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AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 117 OF THE CITY CODE, WHICH CHAPTER IS KNOWN AS ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE #15 -03 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 117 -351 (HOME OCCUPATIONS) OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE. The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1 AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS Section 117 -351 Subd. (1) is amended to read as follows: (1) Requirements. Home occupations that operate under the following parameters shall be exempt from a permit. If a home occupation operates beyond the conditions below or if the home occupation creates conditions described in subsection (2), a permit shall be required. a. The home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises, and shall result in no incompatibility with or disturbance to the surrounding area. b. The owner of the home occupation shall occupy the dwelling unit on the site of the home occupation. c. Home occupation operations are restricted to the dwelling unit, attached or detached garages or accessory buildings. If the owner of a home occupation is conducting operations in a detached accessory building, said accessory building must be located on the same parcel as the owners dwelling unit, or a parcel immediately adjacent to the owner's dwelling, to which the owner also has fee title. d. The area set aside for the home occupation in the dwelling unit shall not exceed 20 percent of the gross living area of the dwelling unit. e. The area set aside for the home occupation in attached or detached accessory buildings or garages shall not exceed total accessory building space or height allowed on the site of the home occupation, as established in section 117 -349 f. A minimum of 400 square feet of garage or accessory building space shall be maintained as a primary residential garage for indoor parking of vehicles and equipment. There shall not be any exterior evidence of the existence of said home occupation such as displays, exterior storage of home occupation equipment and vehicles, materials, supplies, inventory or merchandise, with the following exceptions: 1. One (1) motor vehicle affiliated with the home occupation, either meeting the definition of a commercial vehicle or any vehicle having lettering or advertising for said home g.