Ordinance 047bhCITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
• ORDINANCE NO. 47 -BH
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 6.04
7.04, 14.04 OF THE CHANHASSEN ZONING ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.04, subparagraph 10 of Ordinance 47,
the Zoning Ordinance, is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Recreational beach lots provided the following minimum standards
are met in addition to such other conditions as may be prescribed
in the permit:
A. Recreational beach lots shall have at least 200 feet of
lake frontage.
B. No structure, portable chemical toilet, ice fishing house,
camper, trailer, tent, recreational vehicle or shelter
shall be erected, maintained or stored upon any recreational
beach lot.
C. No boat, trailer, motor vehicle, including but not limited
to cars, trucks, motorcycles, motorized mini -bike, all -terrain
• vehicle or snowmobile shall be driven upon or parked upon
any recreational beach lot.
D. No recreational beach lot shall be used for overnight
camping.
E. Boat launches are prohibited.
F. No recreational beach lot shall be used for purposes of
overnight storage or overnight mooring of more than three
(3) motorized or non -motorized watercraft per dock. If
a recreational beach lot is allowed more than one dock,
however, the allowed number of boats may be clustered.
Up to three (3) sail boat moorings shall also be allowed.
Canoes, windsurfers, sail boards, and small sail boats
may be stored overnight on any recreational beach lot
if they are stored on racks specifically designed for
that purpose. No more than one (1) rack shall be allowed
per dock. No more than six (6) watercraft may be stored
on a rack. Docking of other watercraft or seaplanes is
permissible at any time other than overnight.
G. No dock shall be permitted on any recreational beach lot
unless it has at least 200 feet of lake frontage and the
lot has at least a 100 foot depth. No more than one dock
may be erected on a recreational beach lot for every 200
• feet of lake frontage. In addition, 30,000 square feet
of land is required for the first dock and an additional
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20,000 square feet is required for each additional dock.
No more than three (3) docks, however, shall be erected
on a recreational beach lot.
H. No recreational beach lot dock shall exceed six (6) feet
in width, and no such dock shall exceed the greater of
the following lengths: (a) fifty (50) feet or, (b) the
minimum straight-line distance necessary to reach a water
depth of four (4) feet. The width (but not the length)
of the cross -bar of any "T" or "L" shaped dock shall be
included in the computation of length described in the
preceding sentence. The cross -bar of any such dock shall
not measure in excess of twenty-five (25) feet in length.
I. No dock shall encroach upon any dock set -back zone, provided,
however, that the owners of any two abutting lakeshore
sites may erect one common dock within the dock set -back
zone appurtenant to the abutting lakeshore sites, if the
common dock is the only dock on the two lakeshore sites
and if the dock otherwise conforms with the provisions
of this ordinance.
J. No sail boat mooring shall be permitted on any recreational
beach lot unless it has at least 200 feet of lake frontage.
No more than one sail boat mooring shall be allowed for
every 200 feet of lake frontage.
K. At least eighty percent (80%) of the dwelling units, which
have appurtenant rights of access to any recreational
beach lot, shall be located within at least one thousand
(1,000) feet of the recreational beach lot.
L. All recreational beach lots, including any recreational
beach lots established prior to the effective date of
this ordinance may be used for swimming beach purposes,
but only if swimming areas are clearly delineated with
marker buoys which conform to United States Coast Guard
standards.
M. Each recreational beach lot shall have a width, measured
both at the ordinary high water mark and at a point one
hundred (100) feet landward from the ordinary high water
mark, of not less than four (4) lineal feet for each dwelling
unit which has appurtenant rights of access to the recre-
ational beach lot accruing to the owners or occupants
of that dwelling unit under applicable rules of the homeowner
association or residential housing developers.
N. Overnight docking, mooring, and storage of watercraft,
where allowed, is restricted to watercraft owned by the
owner/occupant or renter/occupant of homes which have
appurtenant right of access to the recreational beach
lot.
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O. The placement of docks, buoys, diving ramps, boat racks,
• and other structures shall be indicated on a site plan
approved by the City Council.
SECTION 2. Section 7.04, subparagraph 9 of Ordinance 47,
the Zoning Ordinance, is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Recreational beach lots provided the following minimum standards
are met in addition to such other conditions as may be prescribed
in the permit:
A. Recreational beach lots shall have at least 200 feet of
lake frontage.
B. No structure, portable chemical toilet, ice fishing house,
camper, trailer, tent, recreational vehicle or shelter
shall be erected, maintained or stored upon any recreational
beach lot.
C. No boat, trailer, motor vehicle, including but not limited
to cars, trucks, motorcycles, motorized mini -bike, all -terrain
vehicle or snowmobile shall be driven upon or parked upon
any recreational beach lot.
D. No recreational beach lot shall be used for overnight
camping.
• E. Boat launches are prohibited.
F. No recreational beach lot shall be used for purposes of
overnight storage or overnight mooring of more than three
(3) motorized or non -motorized watercraft per dock. If
a recreational beach lot is allowed more than one dock,
however, the allowed number of boats may be clustered.
Up to three (3) sail boat moorings shall also be allowed.
Canoes, windsurfers, sail boards, and small sail boats
may be stored overnight on any recreational beach lot
if they are stored on racks specifically designed for
that purpose. No more than one (1) rack shall be allowed
per dock. No more than six (6) watercraft may be stored
on a rack. Docking of other watercraft or seaplanes is
permissible at any time other than overnight.
G. No dock shall be permitted on any recreational beach lot
unless it has at least 200 feet of lake frontage and the
lot has at least a 100 foot depth. No more than one dock
may be erected on a recreational beach lot for every 200
feet of lake frontage. In addition, 30,000 square feet
of land is required for the first dock and an additional
20,000 square feet is required for each additional dock.
No more than three (3) docks, however, shall be erected
on a recreational beach lot.
• H. No recreational beach lot dock shall exceed six (6) feet
in width, and no such dock shall exceed the greater of
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the following lengths: (a) fifty (50) feet or, (b) the
• minimum straight-line distance necessary to reach a water
depth of four (4) feet. The width (but not the length)
of the cross -bar of any "T" or "L" shaped dock shall be
included in the computation of length described in the
preceding sentence. The cross -bar of any such dock shall
not measure in excess of twenty-five (25) feet in length.
I. No dock shall encroach upon any dock set -back zone, provided,
however, that the owners of any two abutting lakeshore
sites may erect one common dock within the dock set -back
zone appurtenant to the abutting lakeshore sites, if the
common dock is the only dock on the two lakeshore sites
and if the dock otherwise conforms with the provisions
of this ordinance.
J. No sail boat mooring shall be permitted on any recreational
beach lot unless it has at least 200 feet of lake frontage.
No more than one sail boat mooring shall be allowed for
every 200 feet of lake frontage.
K. At least eighty percent (80%) of the dwelling units, which
have appurtenant rights of access to any recreational
beach lot, shall be located within at least one thousand
(1,000) feet of the recreational beach lot.
• L. All recreational beach lots, including any recreational
beach lots established prior to the effective date of
this ordinance may be used for swimming beach purposes,
but only if swimming areas are clearly delineated with
marker buoys which conform to United States Coast Guard
standards.
M. Each recreational beach lot shall have a width, measured
both at the ordinary high water mark and at a point one
hundred (100) feet landward from the ordinary high water
mark, of not less than four (4) lineal feet for each dwelling
unit which has appurtenant rights of access to the recre-
ational beach lot accruing to the owners or occupants
of that dwelling unit under applicable rules of the homeowner
association or residential housing developers.
N. Overnight docking, mooring, and storage of watercraft,
where allowed, is restricted to watercraft owned by the
owner/occupant or renter/occupant of homes which have
appurtenant right of access to the recreational beach
lot.
0. The placement of docks, buoys, diving ramps, boat racks,
and other structures shall be indicated on a site plan
approved by the City Council.
• SECTION 3. Section 14.04, subparagraph 2 of Ordinance 47,
the Zoning Ordinance, is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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Recreational beach lots provided the following minimum standards
• are met in addition to such other conditions as may be prescribed
in the permit:
A. Recreational beach lots shall have at least 200 feet of
lake frontage.
B. No structure, portable chemical toilet, ice fishing house,
camper, trailer, tent, recreational vehicle or shelter
shall be erected, maintained or stored upon any recreational
beach lot.
C. No boat, trailer, motor vehicle, including but not limited
to cars, trucks, motorcycles, motorized mini -bike, all -terrain
vehicle or snowmobile shall be driven upon or parked upon
any recreational beach lot.
D. No recreational beach lot shall be used for overnight
camping.
E. Boat launches are prohibited.
F. No recreational beach lot shall be used for purposes of
overnight storage or overnight mooring of more than three
(3) motorized or non -motorized watercraft per dock. If
a recreational beach lot is allowed more than one dock,
however, the allowed number of boats may be clustered.
• Up to three (3) sail boat moorings shall also be allowed.
Canoes, windsurfers, sail boards, and small sail boats
may be stored overnight on any recreational beach lot
if they are stored on racks specifically designed for
that purpose. No more than one (1) rack shall be allowed
per dock. No more than six (6) watercraft may be stored
on a rack. Docking of other watercraft or seaplanes is
permissible at any time other than overnight.
G. No dock shall be permitted on any recreational beach lot
unless it has at least 200 feet of lake frontage and the
lot has at least a 100 foot depth. No more than one dock
may be erected on a recreational beach lot for every 200
feet of lake frontage. In addition, 30,000 square feet
of land is required for the first dock and an additional
20,000 square feet is required for each additional dock.
No more than three (3) docks, however, shall be erected
on a recreational beach lot.
H. No recreational beach lot dock shall exceed six (6) feet
in width, and no such dock shall exceed the greater of
the following lengths: (a) fifty (50) feet or, (b) the
minimum straight-line distance necessary to reach a water
depth of four (4) feet. The width (but not the length)
of the cross -bar of any "T" or "L" shaped dock shall be
• included in the computation of length described in the
preceding sentence. The cross -bar of any such dock shall
not measure in excess of twenty-five (25) feet in length.
I. No dock shall encroach upon any dock set -back zone, provided,
however, that the owners of any two abutting lakeshore
sites may erect one common dock within the dock set -back
zone appurtenant to the abutting lakeshore sites, if the
common dock is the only dock on the two lakeshore sites
and if the dock otherwise conforms with the provisions
of this ordinance.
J. No sail boat mooring shall be permitted on any recreational
beach lot unless it has at least 200 feet of lake frontage.
No more than one sail boat mooring shall be allowed for
every 200 feet of lake frontage.
K. At least eighty percent (80%) of the dwelling units, which
have appurtenant rights of access to any recreational
beach lot, shall be located within at least one thousand
(1,000) feet of the recreational beach lot.
L. All recreational beach lots, including any recreational
beach lots established prior to the effective date of
this ordinance may be used for swimming beach purposes,
but only if swimming areas are clearly delineated with
marker buoys which conform to United States Coast Guard
standards.
M. Each recreational beach lot shall have a width, measured
both at the ordinary high water mark and at a point one
• hundred (100) feet landward from the ordinary high water
mark, of not less than four (4) lineal feet for each dwelling
unit which has appurtenant rights of access to the recre-
ational beach lot accruing to the owners or occupants
of that dwelling unit under applicable rules of the homeowner
association or residential housing developers.
N. Overnight docking, mooring, and storage of watercraft,
where allowed, is restricted to watercraft owned by the
owner/occupant or renter/occupant of homes which have
appurtenant right of access to the recreational beach
lot.
0. The placement of docks, buoys, diving ramps, boat racks,
and other structures shall be indicated on a site plan
approved by the City Council.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
after its passage and publication.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 21st
day of July, 1986.
CITY OF ANHASSEN
BY:
ATTEST: T omas L. Hamilt n, Mayor
L a (Publish in the South Shore
City Clerk Manager News on August 7, 1986)