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Planning Commission delays vote on home‑occupation code updates tied to recent court ruling
Summary
Commissioners heard a draft update to home‑occupation rules—removing some hour/floor restrictions, adding bicycle/non‑powered vehicle repair as a permitted home business and extending permit duration—but deferred the item to April 23 to clarify language and limits (motorized vs non‑motorized).
Planning staff presented proposed revisions to the home‑occupation section of Title 17 intended to respond to a recent Tennessee Court of Appeals decision and to modernize the code. Key proposed changes include removal of floor limitations, limiting customer visits to a maximum of 12 per day, permitting repair of non‑powered…
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