16, in Section 13, Township 116, Range 23 West, Carver County,
Minnesota.
Section 19. 18 Deposit for Costs.
Prior to consideration by the Council, Planning Commission, or
any City official of an application for a variance, conditional use permit,
rezoning, or any determination relevant to the administration, application
or enforcement of this ordinance, the Zoning Administrator may require the
applicant to deposit with the City funds estimated by the Zoning Adminis-
trator to be sufficient to defray all City expense in processing said
application', including, but without limitation to, City staff administration
costs, and engineering, planning, legal, and soil consultants' fees. Any
balance of said deposit remaining after completion of proceedings on the
application shall be refunded to the applicant.
Section 19. 19 Rezoning and Conditional Use Notices.
. Notwithstanding any provision of this ordinance to the contrary,
notice of public hearings on rezoning and conditional use applications
shall be mailed at least ten (10) days before the day of any such hearing
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to each owner of affected property and property situated wholly or partly
within 350 feet of the property to which the rezoning conditional use
application relates.
Section 23.06
Standards.
6. That the conditional use is compatible with the permitted
use authorized within the district.
Section 23.10 Voting Requirement.
A conditional use permit may be granted only upon the affirmative
vote of 4/5ths of the City Council.
SECTION 3. Ordinance No. 47 entitled, "The Chanhassen Zoning Ordinance",
adopted February 8, 1972, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
section to read as follows: Section 13. Central Business District.
Section 13.01 Objectives and Definition.
• The Central Business District, hereinafter sometimes referred to as
"CBD", is that geographic area included in the Concept Plan for the Central
Business District, dated November, 1972, as approved by resolution of the
City Council on the 8th day of January 19 73 . The objectives
of the following regulations are:
1. To help assure that all uses, new development and construc-
tion, building and site rehabilitation, remodeling, property access, parking,
and pedestrian circulation are in conformity to the Comprehensive Municipal
Plan and the Central Business District Concept Plan.
2. To help develop and maintain the Central Business District
as an economic, social, and physical asset to the entire City.
3. To recognize the unique and special problems of the Central
Business District not common to new commercial areas.
4. To help coordinate all private and public development
activities in a manner consistent with the Concept Plan objectives.
5. To develop a uniform architectural theme of the style of a
late 19th Century rustic town, utilizing exterior materials symbolic of
that era, natural woods and earth tones.
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Section 13.02 Uses.
• Within the Central Business District, the use of buildings or
land shall be permitted only upon the securing of a conditional use
permit, including but without limitation to the following:
1. All new construction requiring a building permit and
exceeding $500.00 in value.
2. All exterior rehabilitation of buildings except normal
maintenance.
3. All public improvements.
4. All site changes such as access drives, parking arrangements,
landscaping, and similar changes.
5. All signs.
6. Such other activities as determined by the Zoning Administrator
which may affect the Central Business District Concept Plan.
The following shall not require a Conditional Use Permit:
1. Interior remodeling except those requiring structural changes
and those involving a new entrance or exit for the building involved.
• 2. Activities which, as determined by the Zoning Administrator
have no significant effect upon the Central Business District Concept
objectives.
$ection13.03 Variances.
In the consideration of conditional use permit applications the
City Council may grant variances in the building setback, height,
sign, parking, yard, area, lot width and depth, and other regulations
of the Chanhassen Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances if such variances
are found to be consistent with the goals and objectives of the
Comprehensive Municipal Plan and the Central Business District
Concept Plan.
Section 13.04 Procedures.
Application for Conditional Use Permits required under Section 13.02
hereof shall be governed by the procedures of Section 23, Conditional
Use Permits, of this ordinance, except that no Public Hearing shall
be required unless ordered by the Zoning Administrator. Said application
shall include building plans accompanied by exterior elevations of
structures which adequately and accurately indicate the height, size,
bulk, design and appearance of all elevations. A description of the
construction and materials to be used therein, and a complete site
• plan showing landscaping, off-street parking, structure locations,
access drives and similar information shall be furnished. The
applicant's building plans, including the site plan, for any building,
structure, or work, the total cost of which shall exceed $20,000.00
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• SHALL BE Certified by an engineer or an architect registered in the
State of Minnesota, stating that the design of the building and site
has been prepared -under his direct supervision.
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Section 13.05 Boundaries of the Central Business District.
In addition to those tracts and parcels of land as shown within
the boundaries of the Central Business District on that certain map
entitled, "Central Business District" dated February 15, 1973,
the boundaries of the Central Business District shall include the
following described tracts and parcels of land:
SECTION 4.' Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective
from and after its passage and publication.
Passed by the Council this 4th day of February, 1974
MAYOR
Public Hearings held December 19, 1972, March 13, 1973, and July 24, 1973.
Published in the CHASKA HERALD on the 7th day of February, 1974.
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