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Commission backs revisions to home-occupation rules to clarify residential businesses
Summary
Kane County planners voted to recommend ordinance revisions that clarify the definition and permitted scope of home occupations, add an Article F for home-based businesses, and preserve existing limits such as the 25% dwelling-use cap while asking staff and counsel to finalize codification language.
On July 9 the Kane County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of Ordinance 2025-22, a package of revisions to county land-use definitions and Chapter 6 provisions intended to clarify what qualifies as a home occupation and to add a new Article F addressing home-based businesses.
Planning staff explained the revisions were prompted by a contentious permit application and a subsequent attorney review. "I pulled the attorney into my office... there's some real serious issues…
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