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Planning Commission recommends approval of home‑occupation text amendment allowing accessory structures and clarifying language
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a text amendment to allow home‑based businesses to operate inside accessory structures in addition to primary residences, to change some wording ("heated" to "habitable" and use "and/or"), and to forward the change to mayor and commission with edits.
The Athens‑Clarke County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a zoning text amendment that would allow home‑occupation activities to be carried out in accessory structures in addition to the primary residence, with existing guardrails (no signage, limits on employees and business vehicles, etc.) remaining in place. Commissioners instructed staff to change "heated floor space" language to "habitable" and to use an "and/or" construction so the code reads that home occupations must occur entirely within the primary or accessory structure (or…
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