Current PUD - Childrens Learning Adventure 1
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 606
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE,
BY REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY
CHILDREN’S LEARNING ADVENTURE
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
Section 1. Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code, the City's zoning ordinance, is hereby
amended by rezoning the property described in Exhibit A to Planned Unit Development.
Section 2. The rezoning of this property incorporates the following standards:
a. Intent
The purpose of this zone is to create a PUD office institutional district. The use of the PUD
zone is to allow for more flexible design standards while creating a higher quality and more-
sensitive proposal. All utilities are required to be placed underground. Each lot proposed for
development shall proceed through site plan review based on the development standards
outlined below. More than one principal building on the lot is prohibited. Construction of
additional principal structures will required a subdivision of the property. The PUD requires
that the development demonstrate a higher quality of architectural standards and site design.
Ancillary uses may be permitted as listed below once a primary use has occupied the site.
Shared parking may be used within the development. Except as modified below, the
requirements of the Office and Institutional District (OI) shall apply.
b. Uses
Permitted Uses in this zone are:
1. Community Center
2. Day Care – Establishments providing for the care and supervision of infants and children
on a daily basis
3. Health Services – Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical and
other health services to persons in a clinical or outpatient basis
4. Library
5. Museum
6. Office – Professional and business office
7. Private or Public Recreational Facilities
8. Schools
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9. Utility Services
10. The property described in Exhibit B to the Planned Unit Development may only be used
for open space and public parks
Accessory Uses (in conjunction with and integral to a permitted use)
1. Antennas, as regulation by Article XXX of this chapter.
2. Fences
3. Parking Lots
4. Play Equipment, Gazebos, etc.
5. Sheds
6. Signs
c. Setbacks
The following building and parking setbacks shall apply:
Setback building/parking (feet)
Galpin Blvd. 50/20
Highway 5 70/20
West 78th Street 50/20
Interior Lot Lines 0/0
West Perimeter Lot Line 30/20
The maximum hard surface coverage is 65 percent. Any one site or lot can exceed the 65
percent hard coverage requirement.
d. Building Height, Materials and Design
1. Building height shall be limited to two (2) stories and a maximum height of fifty (50)
feet. The Children’s Learning Adventure building shall be as specified in Section 3.2.
2. The PUD requires that the development demonstrate a higher quality of architectural
standards and site design.
e. Alternative Access
1. Pedestrian access shall be provided from each site to the public sidewalk and trail system.
2. Each site shall provide areas for bicycle parking and storage.
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Section 3. DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The PUD must be developed and maintained in
accordance with the following development plan which is on file with the City and which is
incorporated herein by reference.
1. The plan sheets prepared by CEI Engineering Associates, Inc. dated March 20, 2015, sheets
C1 of 9 through C9 of 9 and Sheets L6 through L6.4, revised April 6, 2015, as amended by
the Site Plan approved by the City Council on May 26, 2015.
2. Architectural plans prepared by CASCO dated March 18, 2015, sheets A-1, AS1-1, exterior
elevations and site line study, and preliminary photometric plan sheets E0.1 and E0.2, as
amended by the Site Plan approved by the City Council on May 26, 2015.
3. Lighting at the top of the building is not included in the plan and is not permitted. Lighting
directed skyward is not permitted.
4. The illuminated sign inside the rotunda may be illuminated between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to
10:00 p.m. at a maximum of 5,000 Nits. During all other hours the illumination may not
exceed 500 Nits.
5. Signage must comply with the office institutional regulations with wall signs on the south
and east elevations of the building only.
Section 4. The zoning map of the City of Chanhassen shall not be republished to show the
aforesaid zoning, but the Clerk shall appropriately mark the zoning map on file in the Clerk's Office
for the purpose of indicating the rezoning hereinabove provided for in this ordinance, and all of the
notations, references, and other information shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference
and made a part of this ordinance.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of May, 2015, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Denny Laufenburger, Mayor
(Summary Ordinance to be published in the Chanhassen Villager on July 2, 2015)
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Exhibit A
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EXHIBIT B