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oro .no planning commission work session MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 15,1997 (#5 Home Occupation, Continued) Van Zomeren said 2A is purposely vague. 2B allows for personal services to be provided at the home. Smith asked if the ordinance allows for only one non-resident employee or only one employee on site at any one time. Van Zomeren said it refers to only one employee regardless of when there. Smith questioned if the concern is with impact and not with numbers, whether there could be one employee in the morning and another in the afternoon. Van Zomeren said there is no distinction Gaffron noted that the ordinance is written to be very ••estrctive. Smith asked if the ordinance is geared to what activity is taking place inside the home or the impact on the neighborhood. She felt this could be problematic. Gaffron said impact should then be discussed. A typographical error was noted in 2C regarding the word “on" not "of. Smith asked the purpose of 2D Hawn said it would eliminate the ability to turn the residence into something other than a home, such as a warehouse. Smith questioned what difference it would make on impact if it looks like a house on the outside. Van Zomeren said it would then be perpetuating commercial use on residential property and made it difficult to revert to residential. 2E allows for uses on the west side of Orono, namely agricultural based businesses for storage in accessory structures. It does not allow for outdoor storage. Van Zomeren informed McMillan that accessory structures must still conform to standards. Van Zomeren cited the Holzer application, where the plumber wanted to use his accessory structure to store his plumbing supplies. This could not occur under current code but would allow him to do so under this ordinance McMillan asked if the accessory structure does not conform, whether a variance would be allowed. Schroeder felt it would be inconsistent to allow a variance for accessory structure and not for home occupation. Van Zomeren said the intent is regarding storage and not tor office use. Gaffron said it is not clearly wntten to understand that. Schroeder said he liked the idea. Van Zomeren said this would allow riding lessons to be held in a bam. Gaffron asked about situations where activities held in accessory structures Smith said that could not occur Gaffron asked how to deal with uses currently being conducted. Schroeder noted there are also alot of businesses with more than one employee. McMillan noted many businesses are also not registered. Under 2F, the word "not" was deleted. 2G references lots where homes are closer together 2H, Van Zomeren questioned where the sign should be located. Stoddard suggested it be affixed to the business. He does not want a sign by the road Hawn asked about the customer that finds it difficult to locate an address suggesting limiting the sign size. Lindquist did not want to see a road sign. No changes were made to 2H as written.