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Planning Commission Work Session - November 7,2001 <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Chair Hawn and Planning Commissioners <br />Mike Gaffron, Planning Director <br />November 2, 2001 <br />HOME OCCUPATIONS <br />Attachments; <br />A • November 19 Public Hearing Notice <br />B - July 12,2001 Council Work Session Packet, incl. 1998 Van Zomeren memo & draft orditiance <br />Background <br />During 1998 Planning Commission held several work sessions and hearings regarding the Home <br />Occupation ordinance. The result was a recommendation for a comprehensive updating ofthc home <br />occupation regulations, with the following keys aspects: <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />6. <br />7. <br />8. <br />9. <br />10. <br />II. <br />i:. <br />13. <br />14. <br />15. <br />Discontinue licensing home occupations. <br />Continue status of home occupations as an allowed Accessory Use. <br />Allow up to one non-occupant employee. <br />Prohibit building modifications that look commercial or make residential re-use difficult. <br />Allow home occupation only in principal structure in urban zones or with urban lot size, but <br />allow home occupation also in accessory structure in rural /ones or w ith rural lot size. <br />Prohibit outside storage of materials, goods and equipment, except certain vehicles. <br />Parking associated with the home occupation must be off-street and screened. <br />Prohibit noisy vehicles or equipment not normally associated with a dwelling. <br />Prohibit retail sales except as accessoiy' to the sen ices being provided. <br />Home occupation must not be discemablc from street except for allowed R signage. <br />Limit hours of operation when open to public (8 a m. to 8 p.m). <br />Traffic limited to 5 customers.'clients per day or less, based on the characteristics of <br />neighborhood, streets, etc. <br />Limit deliveries to daytime and to small vehicles compatible in neighborhood. <br />Prohibit certain home occupations (sec list in 1998 ordinance draft). <br />Provide reasonable accommodation to handicapped persons. <br />Please see Liz Van Zomeren ’s memo of June 24, 1998 for additional detail. Discussions on that <br />1998 proposed ordinance bogged down during Council deliberation on whether home occupations <br />should be allowed in accessory buildings. No Council action was ever taken on the ordinance. <br />Page I of2