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Home Occupation
Description: Home occupations may have potential impacts on public health, safety, and welfare. Home occupations are reviewed administratively.
Initiation: The owner of the subject property may submit an application for a home occupation

Decision-maker(s): The Zoning Administrator makes the final decision.

Application fee: $50

Application deadline: There is no submittal deadline for this application - they can be submitted any time.

Review process:
  1. Submittal of application materials. The applicant shall submit a completed application and other required materials to the zoning administrator along with the application fee as may be established by the Common Council.
  2. Staff review. Within 10 calendar days of submittal, the zoning administrator shall either determine that the application is incomplete and notify the applicant, in writing, of any deficiencies or make a decision based on the decision criteria contained in this division to (i) approve the zoning permit, (ii) approve the zoning permit with conditions, or (iii) deny the zoning permit. The zoning administrator shall take no further steps to process the application until the deficiencies are remedied. The incomplete application shall be retained as a public record.
  3. Applicant notification. Within a reasonable time following his or her decision to approve or deny the application, the zoning administrator shall mail the decision document to the applicant by regular mail.
  4. Public record copy. A duplicate copy of the decision document shall be retained as a public record.
Application Materials
document icon Home Occupation Application