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• • • Attachment A — Surrounding Municipalities Home Occupation Language To show the variety of ways other cities handle sales associated with Home Occupations, staff has collected the Home Occupation ordinance language from 11 surrounding cities and listed the language specific to sales activities below: Shoreview - No prohibition or specific allowance for sales Columbus No prohibition or specific allowance for sales Blaine The operation of any wholesale or retail business, unless it is conducted entirely by mail or by occasional home invitation and does not involve the sale, shipment, or delivery of merchandise on the premises is prohibited. Circle Pines Centerville Ham Lake White Bear Lake New Brighton "Their ordinance does not specifically prohibit or allow sales, and their staff informed us that they do not regulate what types of activities occur on a site unless a complaint is made." The occupation may involve limited retail sale or rental of products on the premises, provided all stock -in -trade is completely enclosed in the principal structure. Retail merchandise may not constitute more than 50 percent of the principal structure square footage. "Their ordinance does not specifically prohibit or allow sales, but their staff informed us that they would only allow mail order businesses, not direct sales." The home occupation shall not involve any of the following: repair service or manufacturing which requires equipment other than customarily found in a dwelling; teaching which customarily consists of more than one (1) pupil at a time; over - the - counter sale of merchandise produced off the premises, except for those brand name products that are not marketed and sold in a wholesale or retail outlet. Operation of any wholesale or retail business shall not be permitted unless conducted entirely by mail and does not include the sale, shipment, or delivery of merchandise on the premises. However, occasional sales shall be permitted when such occasional sales are incidental to and not the primary purpose of the home occupation.