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permits reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council, pursuant to City Code Section 9.11.04 (Home Occupations). There is significant outside storage of tree trimmings, as well as a potential for excessive noise and vibration from cutting wood. Furthermore, there are currently five vehicles stored outside on the subject property that are directly related to the operation of the home occupation. City Code does not specifically prohibit these proposed activities as it relates to home occupations, but does state that proposals of this level be reviewed by the City Council. The Applicant would continue to need to comply with noise and other applicable regulations. City Code Section 9.11.04 states that a home occupation is permitted if the property is at least three acres in size, said business is low intensity, and does not adversely o he a a character od the residential neighborhood. A home occupation permit is required to operate approval e d business. Parcels of this size are allowed three (3) non - resident employees, pending a home occupation permit. The subject property is approximately 9.3 acres in size. The property currently has two accessory structures on the site. One accessory structure is currently used t e ci store e on t he The commercial vehicles on the subject property for use .of the n applicant would like to construct an additional accessory structure to house the remaining commercial vehicles due to recent thefts and cold weather conditions. 16 Vehicular traffic trips are not to exceed two (2) trips per hour per standard his nes threshold. day or The trips within a 24 hour period. The applicant does not anticipate exceeding applicant has stated that trips consist of employees arriving at the residence and departing in the commercial vehicles and returning at the end of the day. Customers generally would not be on- site, although customers are allowed to purchase bundles of split wood on the site. The Friday. sbusiness operation would occur between the hours of 10:OOam and 5:OOp , Monday Louder operations related to the subdividing of wood are recommended to be constrained to Monday through Saturday, 2:00 p.m. to 5 :00 p.m., as discussed with the Applicant and per Planning Commission recommendation. Since the subject property is on a county road, an additional 25% could be added to the daily trips allowed; however, the Applicant is not requesting this addition. City Code stipulates that a home occupation permit will not be permitted i with the proposed lot sizes in the surrounding neighborhood are determined to be incompatible operation. It is staff's opinion that the nature of proposed business operation and the size of the subject property and surrounding properties make the operation compatible with the surrounding residential neighborhood, subject to compliance with the recommended streamlining of operations. Due to the nature of the business, a stipulation to the home occupation permit has been added to regarding 'the storing of diseased or infected wood on the subject property prevent spreading of such disease or infestation. —158—