Council split on whether home occupations should be by-right or subject to review
Councilors debated allowing low-impact home-occupation uses by right while reserving higher-risk activities for special permits or departmental review; proposals included a two-track system and registration to protect neighborhoods.
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Councilors expressed differing views on whether the draft ordinance should allow home occupations by right or require departmental review or special permits. Councilor King argued that the effort should make certain low-impact occupations by right to achieve the ordinance's purpose, while other councilors and department staff warned that by-right status could make enforcement difficult and allow problematic uses to proliferate.
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