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City Code Amendment to Chapter 20-Recreational Vehicle Storage and Recreational Facility Light Poles0 CITY OF CgANHASSEN 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 Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone: 952.2271400 Fax: 952.227.1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone: 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110 Public Works 7901 Park Place Phone: 952.227.1300 Fax: 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: 952.227.1110 16-L MEMORANDUM TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager FROM: Bob Generous, Senior Planner DATE: May 29, 2012 O SUBJ: City Code Amendment — Chapter X 2 3 �0, Recreational Vehicle Storage and Recreational Facility Light Poles PROPOSED MOTION "The Chanhassen City Council approves the attached ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code regulating the storage of recreational vehicles and recreational facility light pole height." City Council approval requires a majority vote of City Council. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The proposed ordinance amendment addresses the amount of time per year a recreational vehicle may be occupied upon a property in any one -year period with a limit of 21 days per year, and the height of light poles at park fields with a height of 75 feet. PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY On February 7, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to review the proposed ordinance amendments. The Planning Commission voted six for and none against to recommend approval of the ordinance amending sections 20 -910 (7) and 20 -913 (c) (2). Planning Commission had no concerns or issues with the ordinance amendments. The Planning Commission minutes from February 7, 2012 are attached to this report. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of an ordinance amending the Chanhassen City Code Chapter 20, Zoning, pertaining to the storage of recreational vehicles and recreational facilities light pole height. ATTACHMENTS Web Site 1. Planning Commission Staff Report Dated February 7, 2012. www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us 2. Ordinance Amending Chapter 20, Zoning, Sections 20 -910 (7) and 20 -913 (c) (2). 3. Planning Commission Minutes dated February 7, 2012. g: \plan \city code\2012\2012 -01 chapter 20 recreational vehicles & ballfield lights height \executive summary.doc Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow 0 CITY 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 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Robert Generous, AICP DATE: February 7, 2012 O f _ . 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 regulating the storage of recreational vehicles and recreational facility lights." Engineering BACKGROUND Phone: 952.227.1160 Fax: 952.227.1170 On January 17, 2012, staff presented potential code amendments to the Planning Finance Commission for review and direction. Of the five items, the Planning Commission Phone: 952.227.1140 directed staff to prepare the changes for City Code to the sections on storage of Fax: 952.227.1110 recreational vehicles and recreational facility lights. Of the other items, staff will Park & Recreation perform additional analysis and research and bring them back for Planning Phone: 952.227.1120 Commission review and direction. Fax: 952.227.1110 ANALYSIS Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard 1. Storage of Recreational Vehicles (Section 20 -910) Phone: 952.227.1400 Fax: 952.227.1404 Issue: Individuals have used their recreational vehicles for temporary living in Planning & excess of seven days. As currently written, as long as the recreational vehicle is Natural Resources moved for at least one day, it can be occupied for an unlimited time in seven -day Phone: 952.227.1130 increments. The proposed language would limit the overall use of the recreational Fax: 952.227.1110 vehicle during an entire year. This language is similar to Section 20 -962 of the City Code, Camping Facilities. Public Works 7901 Park Place Phone: 952.227.1300 Proposed Change: Fax: 952.227.1310 Sec. 20 -910. - Storage of recreational vehicles. Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Recreational vehicles may be parked or stored in a residential or agricultural district Fax: 952.227.1110 provided the following conditions are met: Web Site www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us (1) No more than one recreational vehicle may be parked or stored outside on a residential lot. Additional recreational vehicles may be kept within an enclosed structure which otherwise conforms to the zoning requirements of the district. Chanhassen is a Community for Life -Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow Planning Commission Chapter 20 Code Amendments February 7, 2012 Page 2 (2) Recreational vehicles must be maintained in a clean, well -kept, operable condition. (3) Recreational vehicles shall be mobile and shall not be permanently affixed in the ground in a manner that would prevent removal. (4) Recreational vehicles may be parked or stored only on the rear or side yard behind the required front yard setback. The parking or storage of recreational vehicles on the rear or side yard, as permitted herein, may be on surfaced or unsurfaced areas. (5) Recreational vehicles may be stored on a lot without regard to the location on the lot for the sole and express purpose of loading and unloading for a period not to exceed 24 hours. (6) Unmounted slide -in pickup campers must be stored no higher than 20 inches above the ground and must be securely supported at least at four corners by solid support blocks or support mechanisms. (7) Recreational vehicles may not be occupied or used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes, —for not more than seven consecutive days or more than 21 days within a 365 - day period. (8) Except for routine maintenance or during emergency conditions when power supply is disrupted, the operation of a recreational vehicle power generator plant shall not be permitted in residential districts. Routine maintenance periods shall not exceed 60 minutes per month. 2. Recreational Facility Light Height (Section 20 -913 (c) (2)). Issue: Light standards for ball fields limit the height of the fixture to 65 feet. However, for efficiency and effectiveness, the light may have to be higher. The tallest light pole at Lake Ann Park is 75 feet with the light fixtures on top of the pole. The proposed ordinance amendment would allow lighting of this height. As part of the Planning Commission discussion, there was a question about the exception in section (c) (4) that only if more than 50 percent of the lighting were being replaced that the lighting would have to be brought into compliance with this section. However, it has been the City's experience that if there is a replacement or upgrading of site lighting; it is due to redevelopment of the site. In such cases, the lighting must comply with current standards. It is neither cost effective nor probable that light fixtures would be replaced in pieces. Proposed Change: Sec. 20 -913. - Lighting. Planning Commission Chapter 20 Code Amendments February 7, 2012 Page 3 (a) Glare, whether direct or reflected, as differentiated from general illumination shall not be visible beyond the limits of the site from which it originates. (b) No light which is flashing, revolving or otherwise resembles a traffic- control signal shall be allowed in any area where it could create a hazard for passing vehicular traffic. (c) Lighting fixtures on poles shall comply with the following: (1) All fixtures must be shielded, high pressure sodium or light- emitting diode (LED), with a total cutoff angle equal to or less than 90 degrees. (2) Fixture height shall not exceed 30 feet. Recreational facility fps light poles shall not exceed 6-5 75 feet in height. (3) Photometrics shall incorporate existing light fixtures, public or private, that may impact the site. (4) All outdoor light fixtures existing and legally installed prior to February 22, 1999, are exempt from the requirements of this article, unless work is proposed in any one -year period so as to replace 50 percent or more of the existing outdoor light fixtures, or to increase to the extent of 50 percent or more the number of outdoor light fixtures on the premises. (d) Wall- mounted lighting in commercial, industrial and institutional districts shall comply with the following: (1) All wall- mounted light fixtures shall be shielded with a total cutoff angle equal to or less than 90 degrees. (e) Lighting shall not be directed skyward except for lighting designed for illuminating the United States of America Flag. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the attached ordinance amending Chapter 20 Zoning of the Chanhassen City Code pertaining to the storage of recreational vehicles and recreational facility lights. ATTACHMENTS 1. Ordinance Amending Chapter 20, Zoning, Sections 20 -910 (7) and 20 -913 (c) (2). g: \plan \city code\2012\2012 -01 chapter 20 recreational vehicles & ballfield lights height \pc memo 2- 7- 12.doc CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, ZONING, CONCERNING STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND RECREATION FACILITY LIGHTS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS: Section. Section 20 -910 (7) of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows: Recreational vehicles may not be occupied or used for living, sleeping or housekeeping purposes for net more than seven consecutive days or more than 21 days within a 365 -day period. Section. Section 20 -913 (c) (2) of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended to read as follows: Fixture height shall not exceed 30 feet. Recreational facility fixtufes light poles shall not exceed 65 75 feet in height. Section. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2012, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Chanhassen Planning Commission — February 7, 2012 0 Planning 1. The property owner shall combine RLS 59, Tracts A and B into a Zoning Lot. The combination must be recorded at Carver County prior to issuance of a building permit. 2. The applicant shall provide future circulation information to the easterly properties prior to council approval. When the parcel to the east redevelops, then the vehicular accesses shall be constructed. 3. The articulation of the building shall be further enhanced through the use of additional projecting columns in those areas where the face brick is extended above the windows. 4. The elevations shall be revised to meet City Code requirements for the percentage allowed for accent material. 5. The fenestration and architectural detailing on the west elevation shall be increased. 6. The architectural detailing and columns shall be continued along the north elevation. 7. Should an exterior trash enclosure be necessary in the future, it shall be screened and constructed with similar materials to the building. 8. All signage shall comply with City Code and requires a separate sign permit application. 9. The applicant shall provide a bike rack." All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 6 to 0. PUBLIC HEARING: CITY CODE AMENDMENT: CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 20, ZONING CONCERNING STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY LIGHT HEIGHT. Generous: Thank you Mr. Chairman, commissioners. Our last meeting we went through there were like six potential planning, or changes to the city code. We got direction to bring at least 2 of them back right now and there's some additional work required on the other ones. The first one is the storage of recreational vehicles, Section 20 -910, Subsection 6. As we stated before currently our ordinance says you can have a recreational vehicle parked in your yard or be occupied for 7 days, but it doesn't have a limit on the amount of 7 days you could have in the year and so we looked at the existing camping ordinance that the City has and used the same language and are proposing that that be included in the proposed code amendments and adoption of the ordinance. The second item is regarding recreational light heights. The recreational field light heights. Currently our ordinance limits the height to 65 feet for the lights. The one existing lights at Lake Ann Park are at 75 feet already so they're nonconforming. The parks director recommended that we adopt that standard for recreational facilities for not only the City but other recreational facilities that are developed in the future so we're recommending that Section 20- 913(c)(2) be amended to raise the light pole heights to, from 65 feet to 75 feet. Staff is recommending that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the ordinance amending these two sections of the city code. With that I'd be happy to answer your questions. Aller: Bob, on the fixture lights going to 75 feet. The light itself is going to be on top of that so it'll be actually some additional height. Generous: Right. Aller: But this really doesn't change the lighting that much because of the 90 degree cap correct? Generous: Right. They have to. SCANNED 0 Chanhassen Planning Commission — February 7, 2012 Aller: So as long as it's capped and coming down it's not going to be a big impact even though it's above the 75. Generous: Correct. And they do a lot, we get a lot of photometrics when they do those type of facilities to make sure they have sufficient lighting on the ballfield but then it dies away when they hit the property line. Aller: And because they're non - conforming we've already seen the actual impact. Generous: So yeah, people know what it looks like. Aller: Any questions from anyone else? Doll: Is there, what caused this to come about? Generous: Well we just, we found out that they have a non - conformity and there was discussions with the school. I believe they had to get a variance to do their lighting for their fields and so rather than make people do that in the future. We want to make it as efficient as possible for either our park facilities or school facilities to be lighted that we would amend the ordinance. Doll: Alright. Aller: Okay. Open the public hearing. If anyone wants to come forward, please do so. State your name and address for the record. Seeing no one coming forward I will close the public hearing. Comments. Questions. Thomas: I think we talked about it. Aller: In the work session. Thomas: Yeah. Aller: At length so with that I'll entertain a motion. Anyone? Undestad: I'll make a motion then. Aller: Thank you. Undestad: I'm going to make a motion that the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends City Council adopt the attached ordinance amendment amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code regulating the storage of recreational vehicles and recreational facility lights. Aller: Having a motion, do I have a second? Thomas: Second. Undestad moved, Thomas seconded that the Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends City Council adopt the attached ordinance amendment amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code regulating the storage of recreational vehicles and recreational facility lights. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 6 to 0. 7