A. Review & Evaluate the PUD Process0
CITY OF MEMORANDUM
CHNHASSEN TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
7700 Market Boulevard FROM:
Kate Aanenson, AICP Community Development Director
PO Box 147
amendments was the conceptual review process. Under the previous ordinance,
Chanhassen, MN 55317
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DATE:
April 8, 2013 (JF> ell
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Administration SUBJ•
PUD Process
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amended ordinance is intended to gather input from the public through the Planning
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Commission public hearing, and then input from the City Council without the
Building Inspections
Last June the City Council amended the City's PUD ordinance. One of the major
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amendments was the conceptual review process. Under the previous ordinance,
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conceptual review was optional, but development stage stated that the conceptual
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process needed to take place. Another amendment was the elimination of the
Engineering
requirement for Findings of Fact for the conceptual process. The new process per the
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amended ordinance is intended to gather input from the public through the Planning
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Commission public hearing, and then input from the City Council without the
Finance
requirement of the formal Findings of Fact.
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• In the process an alternate development path may revealed.
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Since this amendment has been adopted, there have been two PUD applications for
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conceptual review. The applications were different in the amount of public interest.
Park &Recreation
issues of the proposal rather the legalities of the Findings of Fact.
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The first application was for the Chanhassen Apartments. The attendance at the
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Commission and Council meetings was very large. The PUD request included a
Recreation Center
rezoning and a land use amendment. The second request, The Preserve at Rice Marsh
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Lake, was also for a land use amendment. Both concept PUD requests are proceeding
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to the preliminary stage.
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Planning &
Staff has found the process favorable for the following reasons:
Natural Resources
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• Because of the lower cost of plan preparation the City may feel less
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obligation to grant tacit approval.
• Without the generation of the Findings of Fact there is no legal binding
Public Works
obligation by either party as to whether to proceed to the next stage.
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• The public process provides the developer the opportunity to receive input and
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determine if it is prudent to proceed.
• In the process an alternate development path may revealed.
Senior Center
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The Planning Commission likes the less formal process in that they can address the
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issues of the proposal rather the legalities of the Findings of Fact.
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Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow
Chanhassen's PUD Process
Conceptual
Review
Optional
Generalized
Plans
Review with the
Planning Commission &
the City Council
comments are intended
to not obligate the city to
approve final plan
Pre application
Conference
Development Stage Full Plans
PUD Ordinance state must go
through the conceptual review
Complete plans
must be submitted
Full review with the
Planning Commission
and the City Council
Recommendations are
Development
Final Plat
Full review with
the Planning
Commission and
the City Council
Recommendations
are binding
binding
Finds of Fact
Finds of Fact
Adopted
Adopted
Finds of Fact
Adopted
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 542
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ZONING
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 20 -506 (b) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as
follows:
(b) Minimum lot size. The standard single - family residential PUD allows lot sizes down to a
minimum of 11,000 square feet (excluding identified wetland areas from lot
calculations). A verage lot si f t h e en fi .o PUD shall ..t,.;« a m o „�
15 .,,,, are fe et . The applicant must demonstrate that there are a mix of lot sizes and
proposed housing types consistent with the local terrain conditions, preservation of
natural features and open space and that lot sizes are consistent with average building
footprints that will be concurrently approved with the PUD. The applicant must
demonstrate that each lot is able to accommodate a 60 -foot by 60 -foot building pad
without intruding into any required setback area or protective easement. Each home must
also have a minimum rear yard 30 feet deep.
Section 2. Section 20 -516 of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as follows:
Prior to filing an application for PUD, the applicant shall attend a conference with the
city staff. The primary purpose of the conference shall be to provide the applicant with an
opportunity to gather information and obtain guidance on the general merits of the proposal and
its conformity to the provisions of this article before incurring substantial expense.
Section 3. Section 20 -517 (c) (3) and (4) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to
read as follows:
(3) The planning commission shall conduct a hearing and make
recommendations to the city council. Notice of the hearing shall consist of a legal
property description, description of request, and be published in the official newspaper at
least ten days prior to the hearing, written notification of the hearing shall be mailed at
least ten days prior thereto to owners of land within 500 feet of the boundary of the
property and an on -site notification sign erected.
(4) Following the receipt of the report and recommendations from the planning commission,
the city council shall consider the proposal. . an fails to mako
re port The council may appreve comment on the concept plan and a#aeh
sueh eendifiens as it deems reasonable. Approval shall require a simple inqjefit�� vote of
Section 4. Section 20 -518 (a) of the Chanhassen City Code is amended to read as
follows:
(a) , The applicant shall submit the
development stage application, preliminary plat and fe if appfeM- beeaus° e fth
lifnited seale ef the proposal, the eeneept stage and preliminary plan stages may pree
simuftaneeusly-. The applicant shall file the development plans and preliminary plat,
together with all supporting data.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25 day of June, 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 July 5, 2012)
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