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Commission reviews draft rural‑services/contractor and home‑occupation tiers; staff to refine thresholds
Summary
At a workshop, planning staff outlined a three‑tier approach to home occupations and rural contractor uses — by‑right minimal home occupations, a by‑right trades category up to a placeholder threshold, and larger uses requiring special‑use permits — and commissioners asked staff to refine thresholds and consider grandfathering and enforcement approaches.
Planning staff presented a proposed rural services/contractor‑use ordinance and a rewritten home‑occupation framework aimed at reconciling existing nonconforming home businesses with a clear regulatory pathway for growth.
Staff described three tiers: (1) a minimal home occupation by‑right use with no externally noticeable impacts; (2) trades/contractor home occupations by‑right to a reasonable scale…
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