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ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 28. 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# C 4(b) <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 6.16.6 Home Occupations <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING_X_Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Existing Regulations Mary Willis <br /> Proposed Amendment Extension 2583 <br /> List of Existing Home Occupations <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill-967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to Zoning Ordinance <br /> provisions relating to home occupations. <br /> BACKGROUND: The existing home occupation regulations are contained in Article 6.16.6.1 <br /> through 6.16.6.4: <br /> 6.16.6.1 provides standards for-zoning districts with a minimum lot size of <br /> 20,000 square feet(.46 acre) or less <br /> 6.16.6.2 provides standards for.lots smaller than 200,000 square feet(4.6 <br /> acres) in the AR,RB,and R-1 zoning districts. <br /> 6.16.6.3 provides standards for larger than 200,000 square feet in the AR, <br /> RB, and R-1 zoning districts. <br /> 6.16.6.4 contains application and approval procedures <br /> Concerns with home occupation provisions have been raised on several occasions <br /> in recent years,particularly in relation to the type of activity allowed and the <br /> location of accessory buildings. Proposed revisions were presented for public <br /> hearing in 1992 and 1995, but were not.adopted due to the preference of the Board <br />