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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: June 20,2001 Item No.: Department Approval: Name: Michael P. GafTron Title: Planning Director Administrator Approval:Agenda Section: Zoning Item Description: Review of Home Occupation Definitions & Standards rc: “Employed Assistants ” and Persons Not Residing in Residence Existing Cedes “Home Occupations” has been a permitted Accessory Use in “R” Districts since 1967. The definition in the current zoning code is identical to that in the 1967 code, and reads as follows: “Home Occupation ” - Any gainful occupation meeting all of the following requirements when engaged in only by persons residing in their dwelling, when that occupation is conducted within the principal structure only, when evidence of the occupation is not visible from the street. So signs other than those permitted in "R“ Districts are present, no excessive stock in trade is stored on the premises, over the counter retail sales are not involved, and entrance to the home occupation is gained from within the structure. A professional person may use his residence for consultation, emergency treatment or performance of religious rites but not for general practice of his profession when such general practice wilt involve the need for more than three off-street parking spaces for the occupant and visitors. ” The 1967 Code entry for the “Home Occupation” accessory use in the R-1A zone merely referred to the definition for standards and conditions. The 1975 Zoning Code continued the 1967 definition, but added ro the Accessory Use code entry specific conditions not found in the definition (highlighted below). That code section has not been changed since 1975 and reads as follows: "C Home Occupations. Any gainful occupation meeting all of the following requirements when engaged in only hy persons residing in their dwelling, when there is no employed assistant, when that occupation is conducted within the principal structure only, w hen evidence of the occupation is not visible from the street, no signs other than those permitted in "R" Districts are present, no c.xcessive stock in trade is stored on the premises, over the counter retail sales are not involved, the entrance to the home occupation is gained from within the structure, and the use does not adversely affect the character of the uses permitted in the district in which it is located. A professional person may use lus residence for consultation, emergency treatment or performance rf religious rites hut not for general practice of his profession when such general practice will involve the need for more than three off-street parking spaces for the occupant and visitors. " __________(Current code cite is Section 10 20, Subd 4C: Accessory Uses in Kesidcntia! Zones)