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H MEMORANDUM DATE:12/4/97 TO:Chair Lindquist and Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator FROM: Brad Dressier, Planning Assistant RE:Orono Business Inventory ATTACHMENTS: A: Orono Business Directory B: Businesses With More Than Four Employees in Residential Zones C: Zoning Code Provisions Regarding Home Occupations D: List of Licensed Home Occupations Di^g October and November, i997 a study was conducted to inventory business located in Orono. Prior to ^s time, there was no comprehensive record containing this information. Information gathered includes determuiing what types of businesses Orono has, where they are located and what are the largest businesses in terms of employees and sales. This study has answered these questions. The purpose of this inventory is to keep track of home occupations, assist in completing a Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development community profile sheet and to serve as a reference for staff regarding Orono businesses in general. To determine the nature of each business. Standard Industrial Codes (SIC) were used. These are numbers assigned to each business registered with the Department of Trade and Economic Development to denote their primary function(s). As shown in the directory, each SIC is shown, as well as what the numbers represent. Attachment A is the business directory. The information is sorted by zoning district, as well as number of employees. Table 1 summarizes the number of businesses in each zoning district. Table 1 Number of Businesses in Orono. By Zoning ni<;trirf Zoning U*B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 B-6 I LR-IA LR-IB LR-IC LR-lC-1 RR-IA RR-IB Number 3 43 3 8 5 13 8 ♦unknown, post office box There are 72 business located in the business zoning districts. The majority of these are located in the B-1 district. There are five businesses located in the industrial district. Th» largest number of