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Special Home Occupation – 3646 Labore Road Gem Lake City Council 10/21/2025 October 20, 2025 Page 4 5. Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. This is not applicable to the variance request. Ordinance No. 134, Section 4 outlines requirements for home occupations that require a license or CUP, which are shown below in italics with staff’s comments following. 1. No traffic shall be generated by a home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood. The need for off-street parking shall not exceed more than three off-street parking spaces for the home occupation at any given time, in addition to the parking spaces required by the residents. This criterion is not met. A variance application has been made to increase the number of off-street parking spaces for the home occupation beyond the maximum of three spaces to accommodate up to 14 full-time and part-time employees and six (6) customer spaces for a total of 20 off-street parking spaces. Additionally, the business anticipates operating through appointments-only, so no walk-in or unscheduled activity is anticipated. 2. No more than one non-resident employee shall be allowed to work on the premises at one time. Nonresident employees who work off the premises may be allowed to visit the premises. If an on-site employee is parking on site, off-site employees shall not leave their vehicles on site. If there is no on-site employee vehicle parked on site, one off-site employee vehicle may be parked on site. This criterion is met with conditions. The applicant has submitted a variance application to increase the number of nonresidential employees from the maximum of one to no more than 14 full-time and part-time employees. As a condition of approval, no non-residential employees may leave their vehicles on-site outside of business hours. 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 demonstrate 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 not met. The applicant initially required and applied for a Conditional Use Permit to allow for more than 50% of the residence to be used for business purposes, but has since provided materials showing not more than 50% of the total residence is being used for the business. However, Attachment G shows that more than 50% of the lower and main levels are to be used or shared between the residential and business use. 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 equipment 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