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IMEMORANDUM
TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
IFROM: Barbara Dacy, City Planner 1.
IDATE: March 10, 1988
SUBJ: Zoning Ordinance Amendment, Second and Final Reading
IThe City Council at the February 22, 1988 , meeting adopted for
first reading revisions to the single family lot depth, fence
requirements, temporary structures and uses, and regulations
I regarding cemetery signs. The attached ordinance reflects adop-
tion of those items for second and final reading.
I The Planning Commission at the March 2 , 1988, meeting also recom-
mended revision to construction of metal buildings in the commer-
cial and industrial districts and acted on a recommendation for
I revision to the ordinance regarding antennas and satellite
dishes. Although the Planning Commission minutes from that
meeting have not been prepared as of yet, staff has included them
in Council' s review this evening. The Planning Commission unani-
I mously recommended both revisions as reflected in Attachments #1
and #2 .
1 RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 86
for second and final reading, including regulations pertaining
Ito construction of metal buildings in the commercial and
industrial districts and regarding satellite dishes and antennas
for the first and second reading as contained in Ordinance No.
I 86 .
ATTACHMENTS
Ii . Ordinance No. 86.
2 . Excerpt from Lakeville Ordinance.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN II
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CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 86
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SECTION 20 OF THE CHANHASSSEN CITY CODE
CONCERNING VARIOUS ZONING ORDINANCE REGULATIONS
The City Council of Chanhassen ordains:
Section 1 . Section 20-615 Lot Requirements and Setbacks is
amended as follows:
( 3 ) The minimum lot depth is one hundred twenty-five ( 125) 11
feet.
Section 2 . Section 20-635 Lot Requirements and Setbacks is 1
amended as follows :
( 3 ) The minimum lot depth is one hundred twenty-five ( 125) 1
feet.
Section 3 . Section 20-1018 Commercial and Industrial Fences
is amended by adding the following sentence:
Fences utilizing barbed wire in all commercial and industrial
districts shall require a conditional use permit.
Section 4 . Section 20-1024 Barbed Wire Fences is hereby
added as follows :
Section 20-1024 Barbed Wire Fences. Barbed wire fences are
prohibited in all residential districts. Barbed wire fences are
permitted in the agricultural districts.
Section 5 . Section 20-903 is hereby repealed.
Section 6 . Section 20-1277 Cemetery Signage is hereby added
as follows :
Section 20-1277 Cemetery Signage. Signage for a cemetery 1
shall be processed as a conditional use permit in all districts .
Section 7 . Section 20-902 is hereby added as follows: '
Section 20-902 Building Construction in Business, Office and
Institutional, and Industrial Office Park Districts . I
The intent of these regulations is to avoid the type of
construction and building materials commonly known and referred
to as pole barns.
(a) No galvanized or unfinished steel, galvanized or unfi-
nished aluminum buildings (walls or roofs) shall be permitted in
the Business, Office and Institutional, and Industrial Office
Park Districts .
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( b) Buildings in these districts shall maintain a high stan-
dard of architectural and aesthetic compatibility with
surrounding properties to ensure that they will not adversely
impact the property values of the abutting properties or adver-
sely impact the community' s public health, safety and general
welfare.
' Section 8 . Section 20-915 is amended as follows :
Section 20-915 915 Antennas, Satellite Dishes and Amateur Radio
Towers .
' 1. Satellite dishes, television antennas, and ground mounted
vertical antennas shall be permitted accessory uses
' within all zoning districts.
2 . Amateur radio towers shall receive a conditional use per-
mit in all districts prior to installation.
3 . In all residential districts, only one of the following
are permitted per lot:
a) Satellite Dish
b) Amateur radio tower
c ) Ground mounted vertical antenna
4 . A ground mounted satellite dish shall not exceed fifteen
( 15) feet in height above ground level .
5 . No ground mounted satellite dish, amateur radio tower, or
ground mounted vertical antenna shall be located within
' the required front yard setback or side yard setback.
6 . Ground mounted satellite dishes, amateur radio towers,
and ground mounted vertical antennas shall be setback from
' all adjoining lots a distance equivalent to the height cf
the dish, tower or antenna. If a portion of the tower or
antenna is collapsible or securely fastened to a
building, only the portion which can fall will be used to
determine the setback from property lines . Location
shall not adversely obstruct views from adjacent property.
' 7 . A building permit shall be required for the installation
of any satellite dish, amateur radio tower, or ground
mounted vertical antenna. Building permit applications
shall require the submission of a site plan and struc-
tural components . When a satellite dish or radio antenna
is located on the roof of a building, the applicant shall
' furnish the City Building Official with building plans
and structural components displaying the means of
securing it to the building. The Building Official must
approve the building plans before installation.
8 . Each satellite dish, amateur radio tower, and ground
mounted vertical antenna shall be grounded to protect
' against natural lightning strikes in conformance with
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the National Electrical Code as adopted and amended by
the city.
9 . Satellite dish, amateur radio tower, and ground mounted 1
vertical antenna, electrical equipment and connections
shall be designed and installed in adherence to the
National Electrical Code as adopted and amended by the
city.
Section 9 . This ordinance shall be come effective imme-
diately
upon its passage and publication.
Adopted by the City Council of Chanhassen this day of
, 1988.
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Thomas L. Hamilton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, City Manager
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• 7) Except as expressly permitted by conditional use permit, an
' • accessory building shall not exceed either of the following
area limitations per lot: ,r-7
The Percentage of the .
Required Minimum Lot k.
Size that may be Maximum
;11 > ; Occupied by the Allowable Floor
E., Zoning District' Accessory Building Area (Sq. Ft. )
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A-P Not Applicable
Pp Not applicable
- • R-A 3% 13,068 feet F: .,-
R-1 10% 2,000 feet '- °>n
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1,100 feet
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1,250 feet )
(corner lots)
R-3 5% 469 feet i •
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503 feet
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R-4* 10% 15,000 feet
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,, R-5 10%
1,500 feet
<�; , *In R-4 zoning districts the accessory building size shall further be -
limited to ten (10%) percent of the unit lots in a two family, ' ,
quadraminium or townhouse subdivision.
8) , The same or similar quality exterior building material shall be used : A!..•
in the accessory building and in the principal building. All
accessory buildings shall also be compatible with the principal building
on the lot. "Compatible" means that the exterior appearance of the
accessory building is not at variance with the principal building ' _
from an aesthetic and architectural standpoint as to cause:
,' t_- a) A difference to a degree to cause incongruity. ' '
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b) A depreciation of neighborhood values or adjacent property
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c) A nuisance. Types of nuisance characteristics include but ' ,r =t:
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. are not limited to noise, dust, odors, glare, and un- ; . 1:
I sightly building exterior.
�_ I ' 9) • Conditional Use Permits. The height and area limits for accessory , _`: 1 '�`
buildings may not exceed that allowed in Sections 9.4 6) and 9.4 7) Y"
except by a conditional use permit. In addition, no permit shall be " `Ga.•: = "';
issued for the construction of more than one accessory building di n "`
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lot in residential zones except by conditional use permit. A lica- t, ` ;,'
tion for a conditional use permit under this subsection shall be ` ' '�''� �
::: ' regulated by Section 4 of this Ordinance. Such a conditional use V-'44
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permit may be granted, provided that: '`-,
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