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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, Aagast S, 2005 <br />7:00 o’clock pjn. <br />(Home Occapatloa License Review, Coadnaed) <br />Muiphy inquired whether diey have a business address separate from their home address. <br />Mr. Cordes indicated their address is not advertised but merely their phone number. <br />Murphy inquired where the customers of this business would come if they wanted to view the equipment. <br />Mr Cordes indicated he would bring the equipment to their residence and that they would not be coming <br />to their inopeity. <br />Mrs. Cordes stated their business mail gets sent to 830 Forest Arms Lane. Mrs. Cordes stated the <br />neighbors have not had a problem in the past when Jeff plowed their driveway or mowed their grass and <br />that the problem has just arisen in the past four months. <br />Murphy inquired whether die business has grown recently. <br />Mr. Cordes stated it has not grown since he started it. <br />Murphy commented thb City Council has to go by what the codes dictate. Murphy noted the Planning <br />Commission did review home occu|»tions a few years ago. <br />Gaffron stated the City did adopt the Home Occupation Ordinance as a result of the discussions by the <br />Planning Commission and that this is probably the first application that has been brought before tte City <br />under that ordinance. Gaffron stated in the past the City has had problems with landscape businesses <br />starting small and growing larger. Gaffron stated in the case of a smaller neighborhood, it does not take <br />long before the home occupation becomes an issue. <br />Murphy stated there is a difference between a property owner having a bobcat for his own personal use <br />and a property owner owning a bobcat to operate a business. Murphy stated in his opinion this <br />neighborhood is not fit to have this type of business run out of this property, particularly in light of items <br />five and nine. <br />Mr. Cordes indicated the bobcat is used very minimally. <br />Mrs. Cordes stated all the equipment was owned prior to starting the business. Cwdes stated even if the <br />busuwss did not exist, they would still have this equipment. <br />McMillan pointed out a business tends to require more intensive maintenance of the equipment, which is <br />one of the issues under the ordinance. <br />Mr. Cordes stated the trailer (fepicted in one of the photographs has been sold uid that the other picture <br />depicts him leaving the property. <br />PAGE 10