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December 16, 2021
Commercial Partners Title
Attn: Michelle Zerfas
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 1300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Re: Outlot A, Stone Creek Town Offices, Carver County, Minnesota, PID: 25.8180270
This office has been requested to confirm certain facts and circumstances concerning the current
zoning and land use and building code compliance status of the above-referenced property. In
furtherance of that request,we hereby confirm and advise you as follows, to wit:
1. The above-referenced property is located within the corporate limits of the City of
Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota. Accordingly, the building and other improvements
comprising the property are under the jurisdiction and are required to comply with the
building codes, ordinances and regulations of the City of Chanhassen, Carver County,
Minnesota.
2. The property currently is located in a district with zoning classification of Planned Unit
Development(PUD) as described in the Bluff Creek Corporate Center Development
Contract/PUD Agreement dated June 22, 1998, recorded in the Carver County Recorder's
Office on October 8, 1998, as Doc. No. 236214 (the "PUD Agreement"). The PUD Design
Standards for this development are enclosed. The property has Highway Corridor District
(HC-2), Bluff Creek Overlay District(BCO), and Shoreland Management District, overlay
districts. The property has a Comprehensive Plan land use designation of Office/Industrial.
The zoning classification is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan designation. The
Chanhassen City Code is available at: www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us/citycode. Information
regulating the use of the property can be found in Chapter 20, Zoning. The properties to the
north and west of this property are all zoned PUD. The property to the east is zoned
Agricultural Estate District(A-2).
3. Any further amendments to the zoning ordinance applicable to the property will be consistent
with the aforesaid Comprehensive Plan designation at all times.
4. The proposed use of the property for office-warehouse-manufacturing uses is a permitted use
under the aforesaid zoning classification and is consistent with the aforesaid Comprehensive
Plan designation. Outdoor storage and contractors yards are prohibited.
PH 952.227.1100 • www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us • FX 952.227.1110
7700 MARKET BOULEVARD • PO BOX 147 •CHANHASSEN • MINNESOTA 55317
Outlot A, Stone Creek Town Offices,Carver County, Minnesota
December 16, 2021
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5. The majority of the property is located in Flood Zone X, which is an area of minimal
flooding, Community Panel Number 27019CO227D, effective on 12/21/2018. However,
along the eastern property line runs a tributary to Bluff Creek which is in Flood Zone A.
6. The property complies with the subdivision ordinances affecting it and can be conveyed
without the filing of a plat or replat of the property. The plat of Stone Creek Town Offices
was approved on June 14, 2004. Development of the property requires final platting into
Block and Lot designation and site plan review.
7. There are currently no development applications filed for the property.
8. There are no variances, conditional use permits or special use permits granted for the
property.
9. Our review of the records of this office with respect to the property reveals (a) no current
active violations of the property of the zoning regulations and land use approvals applicable
thereto, (b)no past violations of the same which remain uncured at this time, and (c)no
current or uncorrected building code violations.
This information was researched by the undersigned as a public service. The undersigned
certifies that the above information is believed to be accurate based on or relating to the
information supplied; however, neither the undersigned nor the City assumes liability for errors
or omissions. All information was obtained from public records, which may be inspected during
regular business hours. Should additional information be required of this office concerning the
properties, you may contact the undersigned.
Sincer ,
Robert Generous, AICP
Senior Planner
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December 16, 2021
Commercial Partners Title
Attn: Michelle Zerfas
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 1300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Re: Outlot B, Stone Creek Town Offices, Carver County, Minnesota, PID: 25.8180280
This office has been requested to confirm certain facts and circumstances concerning the current
zoning and land use and building code compliance status of the above-referenced property. In
furtherance of that request,we hereby confirm and advise you as follows, to wit:
1. The above-referenced property is located within the corporate limits of the City of
Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota. Accordingly, the building and other improvements
comprising the property are under the jurisdiction and are required to comply with the
building codes, ordinances and regulations of the City of Chanhassen, Carver County,
Minnesota.
2. The property currently is located in a district with zoning classification of Planned Unit
Development(PUD) as described in the Bluff Creek Corporate Center Development
Contract/PUD Agreement dated June 22, 1998, recorded in the Carver County Recorder's
Office on October 8, 1998, as Doc. No. 236214 (the "PUD Agreement"). The PUD Design
Standards for this development are enclosed. The property has Highway Corridor District
(HC-2), Bluff Creek Overlay District (BCO), and Shoreland Management District,overlay
districts. The property has a Comprehensive Plan land use designation of Office/Industrial.
The zoning classification is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan designation. The
Chanhassen City Code is available at: www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us/citycode. Information
regulating the use of the property can be found in Chapter 20, Zoning. The properties to the
south and east of this property are all zoned PUD. The property to the north is Highway 5.
3. Any further amendments to the zoning ordinance applicable to the property will be consistent
with the aforesaid Comprehensive Plan designation at all times.
4. The property may only be used for permanent open space.
PH 952.227.1100 • www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us • FX 952.227.1110
7700 MARKET BOULEVARD • PO BOX 147 •CHANHASSEN • MINNESOTA 55317
Outlot B, Stone Creek Town Offices, Carver County, Minnesota
December 16, 2021
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5. The property is located in Flood Zone A, Community Panel Number 27019CO227D,
effective on 12/21/2018. Bluff Creek runs through the property.
6. The property complies with the subdivision ordinances affecting it and can be conveyed
without the filing of a plat or replat of the property. The plat of Stone Creek Town Offices
was approved on June 14, 2004.
7. There are currently no development applications filed for the property.
8. There are no variances,conditional use permits or special use permits granted for the
property.
9. Our review of the records of this office with respect to the property reveals (a)no current
active violations of the property of the zoning regulations and land use approvals applicable
thereto, (b)no past violations of the same which remain uncured at this time, and (c) no
current or uncorrected building code violations.
This information was researched by the undersigned as a public service. The undersigned
certifies that the above information is believed to be accurate based on or relating to the
information supplied; however, neither the undersigned nor the City assumes liability for errors
or omissions. All information was obtained from public records, which may be inspected during
regular business hours. Should additional information be required of this office concerning the
properties, you may contact the undersigned.
Sincer
Robert Generous, AICP
Senior Planner
Encl.
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EXHIBIT C
BLUFF CREEK CORPORATE CENTER
DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS
Development Standards
a. Intent
The purpose of this zone is to create a PUD light industrial/office park. The use of the PUD zone is
to allow for more flexible design standards while creating a higher quality and more sensitive
proposal. All utilities are required to be placed underground. Each lot proposed for development
shall proceed through site plan review based on the development standards outlined below. Photo-
composite images of proposed development adjacent to Highways 5 shall be submitted as part of
the review process. The PUD requires that the development demonstrate a higher quality of
architectural standards and site design. Ancillary uses may be permitted as listed below once a
primary use has occupied the site. Shared parking shall be required of the development. The
Office Industrial Park District regulations shall apply except as modified by this ordinance.
b. Permitted Uses
The permitted uses in this zone shall be limited to institutional use on one lot only or light
industrial,warehousing,and office as defined below. The uses shall be limited to those as defined
herein. If there is a question as to whether or not a use meets the definition,the City Council shall
make that interpretation.
Light Industrial- The manufacturing,compounding,processing,assembling,packaging,or testing
of goods or equipment or research activities entirely within an enclosed structure,with no outside
storage. There shall be negligible impact upon the surrounding environment by noise, vibration,
smoke,dust or pollutants.
Warehousing- Means the commercial storage of merchandise and personal property.
Office- Professional and business office.
Health Services- establishments primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical and other
health services to persons.
Conferences/Convention Center -establishments designed to accommodate people in assembly,
providing conference and meeting services to individuals, groups, and organizations.
Indoor Recreation/Health Club - establishments engaged in operating reducing and other health
clubs, spas, and similar facilities featuring exercise and other physical fitness conditioning.
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Hotel/Motel-establishments engaged in furnishing lodging, or lodging and meals,to the general
public.
Research Laboratory- establishments engaged in scientific research or study.
Ancillary Uses (in conjunction with and integral to a primary use)
Showroom-showroom type display area for products stored or manufactured on-site provided that
no more than 20 percent of the floor space is used for such display and sales.
Telecommunication Towers and Antennas by conditional use permit only.
Day Care-establishments providing for the care and supervision of infants and children on a
daily basis.
Prohibited uses
• Contractors Yard
• Lumber Yard
• Home Improvement/Building Supply
• Garden Center
• Auto related including sales and repair
• Home furnishings and equipment stores
• General Merchandise Store
c. Setbacks
The development is regulated by the Highway 5 and the PUD Standards. There are no minimum
requirements for setbacks on interior lot lines in the PUD zone,except as specified below. The
following setbacks shall apply:
Frontage Minimum Setback Maximum Setback
Building/Parking Building/Parking
Future Hwy. 5 70/10 150
Coulter Boulevard 50/30 100 *
Stone Creek Drive 30/20 NA
Bluff Creek:
West Lot line Lot 1,Block 1 35/30 NA
West Lot Line Lot 2,Block 1 15/15 NA
East Lot Line Lot 1, Block 2 110/110 NA
East Lot Line Lot 2, Block 2 100/100 NA
Northeast Lot Line Lot 2, 60/60 NA
Block 2
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Northeast Lot Line Lot 3, 35/35 NA
Block 2
East Lot Line Lot 3,Block 2 60/60 NA
* Church facility is excluded from this maximum building setback.
(Lot and Block Designations are based on proposed preliminary plat numbering.)
(TH 5 parking setback amended October 9,2000,from 50 feet to 10)
The average hard surface coverage does not include Outlot A. The PUD standard for hard
surface coverage is 70%for office and industrial uses. Any one site/lot can exceed the 70
percent requirement, but in no case can the entire finished development exceed 70 percent.
d. Development Standards Tabulation Box
1. Building Area
Building Square Footage Breakdown
I:se Maximum Percent Total Square Feet
Office 62% 160,000
Light Industrial /Warehouse 40% 100,000
Ancillary/other 15% 40,000
Institutional 23% 60,000
Total (Maximum) 260.000
2. More than one(1)principal structure may be placed on one (1)platted lot.
3. Building height shall be limited to 3 stories or 40 feet subject to the exclusions of Section
20-907 of the city code.
e. Building Materials and Design
1. The PUD requires that the development demonstrate a higher quality of architectural
standards and site design. Primary building orientation shall be to Highway 5 and Coulter
Boulevard.
2. All materials shall be of high quality and durable. Masonry or higher quality material shall
be used. Color shall be introduced through colored block or panels and not painted cinder
block.
3. Brick may be used and must be approved to assure uniformity.
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4. Block shall have a weathered face or be polished, fluted, or broken face.
5. Concrete may be poured in place,tilt-up or pre-cast,and shall be finished in stone, textured,
coated,or painted.
6. Metal siding will not be approved except as support material to one of the above materials
or curtain wall on office components or,as trim or as HVAC screen.
7. All accessory structures shall be designed to be compatible with the primary structure.
8. All roof mounted equipment shall be screened from adjacent public right-of-ways by walls
of compatible appearing material or camouflaged to blend into the building or background.
Wood screen fences are prohibited. All exterior process machinery,tanks,etc., are to be
fully screened by compatible materials.
9. The use of large unadorned, concrete panels and concrete block, or a solid wall unrelieved
by architectural detailing, such as change in materials, change in color, fenestrations, or
other significant visual relief provided in a manner or at intervals in keeping with the size,
mass, and scale of the wall and its views from public ways shall be prohibited.
Acceptable materials will incorporate textured surfaces,exposed aggregate and/or other
patterning. All walls shall be given added architectural interest through building design or
appropriate landscaping. The buildings shall have varied and interesting detailing.
10. Space for recycling shall be provided in the interior of all principal structures or within an
enclosure for each lot developed in the Business Center.
11 Each buildings shall contain one or more pitched roof elements depending on scale and
type of building,or other architectural treatments such as towers,arches,vaults,entryway
projections,canopies and detailing to add additional interest and articulation to structures.
12. There shall be no underdeveloped sides of buildings visible from public right-of-ways.
All elevations visible from the street shall receive nearly equal treatment and visual
qualities.
f. Site Landscaping and Screening
1. Landscaping along Highway 5 shall comply with Buffer yard standard C. Coulter
Boulevard shall comply with Buffer yard standard B. The master landscape plan for the
Bluff Creek Corporate Center PUD shall be the design guide for all of the specific site
landscape developments. Each lot must present a landscape plan for approval with the site
plan review process.
2. Storage of material outdoors is prohibited unless it has been approved under site plan
review. All approved outdoor storage must be screened with masonry fences and/or
landscaping.
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3. When parking lots are less than three feet above the adjacent roadway,an undulating or
angular berm or elevation change of three feet or more in height shall be placed along
Coulter Boulevard_and Highway 5. The berms shall be sodded or seeded at the conclusion
of each project Phase grading and utility construction. The required buffer landscaping may
be installed incrementally, but it shall be required where it is deemed necessary to screen
any proposed development. All required boulevard landscaping shall be sodded.
4. Loading areas shall be screened 100 percent year round from public right-of-ways. Wing
walls may be required where deemed appropriate.
g. Signage
1. The Bluff Creek Corporate Center PUD shall be permitted two identification signs: one
sign on Coulter Boulevard and one sign on Highway 5. The sign on Coulter Boulevard
shall not exceed eight feet in height. The sign on Highway 5 shall not exceed 20 feet in
height. A maximum of 80 square feet of sign area shall be permitted per sign.
2. All freestanding parcel signs shall be limited to monument signs. The sign shall not exceed
eighty(80)square feet in sign display area nor be greater than eight(8)feet in height. The
sign treatment is an element of the architecture and thus should reflect the quality of the
development. The signs should be consistent in color, size, and material throughout the
development. The applicant should submit a sign package for staff review.
3. Each property shall be allowed one monument sign per street frontage.
4. The signage will have consistency throughout the development. A common theme will be
introduced at the development's entrance monument and will be used throughout.
5. Consistency in signage shall relate to color, size, materials,and heights.
6. Wall sign shall be permitted per city ordinance for industrial office park site.
7. All signs shall require a separate sign permit.
h. Lighting
1. Lighting for the interior of the business center should be consistent throughout the
development. The street lights should be designed consistent with the existing lighting
along Coulter Boulevard.
2. A decorative, shoe box fixture as specified by City Code)ww ith a
square ornamental pole shall be used throughout the development area for area lighting.
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3 Lighting equipment similar to what is mounted in the public street right-of-ways shall be
used in the private areas.
4. All light fixtures shall be shielded. Light level for site lighting shall be no more than 1/2
candle at the property line. This does not apply to street lighting.
i. Alternative Access
1. Each site shall accommodate transit service within the individual development, whenever
possible.
2. Pedestrian access shall be provided from each site to the public sidewalk and trail system.
3. The developer and site users shall promote and encourage Traffic Demand Management
Strategies.
4. Each site shall provide areas for bicycle parking and storage.
5. Preferential parking shall be provided for car and van pool vehicles within each site.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
P 0 BOX 147
CHANHASSEN MN 55317
12/16/2021 03 : 21 PM
Receipt No. 00492171
CLERK: AshleyM
PAYEE: Commercial Partners Title, LLC
200 South Sixth Street
Suite 1300
Minneapolis MN 55402-
Outlot A & B
Stone Creek Town Offices
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REQUEST FOR ZONING INFORMATION
CP File No. 59158
Please complete and return to: Commercial Partners Title,a division of Chicago Title Insurance Company
200 South Sixth Street,Suite 1300
Minneapolis,MN 55402
michelle.zerfas@cptitle.com
Subject Property: (Unassigned),Chanhassen,MN
25.8180274&25.8180280
Legal Description: Outlots A a d B,Stone Creek Town Offices,Carver County,Minnesota.
Abstract Property
Current use of Property: vacant agricultural land
Intended use of Property: —Industrial Office District. The development will include constructing a new service center facility,new service
center facility,service yard,and ancillary material storage structures.The service center building will include multiple uses:office,
warehousing,and truck bays.
1. The current zoning classification for the subject property is:
2. Permitted uses included within that zoning classification are:
3. There are/are not(Circle One)applications filed for the property(i.e.Special Use Permits,Conditional Use Permits,Variances,
etc.)
4. The use of the property,as described above is:
Yes No
a. Permitted
b. Conditional(Explain)
c. Nonconforming(Explain)
5. There are records in the City files of unsatisfied zoning
violations. (If Yes,please explain)
6. Have variances been granted for the Property. (If Yes,
please explain)
7. Parking is in conformance with zoning requirements. (If
No,please explain)
8. Flood Insurance Rate Map(FIRM)
Property is in zone A-
Community Panel No. 7.-7 01 227b Dated / U lolg
9. Comments:
This information was researched by the undersigned,on request,as a public service. The undersigned certifies that the above
information in paragraphs 1-9 is believed to be accurate based on or relating to the information supplied,however, neither the
undersigned nor the City assumes liability for errors and omissions. All information was obtained from public records which may be
inspected during regular business hours.
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