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Approved 1/8/2014 <br /> <br />3 <br />statement by its character would suggest that if any one of those things occurred in your business you would be 107 <br />required to file for at least a minor permit? 108 <br /> 109 <br />Ashley Moncado: Correct. Our intention of writing the on-site retail sales…what you are describing is that she is 110 <br />not welcoming anyone on to the site. Everything is done online or on the phone. 111 <br /> 112 <br />Paul Guthrie: What about the internet sale. 113 <br /> 114 <br />Ashley Moncado: If you are looking at internet sales and no one is being welcome on site then they would be 115 <br />exempt. As soon as you welcome people on the site and have a sales transaction, then you would have to go 116 <br />through a minor home occupation. 117 <br /> 118 <br />Paul Guthrie: I went back to the UDO and in the context of this language that is what flagged this immediately. I 119 <br />think we need to be careful as we expand this. 120 <br /> 121 <br />Tony Blake: I was reading the Carrboro response on page 31 and they brought up a couple of issues that were 122 <br />transitive issues from allowing the other home base business and it talks about how many people and how many 123 <br />vehicles and their security. These are the types of small businesses under the radar out there and I don’t want to 124 <br />discourage them. We need to find a way to fix that. 125 <br /> 126 <br />Herman Staats: If this is a planning issue where we consider use of property, etc. then the implementation of it and 127 <br />what guides that implementation is the question. Are we asking for links or copies of tax returns? How do we 128 <br />implement this? If for farming, you have to have a dollar amount to be classified as a farm. 129 <br /> 130 <br />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 131 <br />classified a bona fide farm; the state legislature changed it last year. There is no longer a minimum amount. 132 <br /> 133 <br />Herman Staats: My point is about being tax exempt with a certain dollar amount that defines that you a real farm 134 <br />and deserve a tax exempt status. Is it the purpose of this permitting process to make someone selling a hundred 135 <br />bucks a year to get a permit? Are there guidelines? 136 <br /> 137 <br />Paul Guthrie: The only difficulties are sales is very different in terms of that one sale. 138 <br /> 139 <br />Lisa Stuckey: A lot of sole proprietorships aren’t tax exempt. I don’t know where to draw the line. How onerous is 140 <br />the process we have developed? 141 <br /> 142 <br />Michael Harvey: Under the current process, which is what the minor will end up being, the application package 143 <br />requires the applicant show us the property using a plot plan, provide a floor plan of your house, and a detailed 144 <br />narrative explaining the operations of the home based business. We can typically handle an application within 30 145 <br />minutes if you want to wait for it, you pay your $90 application fee, we send you the approval packet, you sign it and 146 <br />you are on record as having the permit being issued. 147 <br /> 148 <br />Lisa Stuckey: Is there an annual fee? 149 <br /> 150 <br />Michael Harvey: No. 151 <br /> 152 <br />Paul Guthrie: This is a backdoor business license. 153 <br /> 154 <br />Perdita Holtz: No, it is a land use regulation. 155 <br /> 156 <br />Tony Blake: We are interested in the impact on their property and their neighbors. The function of planning is to 157 <br />say, we are looking for innovation, we shouldn’t hobble it. The rest of the regulation is for another department. 158 <br /> 159