PUBLIC HEARING: Consider Ordinance #18-12; Text Amendment to City Code Section 117-351 Home Occupations Ordinance

Under staff direction from the City Council and the Planning Commission, a text amendment has been made to City Code Section 117-351, Home Occupations. This text amendment specifically limits the the number of allowed employees and prohibits outdoor storage.

?Based on recent Applications, Staff was directed to consider additional standards based on the following:

• ?More explicit prohibition on outside storage.
• Creation of categorical prohibitions (such as contracting companies that traditionally have significant outdoor storage)
• Additional limitations on number of employees to reduce number of vehicle trips to site

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Staff published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Anoka County UnionHerald.
 

Alternative #1. Recommend City Council adopts Ordinance #18-12. This would update the Zoning Regulations restrict the number of allowed employees and prohibit outdoor storage for home occupations. Staff supports this alternative.

Alternative #2. Recommend City Council denies Ordinance #18-12. This would leave the Zoning Regulations as-is, which has created concern about number of allowed employees and does not prohbit outdoor storage. Staff does not support this alternative.

Alternative #3. Table the ordinance amendment in order to have Staff research additional topics or draft ordinance amendments. Staff would support this alternative if there was specific language or other case studies the Planning Commission felt necessary to review before making a recommendation to City Council.

This case is being handled as part of normal Staff duties.

Staff recommends Alternative #1, recommending the City Council adopt ordinance #18-12.

Motion to recommend the City Council adopt Ordinance #18-12.