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AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING HOME OCCUPATION AND HOME BUSINESSES - REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT For the purpose of revising the definition of home occupation; adding the definition of prohibited home vehicle business; providing for the presumptive evidence of prohibited home vehicle business; providing for property owner responsibility; providing for certain enforcement procedures; providing for certain enhanced penalties for prohibited home businesses; and generally regarding regulation and enforcement of home occupation and home businesses.
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Confidential: Yes
Requested by: Thomas Dernoga
Assigned to: Eric Irving (Reassigned to Kathy Canning)
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Need by Date: As soon as feasible since it is virtually done.
Background Necessitating Legislation:
The current enforcement process is confusing and not aligned across the ordinance. While the prohibition is already in the Zoning Ordinance, the problem is typically enforcement capacity, evidentiary standards, and penalty severity. This draft attempts to: create a specific "nuisance" classification for repeated violations; increase fine schedules and making them progressive per offense; clarify evidentiary standards; and enhance the ability to impose liens or suspend other permits/licenses for violators and streamline the process for abatement.
This framework ensures that even the most defiant illegal operator faces consequences that ultimately threaten their ability to use the property at all, which is the only effective remedy for the most stubborn cases. The amendments create the necessary legal "hooks" between the three code sections to make this escalation automatic and enforceable.
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Title
AN ORDINANCE concerning Home Occupation and Home Businesses - Regulation and Enforcement for the purpose of revising the definition of home occupation; adding the definition of prohibited home vehicle business; providing for the presumptive evidence of prohibited home vehicle business; providing for property owner responsibility; providing for certain enforcement procedures; providing for certain enhanced penalties for prohibited home businesses; and generally regarding regulation and enforcement of home occupation and home businesses.
AN ACT TO BETTER PROTECT COMMUNITIES FROM ILLEGAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES- This LDR recommends changes to the zoning ordinance (section 27) to the civil penalties section of the code (section 28) and to the nuisance sections (14-171) to create an integrated enforcement system for the two most common illegal business issues that affect residents: commercial vehicle traffic and the noise, odors and environmental detritus from vehicle maintenance.
We have submitted two separate LDR drafts- one for the zoning ordinance, and one for changes in other sections of the code. We believe this will have to be two bills.
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Proposer(s): CM Dernoga
Background
This bill helps protect communities from illegal business activities. It provides for zoning changes, increased civil penalties, and better enforcement for the two most common illegal business issues that affect residents: commercial vehicle traffic and the noise, odors and environmental detritus from vehicle maintenance.