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.4 <br />+ i <br />*6.16.6.4 Home Occu X-Mit = Application roc dire <br />*Amended No home occupation may be operated in a residence except as <br />Z. -1 -88 permitted under this Ordinance and only after Home Occupation <br />Permit has been issued by the Zoning Officer. <br />An application for a Home Occupation Permit shall be filed <br />with the Zoning Officer and shall be submitted on forms <br />provided by the Zoning Officer. Such forms shall be prepared <br />so that when completed a full and accurate description of the <br />proposed use, including its location, appearance, and <br />operational characteristics are disclosed. <br />In addition to the application, the applicant is required to <br />submit a site plan of the property on which the home <br />occupation is to be located. The site plan shall show the <br />location of the residence or accessory building in which the <br />home occupation is to be located in relation to existing <br />property lines and adjacent homes; the location, number, and <br />means of access to required off- street parking areas; and the <br />location and type of required landscaping and /or screening. <br />The applicant is also required to submit a floor plan of the <br />residence or accessory building in which the home occupation <br />is to be located. The plan shall show the location, size, <br />and use of each room or area within the residence or <br />accessory building. <br />Upon a determination that the application is complete, the <br />Zoning Officer shall cause a review of the application to be <br />made. The review shall determine if the proposed home <br />occupation conforms with all requirements of this ordinance. <br />Based on the review, the application will be approved, <br />approved with conditions, or denied. <br />If conditions are attached to the approval of a permit, they <br />may address deficiencies in meeting specific Ordinance <br />requirements or they may address specific impacts which <br />result from the operation of the home occupation. in the <br />latter case, the conditions may include, but not be 1-4 mited <br />to, limitations on the hours of operation, the number of <br />vehicles to be parked on the premises, and the location of an <br />accessory building, storage area or parking on the property. <br />In addition, the Zoning Officer may require greater setbacks <br />and /or additional landscaping or screening to adequately <br />screen the home occupation from adjoining properties. <br />If the application is approved, either with or without <br />conditions, the Zoning Office= shall send the applicant a <br />permit letter informing him of the approval and of the <br />requirements of the Ordinance that apply to the home <br />occupation. The permit letter must be signed by the <br />applicant to indicate his /her willingness to operate the home <br />occupation in conformance with the requirements and <br />conditions set forth in the permit 1e — er. Each permit <br />letter shall be kept on file by the Zoning Officer and shall <br />constitute the Home Occupation Permit for the particular use <br />in question. The home occupation may be operated by the <br />6 -23 <br />