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Approved 1/8/2014 <br />42 <br />54 Paul Guthrie: What about the internet sale. <br />55 <br />56 Ashley Moncado: If you are looking at internet sales and no one is being welcome on site then they would be <br />57 exempt. As soon as you welcome people on the site and have a sales transaction, then you would have to go <br />58 through a minor home occupation. <br />59 <br />60 Paul Guthrie: I went back to the UDO and in the context of this language that is what flagged this immediately. 1 <br />61 think we need to be careful as we expand this. <br />62 <br />63 Tony Blake: I was reading the Carrboro response on page 31 and they brought up a couple of issues that were <br />64 transitive issues from allowing the other home base business and it talks about how many people and how many <br />65 vehicles and their security. These are the types of small businesses under the radar out there and 1 don't want to <br />66 discourage them. We need to find a way to fix that. <br />67 <br />68 Herman Staats: If this is a planning issue where we consider use of property, etc. then the implementation of it and <br />69 what guides that implementation is the question. Are we asking for links or copies of tax returns? How do we <br />70 implement this? If for farming, you have to have a dollar amount to be classified as a farm. <br />71 <br />72 Perdita Holtz: Can I clarify that point. It is no longer the case that you have to have a certain level of sales to be <br />73 classified a bona fide farm; the state legislature changed it last year. There is no longer a minimum amount. <br />74 <br />75 Herman Staats: My point is about being tax exempt with a certain dollar amount that defines that you a real farm <br />76 and deserve a tax exempt status. Is it the purpose of this permitting process to make someone selling a hundred <br />77 bucks a year to get a permit? Are there guidelines? <br />78 <br />79 Paul Guthrie: The only difficulties are sales is very different in terms of that one sale. <br />80 <br />81 Lisa Stuckey: A lot of sole proprietorships aren't tax exempt. I don't know where to draw the line. How onerous is <br />82 the process we have developed? <br />83 <br />84 Michael Harvey: Under the current process, which is what the minor will end up being, the application package <br />85 requires the applicant show us the property using a plot plan, provide a floor plan of your house, and a detailed <br />86 narrative explaining the operations of the home based business. We can typically handle an application within 30 <br />87 minutes if you want to wait for it, you pay your $90 application fee, we send you the approval packet, you sign it and <br />88 you are on record as having the permit being issued. <br />89 <br />90 Lisa Stuckey: Is there an annual fee? <br />91 <br />92 Michael Harvey: No. <br />93 <br />94 Paul Guthrie: This is a backdoor business license. <br />95 <br />96 Perdita Holtz: No, it is a land use regulation. <br />97 <br />98 Tony Blake: We are interested in the impact on their property and their neighbors. The function of planning is to <br />99 say, we are looking for innovation, we shouldn't hobble it. The rest of the regulation is for another department. <br />100 <br />101 Lisa Stuckey: If it is basically invisible to the neighbors, how much impact is that having on the neighbors? <br />102 <br />103 Tony Blake: We are allowing some of these subdivisions to come in and they are next to a farm, it's like the guy <br />104 moving next to the airport and complaining about the planes. <br />105 <br />106 Lisa Stuckey: On page 40,1 would like to get rid of 2A, 3A and 6. 1 think it is very inappropriate. <br />0 <br />