Ordinance 525CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 525
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE,
CONCERNING VARIANCES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 20-58 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to provide as follows:
General conditions for granting. A variance may be granted if all of the following criteria are
met:
(1) Variances shall only be permitted when they are in harmony with the general purposes and
intent of this Chapter and when the variances are consistent with the comprehensive plan.
(2) When there are practical difficulties in complying with the zoning ordinance. "Practical
difficulties," as used in connection with the granting of a variance, means that the property
owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by this Chapter.
Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for
solar energy systems.
(3) That the purpose of the variation is not based upon economic considerations alone.
(4) The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to the property not created by
the landowner.
(5) The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality.
(6) Variances shall be granted for earth sheltered construction as defined in Minnesota Statutes
Section 216C.06, subdivision 14, when in harmony with this Chapter.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27`h day of June, 2011, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota.
n
To)6 Gerhardt, Clerk/Manager
Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on July 7, 2011)
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 525
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE,
THE CITY'S ZONING
ORDINANCE,
CONCERNING VARIANCES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHANHASSEN OR-
DAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 20-58 of the
Chanhassen City Code is amended
to provide as follows:
General conditions for grant-
ing. A variance may be granted
by the board a4juxs1--
if all of
the following criteria are met:
(1) Variances shall only
be permitted when they are in
harmony with the general pur-
poses and intent of this Chapter
and when the variances are con-
sistent with the comprehensive
plan.That t literal „nf +
hardsh e le€mi-
t3etraf enable
use elu use made by a -Major-
ity,
provision is not to roliferaIII -
tion of
that in developeid hems
r
preex4stlhig standards exist: -sari
ax-
dfawnward from +1. Pii
m + +,�
er er-ia.
(2) When there are practi-
cal difficulties in complying with
the zoningordinance. "Practical
difficulties," as used in-
con-
nection with the granting of a
variance, means that the prop-
erty owner proposes to use the
property in a reasonable manner
not permitted by this Chapter.
Practical difficulties include, but
are not limited to inadequate ac-
cess to direct sunlight for solar
energy systems. That h ,,'
genera; to other prociptertuy
(3) That the purpose of the
variation is not based upon eco-
nomic considerations alone a -de-
to increase the value or ineon-te
potentialof t e pareel of land.
(4) The plight of the land-
owner is due to circumstances
unique to the property not cre-
ated by the landowner. That the
(5) The variance, if grant-
ed _will not alter the essential
char+alter of the locality. Thal -the
detrimental to the pub-Itee welfare or
ments in
-neighborhood
tL11,C pare, , 1 F 1 ,] 1 4 a
(6) Variances shall be
granted for earth sheltered
construction as defined in Min-
nesota Statutes Section 216C.06
subdivision 14, when in harmony
with this Chapter. re-
posed variation will not impair an
adequate
adj-aeenf - t"Aia*
}nerease the eonies of 4he-pub-
ll is streets a }s}bi}ity 6r
U1sl,Qnll.GJ, o
ge-rtA-fire, or endanger the-pub4c
neighborhood.
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 331 A.02, 331 A.07, and other applicable laws, as
amended.
(B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. `-f
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:
abcdefghij klmnopgrstuvwxyz
Subscribed and sworn before me on
this day of a., r r , 2011
Notary Public`
By:
Laurie A. Hartmann
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SECTION 2. This ordinance
shall be effective immediately upon
its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
27" day of June, 2011, by the City
Council of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota. -
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, Clerk/Manager
Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen
Villager on Thursday, July 7, 2011;
No. 4,";27)