Attachment 2. Summary Ordinance 619CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 619
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, GENERAL PROVISIONS, CHAPTER 4,
LICENSE, PERMIT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, CHAPTER 18, SUBDIVISIONS,
AND CHAPTER 20, ZONING,
OF THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
The purpose of these code amendments are to amend Section 1-2 to clarify that lots of the flag -
neck type created before March 26, 1990 are classified as flag -neck lots for the purpose of
calculating lot area, lot coverage, and front yard setbacks; to amend Section 4-30(12) to establish
a $50.00 fee for temporary outdoor event, seasonal sales, and race addendums and a $100.00 fee
for special events; to amend Section 18-57(k) to allow the City Manager to exempt cul-de-sac's
from the city's 800 -foot length limit when doing so will provide secondary access to adjacent
properties in the fixture or will protect environmental features; to add Section 18-57(r)(4)
requiring developers to account for the hardcover contained in the neck portion of flag -neck lots
during the subdivision process; to amend Section 20-5 to add Stoughton and Yosemite Avenue to
the list of collector streets, correct the mislabeling of a section of County Road 15, clarify the
extent of several listed sections, and uniformly format the list of streets; to amend Section 20-
615(5) to specify that neither the area or impervious surface of the neck area shall be included
within the calculation of the lot area or lot coverage of the lot; to amend Sections 20-693(4), 20-
713(3), 20-743, 20-753(3), 20-772(3), 20-793(3), and 20-813(5) to read "temporary sales and
events (subject to the requirements of section 20-964)"; to amend Sections 20-902 to limit
single-family detached residential, business, commercial, office, and industrial districts to a
single principal building per lot and to clarify that Planned Unit Developments may still group
buildings; to amend Section 29-917 to allow Chemical Toilets at special events as part of a
special events permit and require that chemical toilets at construction sites be models designed to
reduce the possibility of spills and be removed with 24 hours of the end of construction; to
amend Section 20-964 to create three categories of events, require race addendums, add criteria
for denying special event permits, require liability insurance, require escrows, and define what
activities do and do not require a permit; and, to amend Section 20-1122(6) to limit the
impervious surface of the driveway access in the neck portion of a flag -neck lot of 33% of the
neck's area.
A printed copy of Ordinance No. 619 is available for inspection by any person during
regular office hours at the office of the City Manager/Clerk.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION this 27"' day of
February, 2017, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen.
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on March 9, 2017)