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Home My WebLink AboutORD 6220 AMEND ZONING ORD Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: () -- q.q - & /~-:?-{J DOCUMENT TYPE: {5 rel/ fla..flee/) YEAR: q-r, BOX NUMBER: <6 1if L/ffO FILE NUMBER: NUMBER OF PAGES: ,'2) ~ ~',. \ ,,,,',ai, '"' ". ; JI}!5 ORDINANCE NO. 6220 An Ordinance to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopte Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of Augusta effective November 15, 1983, entitled "An Ordinance to Readopt and Reconfirm the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance adopted March 25, 1963, by the Board of Commissioners of Richmond County and the City Council of Augusta," by revising the regulations affecting home occupations. THE AUGUSTA COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by deleting the following from Section 2: "HOME OCCUPATION" shall mean an occupation or profession engaged in by any occupant of a dwelling not including the conduct of a retail business or a manufacturing business or a repair business of any kind on the premises other than the building which is used by the occupant as his or her private dwelling. Home occupation shall include, in general, personal services slich as are furnished by a musician, artist, beautician, or seamstress when performed by the person occupying the building as his or her private dwelling, Home Occupation shall not include clairvoyance, fortune telling, experimentations that involve the use of chemicals or matter or energy that may create or cause to be created noises, noxious odors, or hazards that will endanger the health, safety, or welfare ofthe community. ' SECTION II. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance IS amended by adding the' following to Section 2: "HOME OCCUPATION" shall mean an activity carried out for gam by a resident conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit. SECTION III. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance is amended by deleting the current Section 8-3 in its entirety. SECTION IV. The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance IS amended by adding the following new Section 8-3: 8-3 HOME OCCUPATIONS. a) Intent. The conduct of businesses in residential units may be permitted under the provisions of this section. It is the intent of this section to: 1) ensure the compatibility of home occupations with other uses pennitted in residential districts; 2) maintain and preserve the character of residential neighborhoods; and 3) permit certain limited home occupations which are useful to both the general co~munity as well as the resident-proprietor. b) Required Conditions. A home occupation is an activity carried out for gain by a resident conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit subject to the following conditions:, ' ~\ 1) Home occupations shall be limited to personal services such as are furnished by a music teacher, artist, beautician, seamstress; and in-home offices; . - ~ ..._1 >~ ,; ~ 8) ..,.. 2) Home occupations shall not include retail businesses, manufacturing businesses nor repair businesses; , Home occupations shall be situated in the same dwelling unit as the home of the occupant, and the individual responsible for the home occupation shall live in the dwelling unit; The home occupation shall not occupy nor affect more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the heated floor area of the dwelling unit. It shall be carried on wholly within the principal building constituting the dwelling unit. No home occupation nor any storage of goods, materials, or products connected with a home occupation shall be allowed in an accessory building, garage, carport, or porch, attached or detached. There shall be no exterior indication of the home occupation; no exterior signs nor other on-site advertising visible from the exterior; no audible noise, detectable vibration, inordinate illumination, no odor; no entrance or exit way specifically provided for the conduct of business; and vehicular or pedestrian traffic shall not be generated in volumes greater than would normally be expected by a single family residence. For home occupations established after November 15, 1983 there shall be no assistants ernployed. Home occupations established prior to that date may have two assistants. Where special equipment is used the Building Code of Augusta-Richmond County shall govern the size of electrical wiring, plumbing, etc., which must be installed before such home occupation may begin; When a home occupation is to be conducted on property not owned by the applicant or operator, written permission from the owner is required. 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) c) Special Use Pemlits. All home occupations shall have special use permits. Special use permits shall be granted upon payment of a fee and a finding that a proposed home occupation would conform to the conditions at 8-3(b) and that no detrimental impact upon the surrounding residential area would be expected. I) Special use pemlits may be granted administratively by the Executive Director of the Augusta-Richmond County Planning Commissioner for certain home occupations such as computer, telephone, or mail based businesses or offices, or other similar businesses where, in the opinion of the Executive Director, there is no potential for customers to visit the residence, or for excessive mail, truck or other material deliveries to the residence. 2) For all other home occupations, special use permits shall be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals. 3) Applications for all special use pemlits for home occupations shall be made with the Augusta-Richmond PlaJming Commission. 4) Special use permits shall be granted to a designated person who resides at a residential address, and they shall not be transferable from person to person, address to address, or use to use. 5) Special use permits, once granted, may be revoked by the Augusta- Richmond County Commission upon advisement by the Augusta- Richmond County Planning Commission for cause after a hearing before the former commission. 6) An individual granted a special use permit for a home occupation has a period of one year from the date of approval to begin operation of the home occupation. Prior to beginning operation of the home occupation a business license must be obtained. Anyone that fails to begin operation of the home occupation within the one year time period'forfeits the home occupation right previously granted. 7) A special use permit may be denied if a home occupation could be hazardous or injurious to the welfare of the community or if compliance with the requirements of this section has not been met. ~ '~ ' ~ SEcTIONV. ?' All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Done in Open Meeting under the corrimon Seal thereof this ~~~~ . , 'tilt .~ . / I rk of Co s ion Published in the Augusta Chronicle 12-13-99 1st Reading 11-16-99 2nd Reading 12-7-99 This petition was published in the Augusta Chronicle, Friday, Planning Commission for public hearing on Monday, 1999. ATTEST: -. --..:":::- ..--.~ -_:.~ - ...~:-. ~:7_- -."-....""-.-""'--. -'"::' -- ,"; ~ - --.~~. . ... #... . day of December , by the