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Planning commission recommends changes to home-occupation rules; removes "animal boarding" from allowed home occupations
Summary
The commission voted July 9 to forward to City Council a zoning text amendment clarifying home-occupation levels. Key changes include moving cottage food producers under a lower-review category, striking 'animal boarding' from the home-occupation list, and removing family-day-care references because those uses are already covered elsewhere in the code.
On July 9, the North St. Paul City Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a zoning text amendment to clarify home-occupation rules, including moving cottage food producers to a lower-review level and removing references to family day care and "animal boarding." The commission forwarded the amendment with the hand-written changes discussed by staff and commissioners.
Planning staff said the draft ordinance incorporated nine edits requested at the prior meeting and addressed resident comments received after the packet was published. Staff proposed listing cottage food producers under a lower level (Level 1 or Level 2),…
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