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• • AGENDA ITEM V.D. STAFF ORIGINATOR: Paul Bengtson P & Z MEETING DATE: December 8, 2010 TOPIC: PUBLIC HEARING: Zoning Ordinance Amendment Amending the Zoning Ordinance requirements for Home Occupations BACKGROUND The City Council was approached by a resident to determine if the treatment of retail sales was appropriately addressed in the Home Occupation standards adopted by the City Council on February 22, 2010. The Board may recall that retail sales were limited specifically to products that were produced on the site that the sales were to occur only. This was an addition that the Board itself recommended to the ordinance language, as staff originally recommended that retail sales be prohibited in all levels of Home Occupations. The City Council has now asked staff to return the issue to the Planning and Zoning Board seeking some clarity in the ordinance language in regards to retail sales activities. The existing ordinance language is attached to this report as attachment 1. RETAIL SALES ISSUES The ordinance, as adopted on February 22, 2010, included the following statement in the General Provisions section, and is therefore applicable to all Home Occupations that operate in the city: No retail of anything produced off -site. Staff's intention behind the use of the word `retail' was to prohibit direct sales to customer on the site only. It was not meant to prohibit mail order businesses or those that include delivery services. In retrospect, it was also not staff's intention to prohibit sales to customers already onsite for a service business (barber, massage, etc...), nor was it necessarily meant to prohibit sales events conducted by invitation (Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Avon, etc...). As such, a clarification may be in order. • Staff compiled a list of the surrounding cities' home occupation /retail sales language, which is attached to this report.