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The number of non-resident employees has been reduced by half; staff is proposing a maximum of 3 employees instead of the previously proposed 6 employees on 10+ acres. The following language has been added to quantify excessive vehicular traffic, "The Home Occupation shall not generate excessive vehicular traffic to the residential neighborhood, which shall be quantified as follows: 2 vehicle trips per hour per standard 8 hour business day or 16 vehicle trips within a 24 hour period. An increase at a rate of 25% is permitted if the subject property gains access from a County, State, or MSA Street. The total traffic Irips permitted includes employees and deliveries." The following language has been added to both the Principal and Accessory Structure Home Occupation sections within the ordinance; "The operation may not be permitted if the density and lot sizes of the surrounding neighborhood are determined to be too dense and therefore not compatible to the proposed business operation." Ordinance applied to the Lonrw Menard Situation: The enclosed Home Occupation Ordinance will allow the City Council the ability to review a Home Occupation Permit application request to operate a business from an accessory structure and provides some performance standards. The ordinance further allows the City Council to consider approving a business operation in an existing lawful non-conforming accessory structures that do not have a residential dwelling on the property. These two provisions will allow Mr. Menard the ability to inform potential commercial buyers that they can apply for an Accessory Structure Home Occupation Permit to operate a business and provide some guidelines as to what type of uses will be considered on his 10 acre parcel. Recommendation: City Staff is recommending that the City Council introduce the enclosed Home Occupation Ordinance. Mr. Menard is requesting reimbursement to the $400 Zoning Amendment application fee. It i-k his opinion that since Staff intended to discuss with the City Council and Planning Commission regarding the Home Occupation Ordinance that he should not bear the cost. Staff would recommend a cost sharing approach to his situation as staffhas spent many hours working with Mr. Menard's attorney attempting to work through several different approaches and opinions during the drafting of this ordinance. Enclosed for your information: 1. Proposed Home Occupation Ordinance 2. City Council work session meeting minutes dated November 3, 2003 CC: 11.25.03