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Motion by Chair Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to table this item until the November <br />2007 Planning Commission meeting to allow the applicant to work with staff on noise levels and <br />abatement, and to consider the need for a work session to happen between the applicant, Planning <br />Commission and City Council. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Brauer, Cleveland, Hunt, Trites <br />Rolle, and Van Scoy. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Levine. <br />Chairperson Nixt stated he would like to continue the public hearing until the November 2007 <br />Planning Commission meeting. Commissioner Brauer was the second to the motion to close the <br />public hearing and he agreed for the continuance. <br />Case #2: Request for a Home Occupation Permit; Case of Mary Toso <br />Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 8:31 p.m. in <br />order to call the public hearing to order. <br />Public Hearing <br />Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 8:34 p.m. <br />Presentation <br />Associate Planner Geisler stated that the City received an application from Mary Toso for a home <br />occupation permit to operate a bed and breakfast in her home located at 7822 142' Avenue NW. <br />The second floor of the Toso home has two bedrooms and a sitting area, which would be used by <br />guests of the bed and breakfast. The owners' suite is on the first floor, along with the kitchen and <br />dining areas, which would be open to guests. The business could accommodate a maximum of <br />four guests at one time. No outside employees would be involved in the bed and breakfast <br />operations. <br />City Code restricts home occupations to 20% of the gross floor area of the home. The home is <br />about 4,100 square feet in size. The upper floor is about 800 square feet, or about 19% of the <br />gross floor area. The applicant has a circular drive, with sufficient space to accommodate guest <br />vehicles. <br />Associate Planner Geisler stated the applicant is considering having a small sign at the end of her <br />driveway to indicate the guests are at their destination and is requesting a 2' by 3' sign, and to <br />permit that they would need to include that as a specific term in the Home Occupation Permit. <br />Staff recommends approval of the request for a home occupation permit. <br />Citizen Input <br />Planning Commission /October 4, 2007 <br />Page 7 of 9 <br />