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Staff would propose to eliminate the Home Extended Business, since the R -BR <br />zoning district is also likely to be eliminated. Instead, a tiered system of Home <br />Occupations might be the method to adopt. This would allow a level specifically <br />for urban residential lots and another for lots that are more substantial in size. <br />Additional considerations could be made for properties that front on Arterial <br />Roadways. This would help address some of the issues that were identified <br />during Comprehensive Plan Update discussions. <br />The first level would include stringent standards that would limit traffic to the site <br />to one employee and /or customer at a time. This will coincide with the parking <br />limitations on a standard residential lot. <br />The second level would include a less restrictive set of standards, allowing <br />additional employees /customers, locational flexibility (in accessory structures), <br />and an increase in the overall intensity of the use. This would be allowed on lots <br />over an acre in size, or on lots that front Arterial Roadways. <br />Staff has also developed a list of general provisions that the Board can review <br />and comment on. This is attached after the current Home Occupation <br />Standards. <br />PARKING ANALYSIS <br />The City currently has a number of sections in the zoning ordinance that regulate <br />the exterior storage and parking for residential properties. They are spread <br />throughout Section 3 and should be combined to allow residents to clearly read <br />and understand what is expected of them. Staff doesn't have any intention of <br />changing the regulations, but we feel the need to clarify some and bring them in <br />line with the policies that are currently being enforced by the Community <br />Development and Police Departments. <br />Staffs intention is to arrange the parking standards by size of property on which <br />the vehicle is parked. A memo is attached that the police department has been <br />using to enforce parking standards in the city. Staffs intention is to follow this <br />format to consolidate the requirements (also attached to the memorandum). <br />Staff has identified two issues it would like to address. The first is that any and <br />all motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, or trailers should be required to be <br />parked on an approved surface. Currently, properties over ten acres in size are <br />not specifically required to park non - motorized vehicles on an approved surface. <br />This is contrary to the desire of the city to control weed growth under vehicles, <br />and causes an issue with our nuisance ordinance that considers any weed <br />growth under a stored item to be a nuisance habitat for wild animals and pests. <br />IIII Additionally, staff has had some issues with trailers that are not associated with a <br />recreational vehicle (boat, snowmobile, car, etc...). Many residents own other <br />