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Special Home Occupation – 3646 Labore Road Gem Lake Planning Commission 10/07/2025 October 1, 2025 Page 5 3. No vehicle associated with the home occupation, including customers or employees, shall be parked on the street or block sidewalks or public easements. Private vehicles used by the residents shall not be included in this subsection. This criterion is met with conditions. As a condition of approval, the applicant shall include the parking areas for all employees and the area used for customer parking on the survey to demon strate that vehicles associated with the business will not be parked on the street, block sidewalks, or public easements. 4. An area equivalent to no more than 50 percent of each level of the house, including the basement and garage, shall be used in the conduct of a home occupation. This criterion is met with conditions. The applicant has applied for a Conditional Use Permit to allow for more than 50% of the residence to be used for business purposes. 5. No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, light, glare, fumes, smoke, dust, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the premises. If electrical interference occurs, no equipme nt or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises. This criterion is met. The business provides intangible services with no physical product, so no equipment or process is proposed that would create noise, vibration, light, glare, fumes, smoke, dust, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the premises. 6. Storage of materials and goods outdoors is prohibited. This criterion is met. The proposed use does not include any outdoor storage. 7. There shall be no fire, safety or health hazards created by the Home Occupation. This criterion is met. The proposed use shall not create any fire, safety, or health hazards. 8. Any noncompliance with this subsection shall constitute grounds for the denial or revocation of the home occupation license. This criterion is not met. There are several criterion that require further clarification from the applicant or that are unable to be met. The variance application proposes up to 14 full-time and part-time employees and increasing the maximum number of off-street parking spaces beyond the three (3) permitted for a home occupation. The variance, if granted, would not be consistent with other adjacent residential uses found in the Single-Family Executive “RX” Residential District. The zone does not allow for commercial business functions apart from home occupations, county clubs, golf courses, and other private commercial recreation areas and facilities, and bed and breakfast establishments. There are other properties in the vicinity that are zoned Gateway which is where much of the public facing commercial activity occurs. The circumstances surrounding the variance are being created by the homeowner and are not currently present. The proposed use of an appointment-only financial services home occupation would generate additional traffic with 14 full-time and part-time employees. The ITE Trip Generation Manual estimates approximately 9-10 trips per day generated by a single-family dwelling unit, so in considering employees and the appointment-based nature of the business, this would generate more traffic than the single-family dwelling. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan designates the existing land use as Single Family Residential and the future land use guiding as Single Family – Executive.