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City of The Colony updates home-based business rules to align with recent state change
Summary
The council approved an ordinance replacing the city's 'home occupation' definition with a 'no-impact home-based business' category and added home-based business regulations to align with state changes referenced in the meeting. Staff said the new state standard limits municipal regulation of 'no-impact' operations.
The City of The Colony on Sept. 2 approved an ordinance that replaces the local 'home occupation' classification with a new 'no-impact home-based business' definition and adds related home-based business regulations.
City planning staff said the ordinance implements changes the city described in the meeting as resulting from a recent state bill (referred to in the council discussion as "h b 24 64"). Under the new no-impact definition presented by staff, such a business must (1) keep the combined total…
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