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Rural Districts — No prohibition on sales of any kind <br />Home Extended Businesses — Prohibited outdoor display and outdoor sales <br />The reason why staff updated the Home Occupation standards was twofold. First, during <br />the Comprehensive Plan update process, the City Council directed staff to review the <br />Home Occupation standards to determine if they could satisfy some of the live /work <br />desires of residents owning properties along Main Street. Properties that were zoned <br />General Business, even though it was inconsistent with the current and draft <br />Comprehensive Plans (which guided the property for residential use). <br />The other reason is that staff felt the current Home Occupation standards were inadequate <br />to protect the residential character of neighborhoods. Especially considering the fact that <br />a number of the rural zoned properties in Lino Lakes are actually residential <br />neighborhoods that would be zoned R -1 or R -1X but for the lack of utilities. <br />During the process of creating an ordinance amendment, staff determined that it is not <br />unusual for a city to prohibit direct sales to customers on the site of a Home Occupation. <br />(A compilation of surrounding cities Home Ordinance language in regards to on -site sales <br />is attached to this report.) Direct sales activities may allow traffic to a site in excess of <br />that normally associated with a single family dwelling, and therefore staff recommended <br />that the new ordinance prohibit `direct sales' as home occupations. (Other prohibited <br />activities include automobile repair, auto body /paint, catering, weapons /explosives, and <br />ambulance /emergency service businesses.) <br />The Planning and Zoning Board was concerned about restricting sales for home <br />`craftsmen' in such a way that they would not be able to sell their wares readily. They <br />recommended adding a clause that would allow direct sales of items produced on the site, <br />hence the language that was forwarded to the City Council. <br />Council direction <br />Staff is requesting City Council direction regarding retail sales associated with Home <br />Occupations, specifically the following three questions: <br />1. Is it appropriate to allow limited sales to occur if clearly incidental to services <br />already provided on the site, such as a barber selling shampoo? <br />2. Is it appropriate to allow limited sales to occur if conducted by invitation, such as <br />Tupperware parties? <br />3. Is it appropriate to allow retail businesses to operate on any residential property in <br />the city, or only under certain circumstances (such as through the Level C Home <br />Occupation, which is available via Conditional Use Permit to any property that is <br />either an acre is size, zoned rural, or fronting on an arterial roadway)? <br />• <br />