Ordinance 672CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.672
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ZONING, OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA
ORDAINS:
Section 1. The Chanhassen City Code is amended by adding the following Section to
Chapter 20, Zoning:
Sec. 20-972. — Mobile Food Vending.
(a) Purpose and Intent. It is the purpose and intent of this section is to provide conditions
under which certain Mobile Food Vending is allowed while ensuring a minimum negative
impact to neighboring land uses.
(b) General Requirements.
(1) Mobile Food Vending. A mobile food vending operation (also known as food truck) is
defined as a self-contained vehicle or trailer that is readily movable without
disassembling, and is used to prepare and serve food. All mobile food venders shall be
subject to the following conditions:
a. At all locations, the vendor must have written permission from the property
owner.
b. The vendor shall comply with all other applicable provisions of the City Code,
including, but not limited to, those regulations regarding parking signage,
lighting, and sound.
c. The vending operation shall comply with the National Fire Protection Association
Food Truck Safety Standards.
d. Mobile Food Vendors shall be approved by the Minnesota Department of Health
and/or the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. A certificate indicating approval
shall be posted and current MNDOT # posted.
e. All current business licenses, DOT number, and required state labor posters
should be visible.
f. Vendors must park in a designated parking lot and must not impede normal traffic
flow. The vehicle must be located on paved surfaces, but not on parking stalls
(unless the spaces exceed the required number of parking spaces per City Code)
and not on any street, alley, sidewalk, or boulevard. The vending operation may
not block sidewalks or drive aisles, impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or
interfere with public safety.
g. Mobile food vendors must be located at least ten feet from all principal and
accessory structures as well as five feet from side and rear yard property lines.
h. Overnight parking and storage by the vendor is prohibited. The vendor must
vacate the location when not engaging in vending operations. Vending operations
on properties located in Residential Zoning Districts are limited to an eight -hour
time period.
i. The vending operation shall be located on an impervious surface unless
circumstances prohibit it.
j. The vendor must provide and remove trash and recycling receptacles for customer
use and keep the site in a neat and orderly fashion.
k. Vending operations on properties located in Residential Zoning Districts must
limit sales to the property owner and other private parties associated with the
private event. The vending operation shall not serve the general public unless a
special event permit is approved by the City.
1. The placement, duration, or any other applicable requirements for operation under
this section may be superseded by the provisions of an approved special event
permit.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14' day of June, 2021 by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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Laurie Hokkanen, City Manager Elise Ryan, Mayor
(Ordinance 672 published in the Chanhassen Villager on June 24, 2021)
CITY OF
--CARVER AND 1NlASSEN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 672
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 20, ZONING, OF
THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN,
MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. The Chanhassen
City Code is amended by adding
the following Section to Chapter
20, Zoning
Sec. 20-972. - Mobile Food
Vending.
(a) Purpose and Intent. It is
the purpose and intent of this
section is to provide conditions
under which certain Mobile
Food Vending is allowed while
ensuring a minimum negative
impact to neighboring land uses.
(b) General Requirements.
(1) Mobile Food Vending.
A mobile food vending operation
rats, knnwn as food truck) is
or trailer that is readily movable
without disassembling, and
is used to prepare and serve
food. All mobile food venders
shall be subject to the following
conditions:
a. It all locations, the vendor
must have written permission
from the property owner.
b. The vendor shall comply
with all other applicable
provisions of the City Code,
including, but not limited to,
those regulations regarding
parking, signage, lighting, and
sound.
c. The vending operation
shall comply with the National
Fire Protection Association Food
Truck Safety Standards.
d. Mobile Food Vendors shall
be approved by the Minnesota
Department of Health and/
or the Minnesota Department
of Agriculture. A certificate
indicating approval shall be -
posted and current MNDOT #
posted.
e. All current business
licenses, DOT number, and
required state labor posters
should be visible.
f. Vendors must park in a
designated parking lot and most
not impede normal traffic flow.
The vehicle must be located on
paved surfaces, but not onparking
stalls (unless the spaces exceed
the required number of parking
spaces per City Code) and not
on any street, alley, sidewalk, or
boulevard. The vending operation
may not block sidewalks or drive
aisles, impede pedestrian or
vehictlartrafftc,orinterferewith
public safety
g. Mobile food vendors
must be located at least ten feet
from all principal and accessory
structures as well as five feet from
side and rear yard property lines.
h. Overnight parking
and storage by the vendor is
prohibited. The vendor must
vacate the location when not
engaging in vending operations.
Vending operations on properties
located in Residential Zoning
Districts are limited to art hour time time period. -- —
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