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Board allows apartment‑based publishing and online book sales with storage limits
Summary
A special exception was approved for a home‑based private publishing business at 509 Norway Drive (multifamily) with limits on on‑site printing and storage and prohibition on retail sales at the residence.
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception for a private publishing business at 509 Norway Drive, a multifamily property, allowing the applicant to write and sell books online while outsourcing printing to a third party.
Planning staff said the applicant, Robert Mason White, will perform writing and private publishing activities at his apartment and would outsource printing; completed books would be shipped back to the applicant and sold online. The apartment unit is 968 square feet; the board and staff noted the home‑occupation rule limiting business use to 25% of gross dwelling area.
White told the board he might keep a modest inventory on hand: “At the most, I’d have maybe 50 books on hand at a time,” he said. Staff recommended conditions that all printing be conducted off‑site, no retail sales from the residence, and no electrical or mechanical equipment that would change the dwelling’s fire rating or create interference.
The board approved the application unanimously, adopting the recommended conditions. The vote was recorded as unanimous by members present.
