City Council Item

October 12, 2026

Item	Ordinance XXX: Avienda Planned Unit Development (PUD) Ordinance Amendment
File No.		Item No: H.1
Agenda Section	GENERAL BUSINESS
Prepared By	Eric Maass, Community Development Director
Reviewed By

SUGGESTED ACTION "The Chanhassen City Council approves the attached Avienda Planned Unit Development Ordinance Amendment and adopts the attached Findings of Fact and Decision and approves the summary ordinance for publication."
Motion Type	Majority Vote of the entire Council
Strategic Priority	Development & Redevelopment

SUMMARY

The Applicant submitted a request to amend the Avienda Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance. Specifically, the Applicant originally submitted an application requesting eleven (11) amendment requests, which were reviewed by city staff and considered by the Planning Commission. Following review by the Planning Commission, the Applicant has rescinded the request for the two amendments that would allow for a vertical mixed-use apartment building with up to 200 residential units and at least 7,500 square feet of leasable public commercial space from the PUD amendment requests. The Planning Commission recommended approval of all remaining PUD amendment requests.

The remaining requested amendments include the following:

Fuel Island within District 1
Stormwater pond expansion
Definition of “Entertainment”
Removal of “Car Wash” as a permitted use
Sporting Goods & Entertainment Store Size
District 1 and 2 Signage
District 3 Signage
District 1 Setbacks and Buffer and Landscape Standards
Shared Parking

BACKGROUND

For additional information on the Avienda development, please visit the Avienda development page on the city website.

DISCUSSION

The city received public comment requesting information related to the public space included within Avienda.

With the first phase of Avienda, the city was deeded 20.86 acres of wooded area south of Bluff Creek Blvd and north of River Rock Drive South. The city currently owns that acreage in fee title. This area is shown as "Outlot A" on Development Plan DP8.2.

The 2022 PUD contemplated a central plaza area consisting of pavement and grassy areas. This area was shown as approximately 79,000 square feet (1.81 acres) exclusive of the commercial buildings and private patio spaces. In total, the central space measured approximately 125,000 square feet (2.87 acres) in area.

The current proposal shows a central entertainment node that is approximately 56,000 square feet (1.29 acres) in size, exclusive of the ponding area measuring 63,900 square feet (1.47 acres) and the commercial buildings and private patio spaces, which measure an additional approximately 19,230 square feet (0.44 acres). In total, the central space, as proposed, measures approximately 139,000 square feet (3.19 acres) in area.

The Applicant is not requesting city approval of PUD amendments allowing for additional residential uses within Avienda. This includes general market-rate, general affordable, market rate senior, or affordable senior housing.

BUDGET

RECOMMENDATION

The Planning Commission recommended unanimous approval of the remaining PUD amendments.

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