60 Day Waiver EXECUTED
WAIVER
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APPLICANT
Minnesota Statute Section 15.99, a copy of which is attached, requires the City of Chanhassen ("City")
to approve or deny a zoning related application within 60 days of receiving a completed application. The City
may extend the timeline by an additional 60 days by providing the applicant with written notice before the
end of the original 60-day period. The City did enact its statutory authority to extend the approval or denial
date the additional 60-day period.
Applicable Timeline
• The City received your application for preliminary plat, final plat and site plan on April 4, 2025.
• The City deemed the subdivision and site plan applications incomplete on April 10, 2025.
• The City received additional application materials and deemed the land use application complete
on April 29, 2025.
• The City issued an extension notice for the land use application extending the review period by
60 days which established an action deadline by the City of August 16th, 2025.
• Your applications for preliminary plat and site plan were considered by the Planning Commission
on June 3rd and by the City Council on June 23rd.
• The City Council approved with conditions the Preliminary Plat and Site Plan applications on
June 23rd, 2025.
• As of July 28, 2025, the Final Plat application has not been scheduled for review by the City
Council.
Based on the status of development plans, the city is not expected to be able to consider approving
the Final Plat before the August 16th, 2025, deadline extension.
BY SIGNING THIS WAIVER YOU ACKNOWLEDGE:
A. RECEIVING A COPY OF MINNESOTA STATUTE SECTION 15.99;
B. THAT YOU WERE ADVISED THAT THIS WAIVER AFFECTS YOUR PROPERTY
RIGHTS AND THAT YOU MAY WANT TO REVIEW IT WITH AN ATTORNEY; AND
C. YOU HAVE AGREED TO EXTEND THE CITY’S DEADLINE FOR REVIEW OF THE
APPLICATION UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 15.99 TO NOVEMBER
11, 2025.
SIGNATURE:___________________________________________________ DATE:____________
PRINT NAME:__________________________________________________
POSITION HELD WITH APPLICANT:_____________________________
I, __________________________________, certify that I am authorized to execute this waiver on
behalf of the above-named applicant.
15.99 TIME DEADLINE FOR AGENCY ACTION.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings given.
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Mark Nordland
Development Representative
Mark Nordland
(b) "Agency" means a department, agency, board, commission, or other group in the executive branch
of state government; a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, or school district; any
metropolitan agency or regional entity; and any other political subdivision of the state.
(c) "Request" means a written application related to zoning, septic systems, watershed district review,
soil and water conservation district review, or the expansion of the metropolitan urban service area, for a
permit, license, or other governmental approval of an action. A request must be submitted in writing to
the agency on an application form provided by the agency, if one exists. The agency may reject as
incomplete a request not on a form of the agency if the request does not include information required by
the agency. A request not on a form of the agency must clearly identify on the first page the specific
permit, license, or other governmental approval being sought. No request shall be deemed made if not in
compliance with this paragraph.
(d) "Applicant" means a person submitting a request under this section. An applicant may designate a
person to act on the applicant's behalf regarding a request under this section and any action taken by or
notice given to the applicant's designee related to the request shall be deemed taken by or given to the
applicant.
Subd. 2. Deadline for response. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, section 462.358,
subdivision 3b, or 473.175, or chapter 505, and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an agency
must approve or deny within 60 days a written request relating to zoning, septic systems, watershed district
review, soil and water conservation district review, or expansion of the metropolitan urban service area
for a permit, license, or other governmental approval of an action. Failure of an agency to deny a request
within 60 days is approval of the request. If an agency denies the request, it must state in writing the
reasons for the denial at the time that it denies the request.
(b) When a vote on a resolution or properly made motion to approve a request fails for any reason, the
failure shall constitute a denial of the request provided that those voting against the motion state on the
record the reasons why they oppose the request. A denial of a request because of a failure to approve a
resolution or motion does not preclude an immediate submission of a same or similar request.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (b), if an agency, other than a multimember governing body,
denies the request, it must state in writing the reasons for the denial at the time that it denies the request.
If a multimember governing body denies a request, it must state the reasons for denial on the record and
provide the applicant in writing a statement of the reasons for the denial. If the written statement is not
adopted at the same time as the denial, it must be adopted at the next meeting following the denial of the
request but before the expiration of the time allowed for making a decision under this section. The written
statement must be consistent with the reasons stated in the record at the time of the denial. The written
statement must be provided to the applicant upon adoption.
Subd. 3. Application; extensions. (a) The time limit in subdivision 2 begins upon the agency's receipt
of a written request containing all information required by law or by a previously adopted rule, ordinance,
or policy of the agency, including the applicable application fee. If an agency receives a written request
that does not contain all required information, the 60-day limit starts over only if the agency sends written
notice within 15 business days of receipt of the request telling the requester what information is missing.
(b) If a request relating to zoning, septic systems, watershed district review, soil and water
conservation district review, or expansion of the metropolitan urban service area requires the approval of
more than one state agency in the executive branch, the 60-day period in subdivision 2 begins to run for
all executive branch agencies on the day a request containing all required information isreceived by one
state agency. The agency receiving the request must forward copies to other state agencies whose approval
is required.
(c) An agency response, including an approval with conditions, meetsthe 60-day time limit if the
agency can document that the response was sent within 60 days of receipt of the written request. Failure
to satisfy the conditions, if any, may be a basis to revoke or rescind the approval by the agency and will
not give rise to a claim that the 60-day limit was not met.
(d) The time limit in subdivision 2 is extended if a state statute, federal law, or court order requires a
process to occur before the agency acts on the request, and the time periods prescribed in the state statute,
federal law, or court order make it impossible to act on the request within 60 days. In cases described in
this paragraph, the deadline is extended to 60 days after completion of the last process required in the
applicable statute, law, or order. Final approval of an agency receiving a request is not considered a process
for purposes of this paragraph.
(e) The time limit in subdivision 2 is extended if: (1) a request submitted to a state agency requires
prior approval of a federal agency; or (2) an application submitted to a city, county, town, school district,
metropolitan or regional entity, or other political subdivision requires prior approval of a state or federal
agency. In cases described in this paragraph, the deadline for agency action is extended to 60 days after
the required prior approval is granted.
(f) An agency may extend the time limit in subdivision 2 before the end of the initial 60-day period by
providing written notice of the extension to the applicant. The notification must state the reasons for the
extension and its anticipated length, which may not exceed 60 days unless approved by the applicant.
(g) An applicant may by written notice to the agency request an extension of the time limit under this
section.
History: 1995 c 248 art 18 s 1; 1996 c 283 s 1; 2003 c 41 s 1; 2006 c 226 s 1; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 11;
2007 c 113 s 1