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MEETING <br />MAY 0 6 2000 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: May 5,2000 <br />ITEM NO: <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Lyle Oman <br />Title building Official <br />Administrator Reviewed: <br />7; <br />Agenda Section: <br />Licenses <br />Item Description: Proposed Home Occupation for 740 Orchard Park Road <br />On April 27, 2000, Steve Mecco applied for a home occupation licence to operate a tree service <br />business from a property at 740 Orchard Park Road that he is considering buying. This property is <br />located on the comer of Orchard Park Road and Sixth Avenue North. The property is fairly secluded <br />from the neighbors, and the business may not adversely affect them. However, I feel it would be a <br />bad precedent to allow this use on a residential property. <br />Over the years I have dealt with a number of these types of operations that have sprung up on <br />residential property. The complaints that we receive are about noise from trucks coming and going, <br />idling in cold weather, maintenance, tuning and running of equipment, employees coming and going, <br />and equipment stored outside. <br />Mr. Mecco stated he would build a pole bam to house the equipment, it would be very unfortunate <br />if he were allowed to build a building to operate the business, then be told later he could not operate <br />from the property due to complaints. Therefore I recommend denial of the home occupation licence. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to deny the proposed home occupation license for 740 Orchard Park Road.