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Approved 1/8/2014 <br />43 <br />107 <br />108 Ashley Moncado: To be clear, this isn't about the office space but the day to day operations they would be allowed <br />109 to operate. <br />110 <br />111 Lisa Stuckey: I think with number 2A4 that it shouldn't be visible. Something should be added for visible impact. <br />112 <br />113 Craig Benedict: There is a standard for normal storage for home occupations license which is 500 square feet. As <br />114 long as that is screened, you are saying it is ok. <br />115 <br />116 Herman Staats: I am still concerned about implementation. <br />117 <br />118 Tony Blake: What is the definition of a business? <br />119 <br />120 Craig Benedict: If someone is claiming it as a business, and they have to meet tax laws, then they should have a <br />121 home occupation license. <br />122 <br />123 Paul Guthrie: You just brought in all the telecommuters with that last phrase. <br />124 <br />125 Tony Blake: The way people find out is if there is a complaint issue. <br />126 <br />127 Perdita Holtz: Michael uses his discretion to find that out. <br />128 <br />129 Michael Harvey: The goal of the LIDO is not to stop Lucy Van Pelt from selling lemonade but allow reasonable use <br />130 of property so that your reasonable use doesn't impact your neighbors. If you have an incidental home occupation, <br />131 selling a tree they cut down, does that activity rise to a level of business requiring the submitted of a home <br />132 occupation permit application for review and approval? Not unless you do it every day. <br />133 <br />134 Ashley Moncado: We can look into adding language regarding no visible disturbance impact. If that is included, <br />135 would you see there would not be a need for landscaping and buffering or keep that intact? <br />136 <br />137 Lisa Stuckey: I don't know. To me that is a little bit of protection. <br />138 <br />139 Ashley Moncado: If you exceed the setback standard, and you go beyond that you would not have provide <br />140 landscaping. <br />141 <br />142 Craig Benedict: There was also a lot size involved. <br />143 <br />144 Paul Guthrie: How will you enforce this if it approved? <br />145 <br />146 Craig Benedict: We are permitting this amount; we know there is this amount. By this ordinance, we are allowing <br />147 this to happen or bringing more into compliance. We think we have resolved a lot of issues more than creating <br />148 issues. The implementation, we are doing public outreach, we may do a phase in but it is not going to be a hard <br />149 handed implementation because rural lifestyles are engrained. This will be a soft implementation. <br />150 <br />151 Lisa Stuckey: You look this up, an accessory business use which is owned or operated. That is the definition. Is it <br />152 helpful for you to have a more concrete definition or is that adequate? <br />153 <br />154 Craig Benedict: We like to be as specific as possible. <br />155 <br />156 Herman Staats: If this is put in place to provide more leverage in the case where it is needed for resolution of <br />157 complaints, then this will serve its purpose. <br />158 <br />3 <br />