MNDOT letter
Metropolitan District
1500 County Road B-2 West
Roseville, MN 55113
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June 21, 2023
Bob Generous City of Chanhassen 7700 Market Blvd
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317 SUBJECT: Chanhassen Comp Plan Amendment MnDOT Review CPA23-006 Location: NW quad of MN5 and MN41
Control Section: 1002 Chanhassen, Carver County Dear Bob Generous,
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has reviewed the above-referenced comprehensive plan amendment. Please address the following issues before any further development: Noise MnDOT's policy is to assist local governments in promoting compatibility between land use and
highways. Residential uses located adjacent to highways often result in complaints about traffic noise. Traffic noise from this highway could exceed noise standards established by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Minnesota Rule 7030.0030 states that municipalities having the authority to regulate land use shall take all reasonable measures to prevent the establishment of land use activities,
listed in the MPCA's Noise Area Classification (NAC), anywhere that the establishment of the land use would result in immediate violations of established State noise standards. MnDOT policy regarding development adjacent to existing highways prohibits the expenditure of highway funds for noise mitigation measures in such developed areas. The project proposer is required
to assess the existing noise situation and take the action deemed necessary to minimize the impact to the proposed development from any highway noise. For any questions regarding these comments please contact Natalie Ries in Metro District’s Noise and Air Quality Unit at Natalie.Ries@state.mn.us or 651-234-7681.
Traffic The City was proposing disconnecting Crimson Bay Road from MN5 to the south of the properties, and to rely on Chanhassen’s local street network by providing access to Crimson Bay Road via W 78th St to the north of the properties. Please provide an update on those future intentions.
For any questions regarding these comments, please contact Alex Hogan, in Metro District’s Traffic Office at Alexander.Hogan@state.mn.us or 651-234-7876.
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Review Submittal Options MnDOT’s goal is to complete reviews within 30 calendar days. Review materials received electronically can be processed more rapidly. Do not submit files via a cloud service or SharePoint link. In order of
preference, review materials may be submitted as: 1. Email documents and plans in PDF format to metrodevreviews.dot@state.mn.us. Attachments may not exceed 20 megabytes per email. Documents can be zipped as well. If multiple emails are necessary, number each message. 2. For files over 20 megabytes, upload the PDF file(s) to MnDOT’s Web Transfer Client site:
https://mft.dot.state.mn.us. Contact MnDOT Planning development review staff using the same email above for uploading instructions, and send an email listing the file name(s) after the document(s) has/have been uploaded. You are welcome to contact me at 651-234-7785, or Jake.Schutt@state.mn.us with any questions.
Sincerely, Jake Schutt
Principal Planner Copy sent via email: Jason Swenson, Water Resources
Buck Craig, Permits Doug Nelson, Right of Way Natalie Ries, Noise and Air Almin Ramic, Traffic
Alexander Hogan, Traffic
Diane Langenback, Area Engineer Lance Schowalter, Design
Mike Samuelson, Ped/Bike Planning
Sara Dunlap, Multimodal Planning Kimberly Zlimen, Transit Tod Sherman, Planning David Kratz, Planning
Faith Xiong, Planning
Joseph Widing, Metropolitan Council