Chanhassen Vista Proposed Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE,
BY REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY
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
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amended by rezoning all property within Chanhassen Vista, Chanhassen Vista 2 Addition,
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Chanhassen Vista 3 Addition and Chanhassen Vista 4 Addition to Planned Unit Development -
Residential.
Section 2. The rezoning of this property incorporates the following development design
standards:
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Zoning Standards
a. Intent
The purpose of this zone is to create a PUD for a single-family detached housing development.The
use of the PUD zone is to allow for more flexible design standards while creating a higher quality
and more sensitive proposal. The PUD requires that the development demonstrate a higher
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quality of architectural standards and site design. Except as modified by the
PUD ordinance, the development shall comply with the requirements of the Single-Family
Residential, RSF, District.
b. Permitted Uses
The permitted uses in this zone shall be single-family detached houses and their ancillary uses. If
there is a question as to whether or not a use meets the definition, the Planning Director shall
make that interpretation.
c.Lot Requirements andSetbacks
Minimum Lot size: 11,000 square feet. Must average 15,000 square feet over the entire
Chanhassen Vista development.
Minimum Lot Width: 76 feet
Minimum Lot Depth: 125 feet
The PUD ordinance requires setbacks from roadways and exterior property lines. The following
table displays those setbacks.
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Setback Standards
Front lot line 30 feet*
Side lot line 10 feet
Rear lot line 30 feet
Hard Surface Coverage 30 %
*The following lots have 25-foot front yard setbacks:
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Lots 1 – 6, Block 3, and Lots 1 – 10, Block 4, Chanhassen Vista 2 Addition.
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Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Chanhassen Vista 3 Addition.
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Lots 1 – 9, Block 2, and Lots 2 and 3, Block 3, Chanhassen Vista 4 Addition.
Section 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___ day of _____, 20__, by the City Council of the City
of Chanhassen, Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on ______________________________)
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