Findings of Fact
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE:
Application of Minger Construction for Site Plan Review for a 46,152 square-foot, one-story
office/warehouse building - Planning Case No. 05-27.
On September 6,2005, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly
scheduled meeting to consider the application of Minger Construction for a site plan review for
the property located at Lot 4, Block 2, Chanhassen West Business Park. The Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed site plan which was preceded by
published and mailed notice. The Planning Commission heard testimony from all interested
persons wishing to speak and now makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The property is currently zoned Planned Unit Development, PUD.
2. The property is guided by the Land Use Plan for Office/Industrial uses.
3. The legal description of the property is: Lot 4, Block 2, Chanhassen West Business Park.
4. Section 20-110: Requires that the proposed development:
(1) Is consistent with the elements and objectives of the City's development guides, including
the comprehensive plan, official road mapping, and other plans that may be adopted;
(2) Is consistent with Chapter 20, Article IT, Division 6 of the Chanhassen City Code;
(3) Preserves the site in its natural state to the extent practicable by minimizing tree and soil
removal and designing grade changes to be in keeping with the general appearance of the
neighboring developed or developing areas;
(4) Creates a harmonious relationship of building and open space with natural site features
and with existing and future buildings having a visual relationship to the development;
(5) Creates a functional and harmonious design for structures and site features, with special
attention to the following:
a. An internal sense of order for the buildings and use on the site and provision of a
desirable environment for occupants, visitors and general community;
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b. The amount and location of open space and landscaping;
c. Materials, textures, colors and details of construction as an expression of the
design concept and the compatibility of the same with adjacent and neighboring
structures and uses; and
d. Vehicular and pedestrian circulation, including walkways, interior drives and
parking in terms of location and number of access points to the public streets,
width of interior drives and access points, general interior circulation, separation
of pedestrian and vehicular traffic and arrangement and amount of parking.
(6) Protects adjacent and neighboring properties through reasonable provision for surface
water drainage, sound and sight buffers, preservation of views, light and air and those
aspects of design not adequately covered by other regulations which may have substantial
effects on neighboring land uses.
5. The planning report #05-27 dated September 6,2005, prepared by Robert Generous, et aI, is
incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the site plan
reVIew.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 6th day of September, 2005.
CHANHASSE~}?LA~G COMMISSION
C'Jeu:cLl-
BY:
Uli Sacchet, Its Chairman
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