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Planning staff proposes loosening home-occupation rules to allow limited personal services by appointment
Summary
Planning staff presented draft changes to the home-occupation rules to allow by-right instruction, consultation and limited personal-service uses (nail, hair, massage) under defined conditions, while keeping product-sale and repair uses restricted; staff also flagged parking, ADUs and garage-use questions for further review.
Planning Department staff returned to the commission to continue a text-amendment discussion on home-occupation rules, responding to a prior December request to evaluate whether some home occupations should be permitted rather than requiring conditional use permits (CUPs).
Staff said existing rules allow home occupations as an accessory use provided they remain incidental to the dwelling, occupy no more than 25% of floor area, have no exterior storage or signage, and maintain a residential exterior character; on-site consultation and…
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