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151 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date November 23► 1987 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT - HOME OCCUPATION PROVISIONS <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X _Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Proposed Amendments - Article 6 .16 .6 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to Article <br /> 6 .16 .6 of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: Recent complaints concerning the operation of home <br /> occupations resulted in Ordinance Review Committee <br /> recommendations for strengthening the ordinance provisions. <br /> The recommendations included the following: <br /> 1. In all residential zoning districts except RB. AR and <br /> R-1 , add a provision limiting traffic generation by a <br /> home occupation and requiring off-street parking other <br /> than in a required yard area. <br /> 2. In RB. AR and R-1 zoning districts where the minimum <br /> lot size is 200.000 sq.ft. or less► add the following: <br /> a. Limitations on the size of a detached accessory <br /> structure in which a home occupation is conducted <br /> to 1►000 sq.ft. <br /> b. A requirement that the accessory structure as well <br /> as off-street parking be screened by means of an <br /> evergreen hedge or a combination of a stockade <br /> fence and deciduous plant materials. <br /> c. Limitations on the effects of odor and electrical <br /> interference on adjoining properties. <br /> d. A requirement that outside storage of materials <br /> must be screened and the storage area limited to <br /> 500 sq.ft. <br /> e. Limitations on traffic and off-street parking as <br /> described in #1 above. <br />