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Planning Board Proposes 'Home-Based Business' Bylaw to Replace Home Occupation; Deletions Simplify Process

Falmouth Planning Board · September 17, 2024

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Summary

Board previewed a rewrite of the home-occupation bylaw (Article 34), renaming it Home-Based Business and distinguishing by-right low-impact uses from higher-impact uses requiring a special permit. The draft removes earlier cumulative-impact monitoring language and clarifies allowed gross-floor-area, signage, parking and employee limits.

FALMOUTH — The Planning Board on Sept. 13 reviewed a streamlined draft that would rename the town’s Home Occupation rules as "Home-Based Business" and reorganize standards into by-right and special-permit tiers.

Staff said the by-right category is intended for low-impact professions such as…

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