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1f. City Code AmendmentsCITY OF CHANAASSEN 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone: 952.227.1100 Fax: 952.227.1110 Building Inspections Phone: 952.227.1180 Fax: 952.227.1190 Engineering Phone: 952.227.1160 Fax: 952.227.1170 Finance Phone: 952.227.1140 Fax: 952.227.1110 Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227.1120 Fax: 952.227.1110 MEMORANDUM TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager FROM: Angie Kairies, Planner I� DATE: June 28, 2010 ' SUBJ: City Code Amendments Chapter 1, General Provisions, Definitions Chapter 20, Zoning, Arterial and Collector Streets Chapter 20, Zoning, Parking and Loading Chapter 20, Zoning, Signs PROPOSED MOTION: "The Chanhassen City Council approves the adoption of the ordinance amendments to Chapters 1 & 20 of the Chanhassen City Code pertaining to Definitions, Arterial and Collector Streets, Parking and Loading, and Signs." EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Planning Commission has review authority of Chapter 20, Zoning. On June 15, 2010, the Planning Commission reviewed and voted unanimously to recommend approval of the ordinance amendments to Chapter 20, Arterial and Collector Streets, Parking and Loading, and Signage. E) Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone: 952.227.1300 Fax: 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: 952.227.1110 Web Site wwaci.chanhassen.mn.us The City Code contains definitions of uses that are not listed in any zoning district in the City. They include Auto services center, Automotive repairlbody shop and Body shop. To alleviate confusion, staff is proposing deleting Auto services center and Body shop. Staff is also proposing clarifying the definition of Automotive repair/body shop. The amendments will read as follows: Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow City Council has review authority of Chapter 1, General Provisions and Chapter Recreation Center 20, Zoning. Staff has included proposed amendments to Chapter 1, General Pho 952227.1400 Coulter Boulevard Pho Provisions in addition to proposed amendments to Chapter 20, Zoning. Fax: 952.227.1404 ANALYSIS Planning & Natural Resources Chapter 1: General Provisions Phone: 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110. Definitions Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone: 952.227.1300 Fax: 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: 952.227.1110 Web Site wwaci.chanhassen.mn.us The City Code contains definitions of uses that are not listed in any zoning district in the City. They include Auto services center, Automotive repairlbody shop and Body shop. To alleviate confusion, staff is proposing deleting Auto services center and Body shop. Staff is also proposing clarifying the definition of Automotive repair/body shop. The amendments will read as follows: Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow Todd Gerhardt, City Manager October 12, 2009 Page 2 of 3 Automotive repair/body shop means an establishment engaged in performing major repairs and service to passenger automobiles, trucks, vans and motorcycles. Major repair may include all activities of repair or servicing allowed in a minor automobile repair establishment as well as maior engine and transmission repair and reulacement.'` The rebuilding or reconditioning of passenger automobiles, body, frame or fender straightening, painting, rust - proofing, or other similar activity is not considered major vehicle repair and is defined separately. (20) Chapter 20: Zoning Arterial and Collector Streets The purpose of the amendments to the Arterial and Collector Streets is to: • Update the City Code consistent with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. • Update the City Code with the name change of Old Highway 212 to County Road 61 (Flying Cloud Drive). Parking and Loading: Calculating Parking Stalls The purpose of the amendments to the required parking stall ordinance is to: • Provide consistency when rounding fractional spaces of parking stalls when calculating the required number of stalls based on the square footage of a building. Each fraction of one -half or more shall constitute an additional space. Parking: Access and Driveways The purpose of the amendments to the Access and Driveway ordinance is to: • Provide an exemption from the required 10 -foot side yard setback for driveways which access off of a cul -de -sac "bubble" and a neck or flag lot. The setback shall be the distance of the existing drainage and utility easement. • Provide clarification of when a driveway permit is required versus a zoning permit. Sign Ordinance The purpose of the amendments to the Sign Ordinance is to: • Clarify intent of off - premise directional signage, which allows permanent directional signs where access is confusing, and prohibit temporary off - premise directional signs unless otherwise specified. Todd Gerhardt, City Manager October 12, 2009 Page 3 of 3 • Clarify the number of corporate flags that can be flown on a single parcel. • Correct the deletion of subsection (2) monument signs. A previous amendment to subsection (1) wall signs was adopted in 2009, at which time section (2) was inadvertently deleted from the City Code. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION The Planning Commission questioned street names as shown in Figure 7 -11 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, City of Chanhassen Functional Classification Map, specifically: • Old Highway 212 (Flying Cloud Drive), now County Road 61 (Flying Cloud Drive) • U.S. Highway 169/101. Old Highway 212 was turned back to Carver County following the adoption of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendment will reflect the name change within the City Code. Also, staff further researched U.S. Highway 169 and concluded that it begins at the Scott County border. It is not located within the Chanhassen City limits and should therefore be removed from the City Code (shown as strike -thru) and Figure 7 -11. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan will need to be amended accordingly. This minor amendment will be presented at a future date. The June 15, 2010 Planning Commission minutes are item la of this packet. RECOMMENDATION "The Chanhassen City Council approves the adoption of the ordinance amendments to Chapters 1 & 20 of the Chanhassen City Code pertaining to Definitions, Arterial and Collector Streets, Parking and Loading, and Signage." ATTACHEMENTS 1. Ordinance amendment to Chapter 20, Zoning. 2. Ordinance Amendment to Chapter 1, General Provisions. 3. Staff report dated June 15, 2010. gAplan \city code\2010 \cc memo 6- 28- 10.doc CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 ZONING CHANHASSEN CITY CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: Section 1. Section 20 -5 is hereby amended to read as follows: Identification of arterial and collector streets. For purposes of this chapter, the following are identified as arterial and collector streets: Collector Streets Audubon Road (north of Lyman Boulevard) Bluff Creek Boulevard Bluff Creek Drive Century Boulevard (from West 78th St. to 82nd St.) Coulter Boulevard County Road 1171 Dell Road �� n Lake Drive Kerber Boulevard Lake Drive East Lake Drive West Lake Lucy Road Longacres Drive Lyman Boulevard (east of Trunk Highway 101) Market Boulevard Minnewashta Parkway NOWN Pleasant View Road West 78th Street a_ Section 2. Section 20 -1119 is hereby amended to read as follows: Computing requirements. In computing the number of parking spaces required, the following shall govern: (1) "Floor space" means the gross floor area of the specific use as defined by article II. (2) Where fractional spaces result, (3) Parking standards for uses not specifically mentioned in this division shall be determined by the city. The factors to be considered in such determination shall include size of building, type of use, number of employees, expected volume and turnover of customer traffic and expected frequency and number of delivery or service vehicles. Section 3. Section 20 -1122 is hereby amended to read as follows: The purpose of this section is to provide minimum design criteria, setback and slope standards for vehicular use. The intent is to reduce interference with drainage and utility easements by providing setback standards; reduce erosion by requiring a hard surface for all driveways; to limit the number of driveway access points to public streets and to direct drainage toward the street via establishment of minimum driveway slope standards. Parking and loading spaces shall have proper access from a public right -of -way. The number and width of access drives shall be located to minimize traffic congestion and abnormal traffic hazard. All driveways shall meet the following criteria: (1) Driveways shall be setback at least ten feet from the side Beginning 20 feet from the front line, driveways may be setback a minimum of five feet from the side provertv line Encroachment , 1 a side yard drainage and utility easement must be reviewed and approved by the city and may require an encroachment agreement. (2) Driveway grades shall be a minimum of one -half of one percent and a maximum grade of ten percent at any point in the driveway. 2 (3) Within the right -of -way driveways should access city streets at 90 degrees. (4) In areas located within the Metropolitan Urban Services Area (MUSA) as identified on the comprehensive plan, driveways shall be surfaced with bituminous, concrete or other hard surface material, as approved by the city engineer. In areas outside the MUSA, driveways shall be surfaced from the intersection of the road through the right -of -way portion of the driveway with bituminous, concrete or other hard surface material, as approved by the city engineer. (5) On corner lots, the minimum corner clearance from the roadway right -of -way line shall be at least 30 feet to the edge of the driveway. (6) For A -2, PUD -R for single - family detached houses, RR, RSF, R -4 and RLM for single - family detached residential uses, the width of the driveway access shall not exceed 24 feet at the right -of -way line. No portion of the right -of -way may be paved except that portion used for the driveway. Inside the property line of the site, the maximum driveway width shall not exceed 50 feet. The minimum driveway width shall not be less than ten feet. (7) For all other uses, the width of the driveway access shall not exceed 36 feet in width measured at the roadway right -of -way line. No portion of the right -of -way may be paved except that portion used for the driveway. (8) Driveway setbacks may be reduced subject to approval by the city engineer and the following criteria: a. The driveway will not interfere with any existing drainage swale or easement in which a utility is contained; b. Shall require an easement encroachment agreement from the engineering c department; The driveway must be designed to maintain stormwater drainage runoff on the (9) Accessory driveways shall be maintained as natural grass or be constructed of bituminous, concrete, or paver surface. (10) One driveway access is allowed from a single residential lot to the street. (11) A turnaround is required on a driveway entering onto a state highway, county road or collector roadway as designated in the comprehensive plan, and onto city streets where this is deemed necessary by the city engineer, based on traffic counts, sight distances, street grades, or other relevant factors. If the engineer requires a turnaround, this requirement will be stated on the building permit. (12) Separate driveways serving utility facilities are permitted. 3 Section 4. 20 -1255 (2) b. is hereby amended to read as follows: (2) Directional signs b. flOIJIM" off - premise signs shall be allowed only in situations where access is confusing and traffic safety could be jeopardized or traffic could be inappropriately routed through residential streets. The size of the sign shall be no larger than what is needed to effectively view the sign from the roadway and shall be approved by the city council Section 5. Section 20 -1255 is hereby amended to add subsection (13) to read as follows: Section 5. Section 20 -1267 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended to add subsection 2 to read as follows: 1. 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. 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. 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. n Section 7. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28 day of June, 2010, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota. Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on ) G:\PLAN \City Code\2010\Amendment Ordinance Ch 20 6- 28- 10.doc 5 CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1 CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, GENERAL PROVISIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: Section 1 . The City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended by amending the following definition in Section 1 -2, which shall read as follows: Automotive repair/body shop means an establishment engaged in performing major repairs and service to passenger automobiles, trucks, vans and motorcycles. Major repair may include all activities of repair or servicing allowed in a minor automobile repair establishment as well as maior enizine and transmission repair and replacement. The rebuilding or reconditioning of passenger automobiles, body, frame or fender straightening, painting, rust- proofing, or other similar activity is not considered major vehicle repair and is defined separately. (20) Section 2. The City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended by deleting the following definitions from Section 1 -2: Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28 day of June, 2010, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on ) G:\PLAN\City Code\2010\Amendment Ordinance Ch 1 6- 28- 10.doc 4 11 CITY OF CgANNAASSEN 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone: 952.227.1100 Fax: 952.227,1110 Building Inspections Phone: 952.227.1180 Fax: 952.227.1190 Engineering Phone: 952227.1160 Fax: 952.227.1170 Finance Phone: 952.227.1140 Fax: 952.227.1110 Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227.1120 Fax: 952.227.1110 Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone: 952.227.1400 Fax: 952.227.1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone: 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110 Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone: 952.227.1300 Fax: 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: 952.227.1110 Web Site wwadchanhassen.mn.us MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Angie Kairies DATE: June 15, 2010 SUBJ: City Code Amendment Chapter 20, Zoning PROPOSED MOTION: "The Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends that City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code." BACKGROUND Staff has reviewed the City Code and discovered issues, shortfalls and general updates that need to be addressed. The proposed amendments pertain to identification of arterial and collector streets, parking, and signs. Staff recommends approval of the proposed ordinance amendments. ANAYLSIS Identification of arterial and collector streets. Issue: There are collector and arterial streets shown on Figure 7 -11, City of Chanhassen Functional Classification Map, of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and narrative, which are not listed or are inconsistent in the City Code. Staff is proposing to update the City Code consistent with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. Issue: When the new US Highway 212 was constructed, old Highway 212 became County Road 61 (Flying Cloud Drive). Staff is proposing to update the City Code to reflect this change. PROPOSED CHANGE: Amend Section 20 -5 to read as follows: Identification of arterial and collector streets. For purposes of this chapter, the following are identified as arterial and collector streets: Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow Planning Commission June 15, 2010 Page 2 Arterial Streets: WA. Collector Streets: NNW Audubon Road (north of Lyman Boulevard) Bluff Creek Boulevard Bluff Creek Drive Century Boulevard (from West 78th St. to 82nd St.) Coulter Boulevard County Road 117 Dell Road ISM Lake Drive Lake Drive East Lake Drive West Lake Lucy Road Longacres Drive Lyman Boulevard (east of Trunk Highway 101) Market Boulevard Minnewashta Parkway Pleasant View Road West 78th Street ME PARKING: Calculating parking stalls Issue: When calculating parking stalls, there is a conflict in the ordinance regarding rounding fractional spaces. Section 20 -1119 requires any fractional space to be rounded up to an additional space. Section 20 -1124 requires that each fraction of one -half or more shall constitute Kerber Boulevard Planning Commission June 15, 2010 Page 3 another space. Staff is proposing to amend section 20 -1119 to be consistent with the requirement that each fraction of one -half or more shall constitute another space. PROPOSED CHANGE: Amend Section 20 -1119 to read as follows: Sec. 20 -1119. Computing requirements. In computing the number of parking spaces required, the following shall govern: (1) "Floor space" means the gross floor area of the specific use as defined by article H. (2) Where fractional spaces result, (3) Parking standards for uses not specifically mentioned in this division shall be determined by the city. The factors to be considered in such determination shall include size of building, type of use, number of employees, expected volume and turnover of customer traffic and expected frequency and number of delivery or service vehicles. PARKING: Access and driveways Issue: On parcels located on cul -de -sacs the width of the front yard is reduced at the "bubble" and the required 90 feet of width is measured at the building setback line rather than the front property line. On parcels located on a neck or flag lot, the minimum width of the neck is 30 feet. In these cases, it is difficult to meet the required 10 -foot driveway setback from the side property line on such parcels. Staff is proposing to provide an exception to the 10 -foot side yard setback requirement for properties abutting the "bubble" of a cul -de -sac, neck or flag lots. Issue: Staff is proposing to clarify that a driveway permit is required only when work is being constructed within the right -of -way. x m�e.a { { {t _ sirou <ic 1 r Planning Commission June 15, 2010 Page 4 PROPOSED CHANGE: Amend Section Sec. 20 -1122 to read as follows: Access and driveways. The purpose of this section is to provide minimum design criteria, setback and slope standards for vehicular use. The intent is to reduce interference with drainage and utility easements by providing setback standards; reduce erosion by requiring a hard surface for all driveways; to limit the number of driveway access points to public streets and to direct drainage toward the street via establishment of minimum driveway slope standards. Parking and loading spaces shall have proper access from a public right -of -way. The number and width of access drives shall be located to minimize traffic congestion and abnormal traffic hazard. All driveways shall meet the following criteria: (1) line, drivew it be setback a minimum of five feet from the side nronertv line 1 111111 12 111 Encroachment a side yard drainage and utility easement must be reviewed and approved by the city and may require an encroachment agreement. (2) Driveway grades shall be a minimum of one -half of one percent and a maximum grade of ten percent at any point in the driveway. (3) Within the right -of -way driveways should access city streets at 90 degrees. (4) In areas located within the Metropolitan Urban Services Area (MUSA) as identified on the comprehensive plan, driveways shall be surfaced with bituminous, concrete or other hard surface material, as approved by the city engineer. In areas outside the MUSA, driveways shall be surfaced from the intersection of the road through the right -of -way portion of the driveway with bituminous, concrete or other hard surface material, as approved by the city engineer. (5) On corner lots, the minimum corner clearance from the roadway right -of -way line shall be at least 30 feet to the edge of the driveway. (6) For A -2, PUD -R for single - family detached houses, RR, RSF, R -4 and RLM for single - family detached residential uses, the width of the driveway access shall not exceed 24 feet at the right -of -way line. No portion of the right -of -way may be paved except that portion used for the driveway. Inside the property line of the site, the maximum driveway width shall not exceed 50 feet. The minimum driveway width shall not be less than ten feet. Planning Commission June 15, 2010 Page 5 (7) For all other uses, the width of the driveway access shall not exceed 36 feet in width measured at the roadway right -of -way line. No portion of the right -of -way may be paved except that portion used for the driveway. (8) Driveway setbacks may be reduced subject to approval by the city engineer and the following criteria: a. The driveway will not interfere with any existing drainage swale or easement in which a utility is contained; In c Shall require an easement encroachment agreement from the engineering department; The driveway must be designed to maintain stormwater drainage runoff on the (9) Accessory driveways shall be maintained as natural grass or be constructed of bituminous, concrete, or paver surface. (10) One driveway access is allowed from a single residential lot to the street. (11) A turnaround is required on a driveway entering onto a state highway, county road or collector roadway as designated in the comprehensive plan, and onto city streets where this is deemed necessary by the city engineer, based on traffic counts, sight distances, street grades, or other relevant factors. If the engineer requires a turnaround, this requirement will be stated on the building permit. (12 (13 SIGNAGE: Issue: Staff proposes to clarify the intent of off - premise directional signage, which allows permanent directional signs where access is confusing, and prohibit temporary off - premise directional signs unless otherwise specified. This clarification alleviates cluttered intersections. PROPOSED CHANGE: Amend Section 20 -1255 (2) b. as shown below. Sec. 20 -1255. Signs allowed without permit. (2) Directional signs Planning Commission June 15, 2010 Page 6 b. off- premise signs shall be allowed only in situations where access is confusing and traffic safety could be jeopardized or traffic could be inappropriately routed through residential streets. The size of the sign shall be no larger than what is needed to effectively view the sig from the roadway and shall be approved by the city counc Issue: City Code allows flags without a permit; however, staff proposes to clarify the number of corporate flags that can be flown on a single parcel by adding subsection 13 to Sec 20 -1255. Signs allowed without permit. PROPOSED CHANGE: Add Section 20 -1255 (13) as shown below. Issue: Section 20 -1267 Uniformity and construction, design, etc. was amended in 2009. The amendment split this section into two parts (1) Wall sign requirements and (2) Monument sign requirements. A second amendment was adopted to clarify a portion of section (1), at which time section (2) was inadvertently deleted from the City Code. Staff is proposing to correct the deletion by re- codifying subsection (2). PROPOSED CHANGE: Add Section 20 -1256 (2) as shown below. 1. 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. 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. 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. Planning Commission June 15, 2010 Page 7 RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommends approval of the attached ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code pertaining to identification of arterial and collector streets, parking, and signs. ATTACHMENTS 1. Ordinance Amending Chapter 20, Zoning. 2. Figure 7 -11 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, City of Chanhassen Functional Classification Map. G:\PLAN \City Code\2010 \CC Staff Report 6- 28- 10.doc Figure 7 -11: Functional Classification Map 7 - 20 1 TRANSPORTATION City of Chanhassen • 2030 Comprehensive Plan