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• • • AGENDA ITEM 6A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson CC MEETING DATE: November 9, 2009 TOPIC: First Reading of Ordinance No. 12 -09 Amending the Zoning Ordinance requirements for Home Occupations /Home Extended Businesses, Residential Parking, and Exterior Storage. BACKGROUND With the development of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update, it is appropriate for the city to review its official controls. This is the first of many reviews of our official controls. In this case, staff is attempting to clarify the existing regulations in regards to Residential Parking and Exterior Storage. Additionally, at the direction of the Planning and Zoning Board and City Council, staff has brought forth draft language in regards to Home Occupations. HOME OCCUPATION ANALYSIS After a great deal of discussion at the staff level and with the Planning and Zoning Board, the language forwarded to the City Council as part of this ordinance creates a three tiered system to replace the existing two tier system. Each tier allows a higher level of business activity. The first tier allows only business activity inside the dwelling itself and no external customers or employees at the site. The second tier allows expansion into accessory structures and allows very limited external customers and /or employees. The third tier allows certain properties (Larger than one acre, or zoned Rural or those that front onto a major roadway) to have a higher level of activity The Planning and Zoning Board were pretty evenly divided on two issues, though ultimately they recommended 4-3 to expand the hours of operations for the Tier 3 home occupations and to eliminate a permit or associated fee from Tier 2. Staff continues to recommend the requirement of a permit and fee for Tiers 2 and 3.