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2. <br /> DAHLGREN <br /> SHA,RDLOW <br /> AND UBAN <br /> f!'CORPORATED <br /> CONSULTING PLANNERS <br /> LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS <br /> 300 FIRST AVENUE NORTH <br /> SUITE 210 <br /> MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401 <br /> 612 339 3300 <br /> August 2, 1993 AUG 2 4 1993 <br /> Susan Hoyt <br /> City administrator <br /> City of Falcon Heights <br /> 2077 W. Larpenteur Avenue <br /> Falcon Heights, MN 55113 -5594 <br /> We have reviewed the City's Home Occupation Ordinance and compared 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 are very general. If the City is <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 /> 1. Requirements that the business be clearly secondary to the residential nature of the home. <br /> Falcon Heights is similar 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 />