1a City Code Amen/Auto Rental
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE REGARDING AUTOMOBILE RENTAL FACILITIES
IN THE HIGHWAY BUSINESS (BH) DISTRICT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Division 4, Standards for Business, Office, Institutional and
Industrial Districts, is hereby amended by adding the following section:
Section 20-296. Automobile Rental Facilities.
(a) Intent. It is the intent of this section to limit automobile rental facilities to those that
serve the community and neighborhood, are limited in scope and are ancillary to a
primary use.
(b) The following applies to Automobile Rental Facilities as a conditional use in the BH,
Highway Business District with the following standards:
1. No unlicensed and inoperative vehicles shall be stored on the premises.
2. All maintenance of vehicles shall occur within an enclosed building.
3. No outside storage or display is allowed, except vehicles for rent.
4. No public address system or outdoor telephones shall be permitted.
5. Parking setbacks shall be applicable for parking/storage areas.
6. Required customer and employee parking spaces shall not be used for rental vehicle
storage.
7. Vehicle sales are not permitted.
8. The number of rental vehicles shall not exceed fifteen (15).
9. Only automobiles owned by the rental agency shall be stored on the property.
10. Landscaping shall comply with article XXV.
II. Parking spaces allocated for rental vehicle storage shall be designated. One (1.2) parking
space shall be provided per rental vehicle.
12. No signs shall be attached to vehicles.
SECTION 2. Section 20-714. Conditional Uses. is hereby amended by adding the
following:
(II) Automobile Rental Facilities.
SECTION 3. Section 20-1124. (2) b shall be amended to read as follows:
b. Auto sales, trailer sales, marine and boat sales, implement sales, garden supply store,
building materials sale, auto repair, automobile rental facilities-One (1) parking space for each
five hundred (500) square feet of floor area.
SECTION 4. Section 20-1. Shall be amended as follows:
Automobile means a self-propelled, free moving vehicle with four wheels used to
transport not more than seven passengers and licensed by the appropriate agency
as a passenger vehicle.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this _ day of
the City of Chanhassen.
, 2000, by the City Council of
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Manager
Nancy Mancino, Mayor
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SUMMARY ORDINANCE
AUTO RENTAL FACILITIES AS CONDITIONAL USES
WITHIN THE BH, HIGHWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT
The ordinance amendment will permit auto rental facilities as conditional uses within the
BH, Highway Business District.
Passed and adopted by the City Council this _ day of
,2000.
Scott A. Botcher
City Manager
(published in the Chanhassen Villager on
).