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have to share utilities with the house, so it wouldn’t count. She offered to push it with the <br />Metropolitan Council if that was wanted. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell questioned if a tiny home community was started, would that count. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff replied that as the ordinance is written, there is only one ADU on a <br />property along with the home. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell clarified that she meant a tiny home community to meet the Met Council’s <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff replied if it was zoned for high density. <br /> <br />Senior Planner McGuire Brigl replied that likely would count because it would have an application <br />associated with it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove commented that some areas of the City that are going to be excluded <br />from this are townhomes and other areas and questioned if that language was included or if it <br />needed to be. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma replied there is a minimum lot size required. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell referenced garage conversion and questioned if that referred only to a <br />detached garage or if someone could convert an attached garage into a dwelling. <br /> <br />Senior Planner McGuire Brigl replied that an attached garage would be under an attached ADU or <br />an internal ADU. For a detached garage conversion, it would need the CUP. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to direct staff to bring the ordinance forward for introduction in <br />January. <br /> <br />2.05: Discuss Ordinance #21-20 Amending City Code Chapter 117, Sections 1 and 351 <br />Regarding Home Occupations <br /> <br />Zoning Code Enforcement Officer Raines reviewed the staff report and introduced the ordinance. <br />She stated this was brought to the Planning Commission on November 18, 2021. The changes <br />requested regarded a more clear definition of home occupation as a result of recent code <br />enforcement cases. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell referenced Section 117- 351, Item J, and commented that one concern she <br />had was that it didn’t take into consideration people who might be artists or tutors or music teachers <br />who run a business to be able to do so as eight daily trips wouldn’t be sustainable for them. She <br />stated she is from Fargo originally where there is a robust artist community and a lot of home- <br />based music teaching businesses. Councilmember Howell commented that she looked at the city <br />code for Fargo, which includes a section for those people and could serve as a model for Section <br />City Council Work Session / December 14, 2021 <br />Page 7 of 10 <br /> <br />