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Council adopts amendment to home-occupation rules to conform with state law
Summary
Council adopted changes to Chapter 30 clarifying 'no-impact' home occupations, limiting business area to no more than 0.5 of the floor area, requiring activities be incidental to residential use, and noting Planning & Zoning recommended approval 6–0.
Council held a public hearing and adopted an ordinance amending Chapter 30 (Home Occupation Regulations) to bring local code into conformance with state law. Carter (staff) told council the prior code listed specific allowed home businesses and that state law requires a focus on whether a home business is a 'no-impact' occupation rather than enumerating specific trades.
Carter explained the chief changes: a home business should be incidental and secondary to residential use, should not occupy more than "0.5 of the floor area," and should not generate traffic or activity discernible from the property line. Planning & Zoning recommended approval 6–0. The council opened the required public hearing, heard no speakers, and then approved the ordinance by motion; the motion passed unanimously.
The ordinance change aims to avoid regulating particular trades and instead rely on measurable impacts (floor area, traffic, visibility) to determine compliance with home-occupation rules.
