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2 <br /> <br />INCORPCtRATEI~ <br />CONSULTING PLANNERS <br />LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS <br />.300 FIRST AVENUE NORTH <br />SUITE 210 <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 <br />612339.3300 <br />August 2, 1993 <br />Susan Hoyt <br />City administrator <br />City of Falcon Heights <br />2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue <br />Falcon Heights, MN 55113-5594 <br />AUG 2 ~+ 1993 <br />We have reviewed the City's Home Occupation Ordinance and compazed it to ordinances from other <br />communities including the ones you sent us. The attached summary lists the items you brought up, <br />together with items commonly found in home occupation ordinances. Overall, Falcon Heights <br />ordinance does not seem much worse or much better than most other ordinances addressing home <br />• occupations. Some City ordinances are very specific while others aze very general. If the City is <br />1. Requirements that the business be clearly secondary to the residential nature of the home. <br />considering changes to the Home Occupation Ordinance, it is important to address any problems that <br />have occurred. For example, is there confusion about what uses can be considered home occupations? <br />Have there been complaints about permitted home occupations concerning traffic or noise? These <br />types of problems may help point to needed changes (if any). In addition to the attached spreadsheet, <br />you brought up six items in particular which I've addressed below. <br />Falcon Heights is similaz to most communities in stating that a home occupation is secondary or <br />incidental to the primary use of the dwelling. Your ordinance says this in the definition section, some <br />say it under purpose. In addition, the requirements section currently in you ordinance helps to clarify <br />this. If there have been problems with interpretation or enforcement of this, you may want to consider <br />modifying the requirements. <br />2. Requirements regarding trips and deliveries to home occupations. <br />There is a wide variation in how communities deal with this item. Your ordinance says that normal <br />residential traffic should be maintained, other communities set specific limits on the number and type <br />of trips that are allowed. New Brighton for example allows four additional vehicle trips per day while <br />Cottage Grove allows 20 Vehicle Trips per day. Specifying trips per day would help clarify your <br />ordinance. <br />3. Requirements regarding remodeling to accommodate a home occupation. <br />• Falcon Height's Ordinance, like most other communities, states that the residential character of the <br />