City Council Ordinance 231ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 231
THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTIC.ELLO, MINNESOTA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN THAT
CHAPTER 3, SECTION 1 [HB], OF THE MONTICELLO ZONING ORDINANCE PERTAINING
TO HOME OCCUPATIONS BE AMENDED BY DELETING THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION AND RE -
LETTERING THE REMAINING DEFINITIONS:
Delete:
[HB] HOME OCCUPATION: Any gainful occupation engaged in by the occupants
of a dwelling at or from the dwelling. Such activity shall be clearly
incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises.
Permissible home occupations shall not include the conducting of a
retail business other than by mail, manufacturing, retail business
other than by mail, manufacturing, and no stock in trade shall be kept
or sold. No other than persons residing on the premises shall be
employed, no mechanical equipment shall be employed that is not
customarily found in the home, and no more than one (1) room may be
devoted to home occupation use. Such home occupation shall not
require internal or external alterations or involve construction
features not customarily found in dwellings. The entrance to the
space devoted to such occupations shall be within the dwelling. There
shall be no exterior display, no exterior signs except as allowed in
the sign regulations for the zoning district in which such home
occupation is located. Identification signs indicating the presence
of a home occupation are not allowed in any residential zone. There
shall be no exterior storage of equipment or materials used in the
home occupation. No home occupation shall be permitted which results
in or generates more traffic than one (1) car for off-street parking
at any given point in time.
Permissible home occupations include, but are not limited to, the
following: art studio, dressmaking, special offices of a clergyman,
lawyer, architect, engineer, accountant, beautician, or real estate
agent or appraiser, when located in a dwelling unit occupied by the
same; and teaching, with musical, dancing, and other instruction
limited to one (1) pupil at one time.
Operation of a home occupation as an accessory use of residential
property first requires issuance of a home occupation permit from the
City of Monticello. Home occupation permits shall be reviewed and
renewed on an annual basis. Failure to operate home occupations in
a manner consistent with the standards stated herein or failure to
comply with building code or public nuisance regulations will result
in withdrawal or non -renewal of home occupation permits. The cost of
the permit shall be established by the City and subject to change from
time to time.
Adopted this 10th day of August, 1992.
Mayor
City Admin strator
Published in the Monticello Times on 9/10/92.