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Mashpee is hereby authorized to hold a Fall Annual of livelihood in the production or supplementing of Town Meeting. personal/family income, to restrict incompatible uses SECTION 2: This act shall take effect upon its pas- and to establish criteria and standards for the use of residential structures or dwelling units for home occu- sage, pations. or take any other action relating thereto. B. Permitted Home Occupations. Submitted by the Town Clerk (1) Certain home occupations which involve { Explanation: Chapter 39, Section 9, allows a town to only limited visits to the property by per, hold an annual town meeting to be held between sons who are not residents of the premises, ees who are notto February and May unless provided by special law. which involve no employees y This article proposes a special law to formalize the residents of the premises, which will have t Fall Annual Town Meeting. no noticeable impact on abutting properties and which otherwise conform with the x Motion made by Selectman Marsters. requirements of this section may be con. Motion: I move Article 30 be voted as printed in the ducted upon approval of a home occupation 1 permit following the procedures specified warrant with the exception of the phrase, or take any P g p p other action relating thereto". for plan reviews in Subsection 174-24.13, The home office of an author or editor,or Motion passes at 9:42 p.m. of a"telecommuter"whose principal office ° ARTICLE 31 is located elsewhere, is allowed by right and will not be subject to these regulations, To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By The following shall be considered exam- a� law as follows: ples of home occupations permitted under by replacing the definition of a"Home Occupation"in this subsection: j Section 174-3 with the following: (a) Home sewing or tailoring business; j7 "HOME OCCUPATION — Gainful employment (b) Studio of a painter, sculptor, photog- 1, carried on by the permanent residents of a rapher or similar professional artist; i' dwelling unit. A home occupation must be j clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the (c) Telephone answering service; ,y premises as a dwelling and compatible with sur- (d) Production of crafts such as handi- "", roundinguses.Home occupations do not involve p work, model making, weaving, lap- the production of products where electrical inter- idary, or other similar products for the ference, noise, dust, vibration, glare, fumes, purpose of selling the product; odors,or other objectionable effects are percepti- ,j ble outside the premises.", (e) Tutoring and giving lessons, limited to four(4) students at one time; by replacing the current wording of Section 174- 25.I 5 with the following: (f) Catering, home cooking and preserv- ( ) g mg for the purposes of selling the "(5)Permitted Home Occupations, subject to the product; provisions of Subsection 174-25.1.", (g) Home office of an off-premises busi- nessby replacing the current wording of Section 174- such as a taxi service, hunting/fishing guide,tourist guide or 25.1(6) with the following: similar business; "(6) Conditional Home Occupations, subject to the provisions of Subsection 174-25.1.", (h) Computer consulting or program ..., ming, -i by changing the designation under all columns for (i) Commercial shellfishing, lobstering ;j Subsection 174-25.I(6) from"PR"to "SP" and aquaculture businesses. and by adding the following new Section 174-25.1: (2) Application procedures. Applicants shall '1 submit an application for a Home Occupation Permit to the Building "§174-25.1. Home Occupations. Inspector. The Building Inspector may A. Statement of Intent. grant a permit if it is reasonably concluded from the evidence that the proposed home This section is intended to protect residential areas occupation will meet the standards set out from potential adverse impacts of activities defined as in Section 174-25.1.D. Staff will review the home occupations, to permit residents of the commu- application and the applicant will be not' j nity a broad choice in the use of their homes as a place fied of the decision of the Department fol- . Si 70