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Committee leans away from adding site-plan review as default for home occupations
Summary
Commissioner Florence advised against making site-plan review the primary oversight tool for home occupations—saying site plans address earthworks rather than use; the committee favored administrative review with referrals to the ZBA for discretionary screening or higher-impact cases.
Members asked whether site-plan review should be required for home-occupation cases that exceed by-right limits. Building Commissioner Brian Florence cautioned that site-plan review focuses on earthwork and access issues rather than the suitability of a use and recommended relying on the existing administrative Friday zoning review and the Zoning Board of Appeals for discretionary decisions.
"Site plan is about what is the access onto the lot... It's about the dirt," Florence said, urging the committee not to fold site-plan review into the home-occupation approval pathway as a de facto use-control tool. The committee agreed to tighten by-right standards and to route discretionary cases involving screening or quantity of vehicles/equipment to the ZBA.
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