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Home Occupations The Planner said the Planning Commission recommendation on March 13, 2006 for a Home Occupations Ordinance was presented to the City Council on March 21 where they tabled to May 9, 2006 for a City Council Workshop. The issue has been returned to the commission with the following Council recommendations. 1. The degree of storage should be limited. 2. Two non-resident employees should be allowed in a home -based business. 3. Licenses should be renewed annually. The Planner said that Councilmember Smith forwarded the Oak Park Heights Ordinance for Home Occupations for the Planning Commission's consideration. M/S/P, Fliflet/Roth to change the wording of Number 6-Employees to read, "Two non-resident employees may work in the residence." Vote: 9:0. M/S/P, Fliflet/Deziel to change the wording of Number 7-Business Vehicles to read, "Three business -related vehicles are allowed at any time, and they must be parked off street at all times." Vote: 9:0. M/S/P, Fliflet/Roth to modify Number 8-Customer Visits limiting the number of customers from ten per day to five per day. Vote: 8:1 Nay: Armstrong -No problem leaving it at 10. MOTION by Ptacek to recommend annual licensing of Home Occupations, FAILED FOR A SECOND. M/S/F, Roth/McGinnis to recommend biannual licensing of Home Occupations. Vote: 1:8, Aye -Roth, FAILED. M/S/F, Deziel/Fliflet To recommend that there be no limitation to stock in trade but if the City Council does decide to limit volume that it be reserved to inventory only because that will be the type of stock in trade that generates traffic. Vote: 1:8, Aye-Deziel, FAILED. Armstrong -The philosophy is that the city's regulation should only deal with external effects upon neighborhoods, and crossing the threshold of the front door is beyond the scope of what the city should be considering because we have already regulated how inventory gets into or out of the home through traffic, employees, and customer visits. M/S/P Roth/Deziel to change Number 9 to clarify that deliveries will be limited to six trips per day whether to or from a home. Vote: 9:0.