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21.The grading plan must be revised so that the grades do not exceed 3H:1V.
22.A permit is required from MnDOT to install the sewer and water services as well as grading
in the right-of-way.
23.The City must be notified a minimum of 72 hours before the sewer and water services are to
be installed.
24.The sewer and water service connections must be inspected and approved by the City.
25.The developer must submit an escrow for the necessary boulevard restoration associated with
the service installation.
26.Lots 1 and 3 will be subject to the City sewer and water hook-up charges and the
Metropolitan Council Sanitary Access Charge. These fees shall be collected in accordance
with the City Code at the rate in effect at the time.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 7 to 0.
PUBLIC HEARING:
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760 WEST 96 STREET: REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 20-904(A)(1) OF
THE CHANHASSEN CITY CODE TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN
EXCESS OF 1,000 SQUARE FEET ON PROPERTY ZONED AGRICULTURAL ESTATE
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DISTRICT (A-2) AND LOCATED AT 760 WEST 96 STREET. APPLICANT: CHUCK
WORM, PLANNING CASE 2013-11.
Generous: Thank you Chairman Aller, commissioners. This application is a variance request to construct
an accessory structure in excess of 1,000 square feet. The applicant is Chuck Worm. The property is
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located at 760 West 96 Street. This is an area of larger lots in the community and they currently, this
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property’s, he owns two properties at the end of this West 96 Street. On the most westerly one there’s a
10,000 square foot storage building and some fields and pasture lands and riding areas and then his house
is on the property to the east with additional, I believe the stables are on that location. The variance is to
construct a 7,120 square foot accessory structure for the storage of hay and agricultural equipment. There
currently exists on the property 10,240 square foot accessory building. An additional 9,960 square feet of
accessory structures are on their house site so there’s a total accessory structure of 20,912 square feet.
Part of staff’s concern with this is the creation of these large accessory structures in an area that at some
time in the future will be converting to single family housing on smaller or more suburban style lots when
urban services become available. In May of 2004 the City approved an Interim Use Permit to allow the
riding academy on the property. Annually they have to renew their stable permit to continue the use of
that for horses. In researching this property for this development we did discover that there was a
contracting business associated with the property and our concern is that the existing accessory building is
being used in conjunction with that instead of or in addition to the existing agricultural use. Equipment
and hay storage on the site so part of our concern is that they’re not utilizing the building in the
appropriate way for the zoning district. There have been other variances in the neighborhoods for
accessory structures in excess of 1,000 square feet. Within the last 2 years there were two. One for an
1,800 square foot accessory structure and one for a 2,560 square foot accessory structure. This property is
at the end of the street where those are all located. Then in 2007 there was a variance for an accessory
structure off of Homestead Lane which is a large lot development area. The person wanted to expand
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their garage and they had been planning this and so they did receive approval. Historically we have been
looking at the 1,000 square foot accessory structure exceeding that for legitimate agricultural uses and so
we’ve had some barns and stables that have been approved for variances in other locations in the
community. This neighborhood is full of accessory structures in excess of 1,000 square feet. They range
from 2,000 square feet to 13,500 square feet of accessory structures. We’re creating a little conclave of
these large accessory structures in the community. We want the Planning Commission to be aware that if
this is approved that they will have added to that area. Staff is recommending that the Planning
Commission as the Board of Appeals and Adjustments deny the variance and adopt the attached Findings
of Fact and Decision. And the attached Findings of Facts, I did provide you with a revised ones. The
City Attorney discussed this and he wanted us to change Finding B and D and I’ll just read the new
language that we added in there. Under Finding B we added, the addition of a 7,120 square foot shed is
not reasonable since there is currently a sufficiently large shed that can be used for equipment and hay
storage were it’s use limited to those that are permitted under district regulations. The property owner is
using the current storage capacity of the building in a manner not permitted by the zoning ordinance. And
then under D we added on the second sentence there, no circumstances unique to the property that
preclude it’s agricultural use. And then at the last sentence we added, were all non-agricultural uses
removed from the existing shed, there exists a sufficiently large shed that can be used for equipment and
hay storage. With that I’d be happy to answer any questions.
Aller: Bob in looking at this, if I’m remembering correctly, and I know I voted against both of the other
variances in the last few years. One was the result of, it actually had a building permit taken out and then
was not, they weren’t able to complete the structure, the garage structure and then they came back. That
was one of them.
Generous: Well they came in for a permit and they wanted to expand the accessory structure and we said
no, you can’t do that. You need a variance.
Aller: But before that they had built basically a pad already for the structure.
Generous: Yeah, they had a large area.
Aller: And then financially they just couldn’t complete it and then time passed.
Generous: Right.
Aller: And they came back to complete it.
Generous: Yeah, the one guy had the intent of building this large structure and he didn’t just have the
money at the time so he cleared out an area. Never came in for a permit but his intent was to do it and
then he came in and requested the variance.
Aller: Okay, and then the other one was for agricultural use?
Aanenson: No if I can clarify. The other one, the building was, it collapsed. Was existing non-
conforming and it had collapsed. He wanted to go larger.
Aller: Go larger.
Aanenson: To resolve some drainage issues.
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Aller: That was the second one, yeah. Okay. And then what’s, what is the business that’s currently
being associated with the property?
Generous: It’s an excavating business. A contractor.
Aller: Okay, so that’s not agricultural in nature.
Generous: No.
Aller: Okay.
Generous: Unless you’re tiling.
Aller: And if this is approved, that would make this the largest square footage.
Generous: Yeah. Accessory structure in that neighborhood, correct. I should note that we did provide an
alternative if the Board were to approve the variance that they add the 6 conditions, which are outlined in
the staff report. Plus we’d need to come up with additional Findings of Fact and Decision for them.
Aller: I don’t have any further questions. Anyone? Questions of staff and then the applicant would have
the ability to come forward and you can ask questions of him too.
Withrow: Just a point of clarification. The proposed accessory building would not be the largest in that
area? Is that, was that?
Aller: No, it’s the largest in the amount of square foot total for accessory structures.
Aanenson: Cumulative.
Withrow: On that property?
Aller: On that property as opposed to all the other properties.
Withrow: Okay, fair enough. And then what about having accessory buildings on the property makes it
difficult to meet the future planning?
Aanenson: Well if you look at this over time, you know the City in their Comprehensive Plan has said
we’re not going to be agricultural in the long run down the city so when you put a building of this size in
there, over time as the city changes use, there will be development immediately to the west of this, you
have a conflict there if someone, because someone were to buy that property in the future, the current
owner were to sell, the desire then would be to use it for, if they didn’t want to use it for a riding stable.
Would want to use it for some other type of, maybe someone would want to use it for storage but
somebody might want to use it for something else. For the same reason the city eliminated contractor’s
yards. They did allow contractor’s yards in the southern part of the city for conditional use and interim
use and we’ve slowly over time eliminated those. As we’ve become more urbanized there’s a lot of
conflict with those. That’s our number one complaint in the city is contractor’s yards adjacent to
residential areas where you have people coming in down a residential street and people working. Now
everybody in this neighborhood has that type of use. There’s a different tolerance level out there. I don’t
want to dismiss that. People tend to know what’s in that neighborhood but over time those tend to be,
they don’t go away. Those size buildings.
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Withrow: Okay.
Aanenson: So that’s our concern and that’s what we’re trying to raise to you tonight. However you vote
on that is just to keep that in mind.
Withrow: Thank you.
Aller: And I believe it was, was it in 2005 that we started limiting the accessory structure sizes in the
agricultural, and only allowing for agricultural use?
Aanenson: I had 2007 it says in the staff report. Yeah, 2007.
Aller: 2007.
Aanenson: Yeah, and again that even goes back to just people that had garages that were in excess of so
it may be a garage. If they had a larger lot that was maybe 3,000 and again maybe they’re storing hobby
cars in there. Maybe they’re doing a side business. Cabinetry, those sort of things and those become
problematic for the neighbors and it’s a code enforcement issue when we have neighbors that are building
cabinets you know around the clock and other people in the neighborhood don’t expect that in their
residential neighborhood. Kind of separating the commercial type use from the residential use.
Aller: Okay. Any other questions of staff? Is the applicant present and wishing to make a presentation?
Sir, please come forward and step up the podium and state your name and address for the record.
Chuck Worm: I’m Chuck Worm.
Aller: Welcome.
Chuck Worm: My proposal for the additional building here is to store more hay, equipment for farm use
too and we do have excavating and I have a conditional use permit on a site west of Chaska so we go back
and forth with farm equipment and excavating equipment so I just, and to the west of us we, I usually
rented farm barns and things like that and while most of the time they get eaten up by development and
things like that so it’s hard to find hay storage and things like that. And we’re trying to, we make hay at
the Minnesota Arboretum and they want, they want, they’ve got 3 farmers in there right now making hay
and they want to narrow that down to one person on the property so I’m making probably 20 acres right
now and they got a total of 86 so if I propose or throw, put a bid in to get that, then I add another 66 acres
or whatever to my haying business too so it’s hard to keep storage you know when it keeps disappearing
so that’s why I’m kind of looking to do it for myself. My own self.
Aller: The report indicated that, in the proposed findings that if you took the business equipment and kept
it in Chaska it sounds like, at that location, would there be sufficient space then to take the additional hay
and put it in there and store it so that you have one place for your agricultural items, the hay and another
place for your business equipment, which is preferred by the City anyway and that would be in Chaska?
Chuck Worm: I probably wouldn’t have enough storage at the Chaska facility.
Aller: For the business equipment.
Chuck Worm: For the business equipment too. Yep.
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Aller: I guess the other question is what are you going to do about the fact that the business equipment
isn’t necessarily supposed to be where it is now?
Chuck Worm: I don’t know. I got good neighbors and nobody’s ever complained in 13 years or 14 years
that I’m going in and out the driveway.
Aller: Okay.
Sandy Worm: We use the trucks for hauling shavings. We use it for hauling manure out just for our
neighbor last week so a lot of the equipment is.
Aanenson: Mr. Chair, it’s just hard for you to hear. For them to get on the microphone.
Aller: Yeah I was going to say if you want to come up, that would be great. Just state your name and
address for the record, that would be wonderful.
Sandy Worm: Sure. Hi, I’m Sandy Worm. His wife and we do use some of the equipment dually. We
use the dump trucks for hauling in shavings and we haul, we use the semi for hauling in the round bales
so that’s how we transport you know all this stuff in is with the trucks so, just so you know that too. It’s
not just you know definitely the agricultural and the excavating. They go hand in hand so. Yeah, so just
keep that in mind.
Aller: And then how much hay is created because I have no idea when, if you’ve got the 66 and then
what is your likelihood of getting the 66 acres?
Sandy Worm: Well actually we do make a lot of hay. We make the field alongside of Marty Schutrop.
That’s the tight field. We do some of Tim Erhart’s meadow land. We do a field in Chaska. Chuck’s
home site so there’s a lot of.
Aller: But I mean as far as storing hay on your property. Do you go next door and take his hay and put it
on your property and go to the other location, that’s where you get your hay now?
Sandy Worm: Yes, exactly. We have another.
Aller: And then how much hay do you actually have on your property on a normal year?
Chuck Worm: Well between, we’ve got a, since we can’t find like a hay barn to store hay in, we’ve got a,
what is it? 50 by 80 foot building right now that was used for farm equipment and combination
excavation equipment and right now we can, we fill that up from one end to the other. And another 60,
right now I’ve got 66 acres. Another 66 acres would double that so that’s kind of why I’m trying to get
the additional storage. It’s hard to find storage.
Aller: Okay, it gives me a better idea of how much hay you’re talking about and the size requirements.
Chuck Worm: Yeah. Yeah.
Aller: And then if you, but if you do that still, we still have to resolve that issue with the mechanical
business equipment as opposed to the agricultural equipment, even if you have one or two items that are
agricultural. What about the rest of the items?
Sandy Worm: What size is Jesse’s shed? There’s a big shed out there.
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Chuck Worm: Well yeah, we’ve got another big storage building which is, I think it’s 50 by 120 or
something like that and it’s full of combination again you know farm equipment. I keep a lot of farm
equipment out there in the winter with my excavating equipment so it kind of, you know my business
kind of works together you know so I’m just not, just not excavating. We’re always farming too so it
works together.
Aller: Okay great. Any other questions of the applicant?
Undestad: You keep horses and stuff out there on a regular basis…
Chuck Worm: Yep.
Sandy Worm: Oh yeah, it’s Bobcat’s moving manure all the time and yeah, we’re feeding hay. We’re
using the Bobcat’s all the time. Actually I own my own so.
Aller: Okay, anyone else have questions of the applicants?
Weick: Is the riding academy, is that an ongoing business today?
Sandy Worm: Is it what?
Weick: Is it a business ongoing?
Sandy Worm: Yep. Yep. Mostly Saturdays now and then when school gets out we’ll do our summer
hours and change to the summer.
Aller: And that’s permitted on an annual basis as stated in the report, right?
Sandy Worm: Yes.
Weick: I don’t know anything about hay obviously but is this a seasonal thing? Is it stored just certain
parts of the year and then the building would be pretty much vacant, is that correct?
Chuck Worm: Yeah, I usually by spring, by May the storage hay shed I’ve got right now, it would be
empty and at this time we, you know if we got additional equipment, I don’t like to have it outside so it
goes in that shed until we start making hay probably in 4 weeks so then that all starts over again and
usually our, the last day is about September-October so yeah.
Weick: Is it common to have a structure, you know a fairly substantial structure to store a commodity
like hay? Or are there other temporary types of structures that would be useful?
Sandy Worm: Not for horses because you don’t want any mold on it so. Some people you’ll see it stored
outside but that’s more for cattle because horses get very sick from the mold so.
Aller: Thank you very much.
Sandy Worm: You bet.
Aller: Anyone else wishing to come forward, we’ll open up the public hearing for purposes of comment.
Speaking for or against the proposal.
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Marty Schutrop: Marty Schutrop again. I live just south of Chuck and you know I guess I’ve never
understood this ordinance that the city did in 2005 because I went last year I wanted to build, I have a
2,500 square foot building on my property and I have horses and I wanted to build a 1,000 square foot
additional hay thing and I was told that you’re never going to get it through the council and I was
basically told you can’t do that anymore because they’re not going to allow any of these buildings
anymore so, and I do sympathize with Chuck about storage and running a business and trying to keep it
all, and keep the neighbors happy so, but I guess if the council approves buildings in this area, why
wouldn’t they approve them half a mile down the road then is what I’m saying. Maybe the council needs
to look at people that are actually have acreage that want to just have enclosed stuff instead of putting
their stuff outside, that we can put it into some buildings so that’s my comments so.
Aller: Thank you.
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Gary Benziek: I’m Gary Benziek. I live at 731 West 96.
Aller: Welcome sir.
Gary Benziek: And I find it kind of comical we’re here again on this same issue. I watch Chuck all
summer long drive wagons of hay home. A farmer’s nightmare is a sudden cloud burst and right now he
has nowhere to pull those wagons in if that’s the case. This building would give him that opportunity to
do that. I grew up on the farm and I know what haying is and I know what is required to keep it dry. If
you’re going to have good hay for your animals it must be taken care of properly. I’m in favor of this
proposal, more on the line of again the same issue as last year. These are large acre lots in a R-2, A-2
area and I find it hard to imagine that these lots should be lumped into the same restrictions that a city lot
of a quarter to maybe a third the size of any of these lots have. That’s why we purchased these lots so that
we could have room to have equipment if we needed to. We understand the zoning with businesses. I
don’t think it’s staff’s job to say well maybe a business is going to be there. If a business is there it’s
staff’s job to do what the ordinance says and eliminate that problem. I don’t think it’s staff’s job to say
well we think this might happen. When I moved in I was told there’s going to be a street right next to me
so I put two rows of evergreens to shade, or to you know hopefully screen that street area. Two years
later when I put up my building I was told there was never going to be a street there so to guess what’s
going to happen down the road I don’t think is, you know it’s great and I applaud staff for doing the job
they do but yet I don’t think that some of these issues should be decided on what might happen. Again as
I stated last fall, this is all very, very wetland. If this was ever changed into the type of dense housing that
would be up here, they’d all have to be on poles. It’s swamp. My sump, both sump pumps are running
every 10 seconds right now from the rain we’ve had and they’ll continue to run that way all year so the
only way this could ever become a denser area is if the whole development was bulldozed down, the soil
corrected and that would happen. When I did my building I was told there’s going to be an area in the
city, you’re one of them that will never be small residential lots. And again never say never but that’s
what I was told and I advised that you know, would wish the council would approve their request for a
variance because they have plenty of acreage to meet the criteria and what they’re doing is only going to
enhance the property. One last comment in regards to that once this building is up it can never, you
know it’s going to be a problem if future development ever did happen. It’s an agricultural building. It’s
a pole building. Pole buildings have never been considered anything more than a temporary structure.
Most counties you don’t even need to have a permit to build one. If it’s for agricultural because it’s
considered temporary so if development ever did proceed that way, this building could be removed with
no more work than it was to put it up. Thank you.
Aller: Okay, thank you. Anyone else wishing to come forward to speak forward or against? Seeing no
one, we’ll close the public hearing. Comments.
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Yusuf: Can I ask a question?
Aller: Sure. Who would you like to talk to?
Yusuf: Martin Schutrop. Right there. I have a question for Martin Schutrop. You had mentioned that
you recently requested an addition to your lot and it was denied.
Marty Schutrop: Well I was told that don’t even bother applying because we, you, I already had a 2,500
square foot building and I wanted to put up another barn to take the hay out of that and put it, because we
have 6, 5 or 6 horses too and it’s a mess in there so we just wanted a little separate building for the hay
that was closer to the pasture and they said no. You’ve already got your building and we’re not, we won’t
approve anything. You’d have to go through, every one of your neighbors would have to approve it and
my neighbors don’t like anything I do so it doesn’t really matter so I didn’t even bother doing it so.
Aanenson: Can I just make.
Marty Schutrop: And I didn’t know the ordinance had changed. I was never notified as a resident that I
couldn’t add additional buildings onto the property.
Aanenson: Let me make a clarification.
Aller: Well yeah.
Aanenson: First of all we don’t, we only recommend. We always tell people before they apply what
we’re going to recommend so they go into that knowing that we’re, this is what the ordinance says.
We’re going to make the interpretation. Obviously the Planning Commission makes their
recommendation. If you don’t get the majority vote, you have a right to appeal it to the City Council so
we don’t also poll the neighbors. The neighbors give you input for your information. For additional
information for public hearing. We don’t ask you to get your neighbors to buy in on any additional
changes…
Marty Schutrop: Well and I agree that on smaller lots it makes sense but I have 8 acres and I have one
little building out in the middle corner.
Aanenson: Yep and.
Marty Schutrop: To put another building out there wouldn’t affect anybody really.
Aanenson: Well we’re not here to discuss the merits of that application.
Yusuf: I had a follow up question please.
Aanenson: Okay.
Yusuf: The reason why I brought up that first question was to ask you, as we’re all educating ourselves
about the hay business and storage of hay, what other options might there be to store the hay if you didn’t
get the additional lots, or the additional building?
Marty Schutrop: Oh for me or for Chuck?
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Yusuf: I guess for Chuck.
Marty Schutrop: Well he has a lot more horses than I do and he cuts hay where we just get it delivered so
we only bring as much hay in as we need for probably 2 or 3 months.
Yusuf: Okay.
Marty Schutrop: We don’t store enough hay for a year so we just get hay every few months and put it
into a smaller area so.
Yusuf: Well thank you for that.
Aanenson: Mr. Chair, I guess that was my question too. So was the volume of hay to, for the whole, to
make it through the whole year or is there another reason to store the volume? I guess I wasn’t clear on
that and we didn’t ask that question but I guess I’m learning about the hay storage.
Aller: I guess we should ask. Can you answer that question sir?
Chuck Worm: What was the question?
Aller: How much, when you’re storing hay, are you doing it for the entire year then? You harvest hay
once and then store it at whatever location?
Chuck Worm: Yes.
Aller: Have you in the past obtained hay and had it delivered as your neighbor has?
Chuck Worm: Yeah well we cut, most likely 3 times a year on each field and we do sell some hay to the
neighbors and other people that do need it or whatever. We make large round bales. Round bales take up
a lot of space so, but yeah we do keep enough storage to feed until you know all the time. We feed dry
hay all year round. We don’t pasture them, or not much. Little bit.
Aller: Great, thank you.
Aanenson: Yeah I guess that was my question is it for their purposes or is it for a larger purpose, yeah.
Yeah, that’s what I guess.
Hokkanen: So was the hay for your own personal horses only? Is that clarification mostly?
Aller: No, he sells some.
Chuck Worm: No, we sell some to the neighbors and people…
Hokkanen: Okay.
Aller: Okay, public hearing has been closed so discussion.
Undestad: I have a comment on here. Just you know I think your comment about maybe that their place
having the most square footage when this is done, you know that, I don’t disagree with that. They also
have the largest site in the whole thing.
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Aller: Right.
Undestad: But I think what we’re, you know what’s kind of missing on this picture, you know when
Degler’s came in for their’s, they’ve got the big farm but Gayle also farms a lot of land around
Chanhassen just like the Worm’s do so not only is it you know their little farm area here but they’re
farming a lot of acreage around town and need the storage on there too so like the Degler’s they’re using
it to feed their livestock so I think it’s, you know it’s a little different again than these other buildings we
have looked at on there. Some we approved. Some we didn’t but you know I think this is more of an
agricultural use than any of the other ones we’ve seen in there so.
Aller: Okay. Anyone else comments? I’m going to be consistent and I’m going to vote against unless
someone wants to try to convince me otherwise but I still feel as though there have been findings that
there’s a commercial business going on at the property and as it’s been stated, and a request has been
made not to think about what might happen, I know what’s there now is a commercial business and until
an effort is made to exclude all the commercial business and equipment and see whether or not the hay
actually fits in what’s there, then perhaps the request is premature so that we can see. I’m also hearing
that there’s an excess of hay that’s being sold and there’s a question as to whether or not that’s running an
agricultural business as opposed to an agricultural lot, which might be prohibited as well so the nature of
the property isn’t necessarily unique for the storage there. I know it’s, that’s zoned agricultural but I’m
going to be consistent with what I’ve been doing all along which is to indicate that the plan has been to
restrict these. They didn’t cut them out completely. They reduced the size and said we have to be very,
very careful about the structures that are going in. Had there not been a business I think I might have
swayed the other way but since there is a current business on the property I think that we have to take a
look at that and perhaps move the equipment and make sure that all the equipment and all the businesses
are not running at the property. Making a concerted effort to see whether or not the hay can be stored,
and sufficient hay can be stored at that point in time. So that’s my feeling on that.
Tennyson: I agree with the consistency. I feel that the analysis of how a variance is applied is the same
as it’s been in the past and that’s the way I’ve voted in the past.
Aller: Your mileage may vary. Anybody have comment?
Weick: This is very difficult and I would agree that the one, the amount of equipment that’s being stored
in the building that’s there now that is being used for a purpose that’s inconsistent with the zoning, to me
that’s you know, that’s the largest circumstance so I would agree.
Aller: Any additional comments? Questions before we vote. Would anyone like to make a motion either
for or against the request for a variance?
Tennyson: I’ll make a motion for denial.
Aller: Okay, whatever the motion is.
Tennyson: The Chanhassen Board of Appeals and Adjustments denies the variance request to construct a
7,120 square foot accessory structure and adopts the attached Findings of Fact and Decision.
Aller: I have a motion. Do I have a second?
Weick: Second.
Aller: I have a motion and a second. Any further discussion, questions or comments?
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Tennyson moved, Weick seconded that the Chanhassen Board of Appeals and Adjustments denies
the variance request to construct a 7,120 square foot accessory structure and adopts the attached
Findings of Fact and Decision. All voted in favor, except for Undestad and Hokkanen who opposed,
and the motion carried with a vote of 5 to 2.
Aller: Anyone that’s aggrieved of the decision by this commission serving as the Board of Appeals and
Adjustments should file an appeal in writing, and that’s a short period of time. It’s approximately 4 days
so sir if you want to appeal the decision go ahead and just request that in writing with the staff.
Chuck Worm: Okay.
Aller: Thank you sir.
Chuck Worm: Yep, thanks.
Aller: Anything further?
CITY COUNCIL ACTION UPDATE:
Aanenson: So the next item on your agenda for the council.
Aller: Yeah I was going to look for the minutes.
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Aanenson: Yep, that would be the apartments that were approved on April 22. So we’re still waiting
for the land use amendment to come through on that one so we haven’t put the site plan together on that.
Then also in your packet were some new signs that were issued so it’s indicated for us because we don’t
have a business license requirement regarding the Chanhassen Wellness Chiropractic and the Massage.
Upcoming agendas, just a reminder to you. On next Tuesday, because the council will not be meeting on
Monday because of a holiday, is the joint work session so on that you’ll be receiving a packet. That’s
been on this, I’m not sure if everybody’s got it on their radar. If you cannot make it, I’ll send out a
reminder and I’ll have Kim, if that’s alright, just email you the packet. It’s, what I put in there, those of
you that are new didn’t receive this. We do an annual review. It’s part of the City Code that we give you
an update so we talk about how many permits were issued. We kind of adjust the population projections.
And then we also talked about some things that we’ll be working on this year. We also included in that,
those of you that were in attendance on the new normal, kind of put the summary findings in there too so
those will be our talking points so you’ll be getting those here probably Thursday. If you are unable to
attend will you let me know and so I can let the council know but that would be and the work session is in
the Fountain Conference Room. I can’t remember exactly what time you’re on at so, but that’s scheduled.
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And then the item that’s on for June 4 is a question mark. There’s still some issues on that that we’re
trying to resolve so that issue may not be on and that would be the Preserve at Rice Lake so there may not
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be a meeting on June 4. There will be one on the 18. That item will probably be moved down but we
did receive another subdivision last week and that’s on the Jeurissen property which is in that 2005 study
area. So that’s single and twins and that’s the piece kind of to the, it’d be south of what Degler has and to
the east of the Ryland Pioneer Pass so, so yeah it looks like a really nice subdivision so you’ll be seeing
that one. We do have a lot of applications we’re working on now including commercial. Yeah, quite a
few commercial projects and a couple of the residential subdivisions. The easy pieces are gone. The rest
of this is a little more problematic. There’s another one on Galpin that’s kind of working through some
issues there. Trying to get the lot sizes a little bigger to make them work better so we’ll be busy. Right
now we’re just kind of working through some design issues on that so, so we anticipate those coming
through. And then we haven’t set the joint tour yet with the Environmental Commission and the Planning
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