Ordinance 485CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.485
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20
ZONING
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 20-1256 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Temporary signs are permitted as follows:
1. Banners attached to the principal structure shall not exceed 140 square feet.
2. Detached banners shall not exceed 32 square feet and 6 feet in height.
3. Portable signs shall not exceed 32 square feet and 6 feet in height.
4. All temporary signage shall meet the following standards:
a. A 30-day display period to coincide with the grand opening of a business or a new
development (business park or shopping center which shall be in addition to Sec 20-1256
(4) (b)).
b. A business may display an attached or detached banner or portable sign on up to four
occasions per calendar year with a maximum ten-day display period for each occasion.
c. Messages must relate to on -premises products or services, or any non-commercial
message.
d. Attached banners, detached banners and portable signs must be located on the property
which is owned or leased by the business which the sign is advertising. Nonprofit and
governmental event banners are excluded from this provision.
e. Portable signs and detached banners shall not be located in the public right-of-way.
f. Portable signs and detached banners are limited to the driveway entrance area.
g. No more than one portable sign or detached banner shall be permitted per entrance at any
given time.
Section 2. Section 20-1267 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
All permanent signs shall be designed and constructed in a uniform manner and, to the extent
possible, as an integral part of the building's architecture. Multi -tenant commercial and
industrial buildings shall have uniform signage. When buildings or developments are
presented for site plan review, proposed signs for the development shall be presented
concurrently for staff review. All planned centers and multi -tenant buildings shall submit a
comprehensive sign plan for approval by the Planning Commission and City Council.
All wall signage shall use individual dimension letters, at least one-half inch deep.
Company symbols, display messages (not greater than 6 inches tall), pictorial
presentations, illustrations, or decorations (anything other than wording) and less than 20
percent of the total sign display area are exempt from the individual dimension letter
requirement.
b. Wall signs shall be backlit if a wall sign is illuminated, and be architecturally compatible
with the building and other signage if in a multi -tenant building.
c. Company logos shall not occupy more than 30 percent of the sign display area and are
exempt from the individual dimension letter requirement.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12`h day of October, 2009, by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota
T dd Gerhardt, City anager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on October 22, 2009)
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 485
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 20
ZONING
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHANHASSEN,
MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 20-1256 of the
City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Temporary signs are permitted as
follows:
1. Banners attached to the
principal structure shalt not exceed
140 square feet.
2. Detached banners shall not
exceed 32 square feet and 6 feet in
height.
3. Portable signs shall not
exceed 32 square feet and 6 feet in
height.
4. All temporary signage shall
meet the following standards:
a. A 30-day display period to
coincide with the grand opening of
a business or a new development
(business park or shopping center
which shall be in addition to Sec 20-
1256 (4) (b)).
b. A business may display an
attached or detached banner or
portable sign on up to four occasions
per calendar year with a maximum
ten-day display period for each
occasion.
c. Messages must relate to on -
premises products or services, or
any non-commercial message.
d. Attached banners, detached
banners and portable signs must be
located on the property which is
owned or leased by the business
which the sign is advertising.
Nonprofit and governmental event
banners are excluded from this
provision.
e. Portable signs and detached
banners shall not be located in the
public right-of-way.
f. Portable signs and detached
banners are limited to the driveway
entrance area.
g. No more than one portable
sign or detached banner shall be
permitted per entrance at any given
time.
Section 2. Section 20-1267 of the
City Code, City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
1. Allpermanent signs shall
be designed and constructed in a
uniform manner and, to the extent
possible, as an integral part of the
building's architecture. Multi -
tenant commercial and industrial
buildings shall have uniform
signage. When buildings or
developments are presented for site
plan review, proposed signs for the
development shall be presented
concurrently for staff review. All
planned centers and multi -tenant
buildings shall 'submit a
comprehensive sign plan for
approval by the Planning
Commission and City Council.
a. All wall signage shall use
individual dimension letters, at
least one-half inch deep. Company
symbols, display messages (not
greater than 6 inches tall), pictorial
presentations, illustrations, or
decorations (anything other than
wording) and less than 20 percent of
the total sign display area are
exempt from the individual
dimension letter requirement.
Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Newspapers
State of Minnesota)
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County of Carver )
Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Vil-
lager and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
(A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as
amended.
(B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. t
was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
and publication of the Notice:
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Laurie A. Hartmann
Subscribed and sworn before me on
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this ) day of 0 2009
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JYMME J. BARK
NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA
My Commission Expires 01/31/2013
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sign display area and are exempt
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letter requirement.
Section 3. This ordinance shall
be effective immediately upon its
passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
12th day of October, 2009, 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, October 22,
2009; No. 4262)
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