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September 5, 2012 2213 Shadywood Road Page 4 of 4 a. The characteristics of the neighborhood, including current land use, lot sizes, lot widths, parking availability, and screening. b. Type of street,width, and traffic volumes. c. The availability and location of off-street parking. (14) Shipment and delivery of products, merchandise,or supplies shall be limited to the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.and shall regularly occur only in single rear axle straight trucks or smaller vehicles typically used to serve residential areas. (15) No sound or noise created by the operation of the home occupation shall be audible at the property lines except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Home occupations shall otherwise comply with all noise provisions of this chapter. (16) Any activity or event organized for the purpose of displaying or selling merchandise shall not be held more than six times per year.This section shall not be construed as requiring a license or permit for occasional garage sales or tag sales. (e) Prohibited home occupations. The following uses, by their nature of operation, have a pronounced tendency to increase beyond the limits permitted for home occupations.These uses have objectionable operational characteristics that adversely impact residential neighborhoods and shall be prohibited as home occupations: (1) Service, repair, or painting of any motorized vehicle, including but not limited to motor vehicles, trailers, boats, personal watercraft, recreational vehicles, and snowmobiles. (2) Hair styling establishments that serve more than one person at a time. (3) Adult uses, as defined in this Code.Adult uses are prohibited as a home occupation for the reasons set forth in Ordinance No. 193, Second Series (section 78-1377 of this Code), adopted by the city council on November 8, 1999, based on the effects and impacts of sexually oriented businesses as set forth in the state attorney general's Report of the Attorney General's Working Group on Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses, dated June 6, 1989, and in the Task Force Report on Sexually Oriented Businesses, authored by the Cities of Minnetonka, St. Louis Park and Shakopee,which considered relevant studies from six cities. (4) Dispatch centers where persons come to a site and are dispatched to other locations. (5) Medical or dental clinic. (6) Rental businesses. (7) Contracting, excavating, welding or machine shops. (8) Commercial kennels and veterinary clinics. (9) Tow truck services. (10) Ceramic studios with kilns of volume six cubic feet or more. (11) The sale, lease, trade or other transfer of firearms or ammunition by a firearms dealer, except when such dealer is federally licensed to conduct such activity. (12) Sale or use of hazardous materials in excess of consumer quantities which are packaged for consumption by individual households for personal care or household use. (� Reasonable accommodation for disabled persons. Persons with physical or other legally recognized disabilities may request reasonable accommodation by requesting a waiver of one or more of the requirements of this section.The zoning administrator may only grant waivers on the basis of the applicant's physical limitations to function within such requirements.