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Council committee backs sending proposed home-occupation registration, fines and related zoning clarifications to planning and zoning
Summary
Council committee reviewed proposed changes to the home-occupation sections of the zoning code, discussed registration fees and fines for unregistered home businesses, accessory-structure limits and operational hours, and voted to send the committees recommended edits to Planning & Zoning for formal review.
Committee members reviewed a consolidated draft that merges duplicate home-occupation provisions from two sections of the zoning code and recommends adding registration and enforcement language to the general standards.
Staff described the drafts principal changes: combining scattered home-occupation provisions into a single section, adding sign restrictions carried over from special standards, and proposing penalties for operating without registration. Council discussion centered on the appropriate penalty and whether a registration fee should be charged. Committee members discussed a $50 preregistration fee and a higher, after-the-fact fine (committee discussion…
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