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Commission clarifies home-occupation rules, exempts non-visitor internet/home-office activity
Summary
The commission approved ACZR2602 to update Topeka’s home-occupation code: activities that do not involve customers or employees visiting a home (for example internet sales or a home office) are exempt from requiring a home-occupation permit; in-home daycare and short-term rentals remain separately permitted.
The Topeka Planning Commission approved a text amendment (ACZR2602) to clarify which home-based activities require a home-occupation permit.
Planning staff explained the intent: modernize the city code so that activities where no one visits the home — for example internet sales handled by shipping carriers or a sole occupant working from a home office — do not require a home-occupation permit. Staff said the amendment is intended to…
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