Ordinance 464CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.464
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, NUISANCES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Chapter 13, Article III, Section 13-24 of the City Code, City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Weeds and grass in excess of 8 inches in length on any occupied or unoccupied lot or
parcel of land less than one acre in size in the City of Chanhassen is a public nuisance
and is prohibited. On vacant property where it would be physically difficult to mow
because of topography or other physical constraints, the height limitation on weeds and
grass shall only apply to a ten -foot wide strip abutting the lot line of the property.
Noxious weeds or plants as identified and defined by the Minnesota Department of
Agriculture are also a public nuisance and are prohibited. Native grasses and wild
flowers indigenous to Minnesota, planted and maintained on any occupied lot or parcel of
land as part of a garden or landscape treatment, are exempt from this article.
Section 2. Chapter 13, Article III, Section 13-26 (a) of the City Code, City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows.
(a) After giving the owner or occupant of a lot not in compliance with the previous
sections seven days' advance written notice of the noncompliance, the city may cut,
or cause to be cut the grass, weeds, or plants and may assess the cost against the
property in accordance with Minnesota State Statute 429.101. The notice shall
provide that if there are any further violations within the calendar year in which the
notice is sent the city will continue to cut, or cause to be cut the grass, weeds or
plants through the remainder of the calendar year each time there is a violation
without further notice.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9`h day of June, 2008, by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota
T d Gerhardt, City Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Ma
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on June 19, 2008)
Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF CHANHASSEN Southwest Newspapers
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 464 State of Minnesota)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 13 )SS.
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, County of CarverOUn
NUISANCES C)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHANHASSEN,
MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
.Section 1. Chapter 13, Article Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
III, Section 13a4 of the City Code, agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Vil-
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is lager and hs full knowledge of te facts herein stated as follows:
hereby amended to read as follows: g g
Weeds and grass in excess of 8
inches in length on any occupied or (A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
unoccupied lot or parcel of land less newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as
than one acre in size in the City of amended.
Chanhassen is a public nuisance
and is prohibited. On vacant (B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. �7
property where it would be was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
physically difficult o mow because Notice is hereby incorporated as art of this Affidavit. aid notice was cut from the columns of
of topography or other physical Y rP P
constraints, the height limitation the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
on weeds and grass shall only apply inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
to a ten -foot wide strip abutting the and publication of the Notice:
lot line of the property. Noxious
weeds or plants as identified and abcdefghijkhnnopgrstu z
defined by the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture are also
a public nuisance and area/�'�LC,
prohibited. Native grasses and wild By:
flowers indigenous to Minnesota,
planted and maintained on any Laurie A. Hartmann
occupied lot or parcel of land as part
of a garden or landscape treatment,
are exempt from this article. Subscribed and sworn before me on
Section 2. Chapter 13, Article
III, Section 13-26 (a) of the City Code,
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is
hereby amended to read as follows. ��_
After giving the owner or this day of 2008
occupant of a lot not in compliance
with the previous sections seven GWEN M. RADUENZ
days' advance written notice of the NO TARYPUBLIC-�fNNESOTA
noncompliance, the city may cut, or , CoMm Sjm Expn";M 3i 2010
cause to be cut the grass, weeds, or ,�
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plants and may assess the cost
against the property in accordance Notary Public
with Minnesota State Statute
429.101. The notice shall provide
that if there are any further
violations within the calendar year
in which the notice is sent the city
will continue to cut, or cause to be
cut the grass, weeds or plants RATE INFORMATION
through the remainder of the Lowest classified rate aid b commercial users for comparable space $40.00 per column inch
calendar year each time there is a P Y P P
violation without further notice. Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter ................................ $40.00 per column inch
Section 3. This ordinance shall Rate actually charged for the above matter ............................................... $12.19 per column inch
be effective immediately upon its
passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
9th day of June, 2008, 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, June 19, 2008;
No. 4074)