Findings of Fact
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND I-ŒNNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
IN RE: Application of Carver County for a Wetland Alteration Permit #05-07.
On February 1,2005, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly scheduled
meeting to consider the application of Carver County for a wetland alteration permit. The
Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the proposed wetland alteration permit
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 located at the intersection of County State Aid Highway (C.S.A.H.) 14
(Pioneer Trail) and Trunk Highway (T.H.) 101 (Great Plains Boulevard).
2) The wetland permit meets the applicable standards from the city code:
a) Any alteration to a wetland, permitted by a wetland alteration permit must be fully mitigated
so that there is no net loss of wetlands;
b) A voids the direct or indirect impacts to the wetland that may destroy or diminish the
wetland;
c) Minimizes the impact by limiting the degree or magnitude of the wetland activity and its
implementation;
d) Replaces unavoidable impacts to the wetland by restoring or, if wetland restoration
opportunities are not reasonably available, creating substitute wetland areas having equal or
greater public value as set forth in Minnesota Rules 8420.0530 to 8420.0760;
e) No person shall drain, excavate in the permanent or semi-permanent flooded areas of type 3,
4, or 5 wetlands, or fill a wetland, wholly or partially, or otherwise impact wetlands without
first having a wetland replacement plan or other determination approved by the city.
Draining, grading, excavating, filling, removing of healthy native vegetation, or otherwise
altering or destroying a wetland of any size or type requires a wetland alteration permit; and
f) When a wetland alteration permit is issued allowing filling in a wetland, filling must be
consistent with the Chanhassen Surface Water Management Plan and the Minnesota
Wetland Conservation Act. The filling shall not alter the hydrological patterns in the
remainder of the wetland if a portion of the wetland remains unless exempted under section
20-416.
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3) The planning report #05-07, dated February 1,2005, prepared by Lori Haak, is incorporated
herein.
RECOMMENDA TION
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve the Wetland Alteration
Permit.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 1 sl day of February, 2005.
CHANHA~$ENP~ING COMMISSION
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BY:
VIi, Sacchet, Chairman
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