Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Comments Made at the November Quarterly Public Hearing <br /> <br />Planning Board Comments BOCC Comments Planning Staff Comments <br />Concerns regarding setback standards <br />for outdoor storage space used in a <br />major home occupation. <br /> Proposed setback standards for outdoor storage <br />space may be reviewed and revised based on <br />Planning Board discussion. Revisions to this <br />standard could allow for setback standards to be <br />determined on a case-by-case basis through the <br />Special Use Permit process. <br /> Based on proposed standards, many properties <br />throughout the county will be eligible to apply for <br />a minor or major home occupation which may <br />result in an increase of operational home <br />occupations in the county. Potential impacts <br />resulting from multiple home occupations <br />located in a residential neighborhood, on a <br />shared private roadway, or adjacent to one <br />another should be examined while reviewing <br />existing and proposed standards. <br /> Development of home occupation standards <br />should take into account the need to promote <br />home based business uses, but also the need to <br />limit negative impacts on adjacent residential <br />land uses and property owners. Home <br />occupations are intended to be secondary and <br />incidental to the primary residential use in <br />residential zoning districts. <br /> Business uses that have greater impacts than a <br />home occupation would normally produce could <br />be approved through the Conditional Use District <br />process. <br /> <br />35