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Item No: 06B <br />Meeting Date: Mar 3, 2020 <br />Type of Business: Other <br />Planning Case: XXXX-XXX <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Planning Commission <br />From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Discussion – Home Occupations <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />Home Occupations are an accessory use of a home for a non-residential purpose (e.g. working <br />from home). The general intent (how Staff has interpreted this) is that a person standing <br />outside a home, should not be able to tell that a business is operating out of the home. <br /> <br />Home Businesses cannot have employees, exterior storage, on-street parking; or anything that <br />is not typically found on a residential property. Complaints about Home Occupations are rare, <br />and have mostly been in regards to parking, and nuisances (noise, fumes, etc). We also <br />receive the same complaints about homes without Home Occupations. <br /> <br />Recently, a resident has asked to build a commercial greenhouse in their backyard.1 A non- <br />commercial greenhouse is permitted, but a commercial greenhouse is not. This raises the <br />question; if they look the same, then what is the difference? If a resident can use their garage <br />as an auto repair shop, would it be any more intrusive if the garage were used as a greenhouse <br />(or any other type of business). <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff requests the Commissioners to discuss and provide direction, if to consider an <br />Amendment or leave as-is. Staff is not aware of the history, why commercial greenhouses are <br />prohibited in the R-1 district. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully, <br /> Jon Sevald, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br /> <br /> <br />1 Mounds View Municipal Code, section 1106.03, Subd 4 (R-1, Single-Family Residential District; Permitted <br />Uses); Noncommercial Greenhouses and Conservatories are a Permitted Accessory Use.