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J, TAB. Memorandum Ta: Gem Lake City Council. Copies To: Patrick Kelly, City Attorney From: Evan Monson, Planner Date: January 13, 2022 SUBJECT: Home Occupations MEETING DATE: January 18, 2022 BACKGROUND Reference: Home Occupations Project No. Routing: . 18398.000 The city has been looking into. ways to improve the requirements and regulating of home occupations. Home occupations can vary in scope and definition from place to.. place, but typically they are considered a use or activity carried out. in a residence by the. occupant. Such use or activity not change the character of the residence and is often defined asbeing incidental, ancillary, or secondary to th& primary use, .which in this case would be residential. The goal of updating these requirements and regulations is to provide -something that is clear, concise, and makes sense for the community. Given the shifting nature of work during the COVID-19 pandemic; many people are able to utilize their Internet connections at home to compfete the jobs they previously did fn an office. It would be counter -intuitive to. designate such an activity like that as prohibited, nor would it make .sense to require a permitting processfor such an activity. The purpose of having requirements would be to avoid. having `intensive' or `nuisance=creating' activities. from taking place on a residential property, as such uses would be better served in commercial or industrial zoning districts where such activity is expected: and permitted to take place, and to distinguish. what is and is not to be permitted. This process has also given the city an opportunity to further decide if uses should be permitted by -right (not needing a permit), or if a.ficense or permitting process of some kind is applicable, The following page and attachments include information on the: draft ordinance for the council to consider for.adoption..The Planning Commission has been working on this project for sometime. A rough draft was reviewed and discussed at the December Planning Commission meeting. The rough draft used the existing .definition and ordinance (ordinance. #85) as a starting point, with some changes made throughout. The City Council has the ability to make further changes, if needed. if a consensus is reached, the Council may take up a vote to adopt. the ordinance. TKDAO 1.444 Cedar Street Suite 1500 1 Saint Paul, MN 55101 651.292.4400 • tkdaxom An employee -owned company promoting affirmative action and equal opportunity.