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ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES: Commissioners Blank, Fox, Narum, and Olson. NOES: Commissioner Pearce. ABSTAIN: None. RECUSED: None. ABSENT: None. The motion passed. The item was continued to the November 14, 2007 meeting. b. PAP-109 (PHUP-181, Rebecca Andrus Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's denial of an application for anon-exempt home occupation for wedding dress sales at the existing residence located at 3463 Windsor Court. Zoning for the property is R-1-6,500 (Single-Family Residential) District. Ms. Mendez presented the staff report and summarized the background, scope, and layout of the proposed project. Chairperson Fox noted that this was the first non-exempt home occupation application in quite a while and that in the past, staff has supported home occupations for speech therapy or marriage counseling. She inquired whether it was the sale of goods or the traffic that triggered staff's recommendation. Ms. Mendez replied that staff objected to the sale of goods. In addition, prior home occupation approvals were for activities conducted solely by people who lived in the home and did not have outside people come and work in the home, even on a limited basis. She noted that traffic played a small part but was not the main concern. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner O'Connor regarding whether any of the uses were retail in nature, Ms. Mendez replied that they were not. She noted that there were not many home occupation applications submitted to the City. Chairperson Fox noted that the existing home occupation use list from the 1970s included activities such as macrame; she inquired whether sewing uses would be allowed in a home occupation. Ms. Decker noted that a variety of uses fall within the Code and noted that a listing appeared on page 2 of the staff report. The City does not support employees coming from off-site to work; nor does the City support materials being delivered outside of minor deliveries similar to those by other residents. Additionally, home occupation using more than one room of the home puts the use into anon-exempt home occupation permit. She added that the City looked at the whole picture rather than at one item. The Zoning Administrator was unable to make Findings 1 and 3, which addressed the integrity of the neighborhood and related issues. She noted that most home occupation uses involved the use of a computer in one room of the home and were ancillary to the actual residence. Staff believed that this was more than that use. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 24, 2007 Page 17 of 40