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1 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: Seplember 3. 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT Item# 1I-E <br /> Article 6.16.6 Home Occupations <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes_X_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 /> 6/26/96 Public Hearing Minutes(draft) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 8/7/96 Planning Board Minutes(draft) Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to Zoning Ordinance provisions relating to <br /> 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 /> of Commissioners to deal with the home occupation provisions as a whole, rather <br /> than modifying particular standards. <br />