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ORDINANCE NO. 3-,5(
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 11, MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND OFFENSES
AND
CHAPTER 20, ZONING
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 11-2 (b) of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to add subsection 8 to read as follows:
(8) By any person at a city -approved paintball course and consistent with city ordinances
and state and federal gun laws and regulations.
Section 2. Section 20-263.5 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
added to read as follows:
Sec. 20-263.5 Paintball Courses.
The following conditions will apply to paintball courses:
(1)
Guests must wear protective gear (consistent with
American Society for Testing and Materials Standards).
VM,3- s-nt2est-use barrel plugs off the playing field. L�
Velocity ofpaintball gun projectiles cannot exceed 285 feet per second.
A chronograph must be on site to measure projectile velocity. an f9
The facility must provide minimum operating standards including staffing
requirements, safety briefings and equipment inspection.
Paintballs must be non-toxic, non -caustic, water-soluble and biodegradable.
The facility is responsible for clean-up of any accumulation of materials on the site.
A minimum parcel size of 50 acres is required for the operation of a paintball
course.
(9) The paintball course shall be setback a minimum of three hundred (300) feet from
all property lines and a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from any residential
/' dwelling.
(10) The paintball course boundaries must be physically designated with signage or
boundary markers.
(11) The paintball course or field must be screened from neighboring homes.
(12) Alcohol use or consumption is prohibited on the paintball course.
(13) The hours of operation are limited to daylight hours.
(14) Retail sales and rental is limited to paintball related material and equipment and
may not occupy more than 20 percent of the floor display area.
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Section 3. Section 20-576 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby
amended to add subsection 10 to read as follows:
(10) Paintball Courses.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately after its passage and publication
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25« day of January, 2016 by the City Council of the City
of Chanhassen, Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Denny Laufenburger, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on
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