Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/09/2023

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o All occupation activities conducted entirely in the dwelling; cannot exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling. o Examples of allowed uses: ■ Artists, crafts, dressmakers, beauticians / barber shops, home office, teaching or tutoring, mail order, telephone answering, work at home activities, food preparation under the cottage food exemption, gunsmithing with federal license — no sales, or other uses that comply with the standards. o Examples of allowed uses with an IUP: ■ Uses that involve one outside employee or outside parking of one commercial vehicle that does not exceed one -ton capacity that is used for personal and business transportation. ■ Ceramic classes ■ Domestic animal grooming ■ Other uses that substantially comply with the standards ■ Other uses similar in character to allowed uses o Examples of prohibited uses: ■ Retail shops, photo studios, restaurants or food sales, medical offices, animal hospitals or kennels, auto or mechanical repair, dance studios, dispatch centers, furniture repair, palm reading / fortune telling, raising animals for sale, sales or storage yards for contractors and tradesmen, sign painting, boardinghouses, tattoo businesses, tanning salons, any occupation requiring a federal firearms license, trash haulers, or other uses that do not comply with standards. Blaine (3 3 -10) - De inition: Any business, occupation, profession, or commercial activity that is conducted or petitioned to be conducted from property that is zoned for residential use. General farming and gardening activities are not considered home occupations and are not regulated by this ordinance. - Standards: o Occupations must be conducted inside the principal dwelling, and no more than one room can be used o One wall sign allowed not to exceed 2.5 feet o Storage of materials, and vehicles must be inside. o Area for the occupation cannot exceed 20% of the home floor area o No outside employees o Use of mechanical other than domestic or hobby purposes is prohibited o Wholesale or retail allowed, if conducted by mail or occasional home visits o No occupations that produce noise, gas, vibrations, glares, fire hazards, etc. o Trucks cannot be used for the operation o Less than 4 daily customers o Serviced by delivery trucks no larger than 20,000 gross vehicle weight o CUPs allowed for uses that do not comply with the above standards, and can be revoked with opposition from at least three neighbors. o Garage sales permitted under separate regulations.