City of Milwaukee - File #: 070453

• File #: 070453
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/11/2007
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/23/2007
• Effective date: 11/9/2007
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to regulations for home occupations.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: HOUSING, ZONING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/8/2007	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
10/31/2007	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/23/2007	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	13:0
10/11/2007	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/11/2007	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Proposed Substitute A accepted.	Pass	5:0
10/11/2007	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Individuals present: Vanessa Koster - Dept. of City Development Ron Roberts - Dept. of Neighborhood Services	Pass	5:0
10/2/2007	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/2/2007	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
8/21/2007	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED; Minutes note: This file is being published 8/24/07 and 8/31/07 for a CPC Meeting on 9/10/07 at 2:20 p.m.
7/11/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
070453
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to regulations for home occupations.
Sections
200-33-24.5 cr
200-55 cr
295-503-3-c-0 am
295-503-3-c-1 am
295-503-3-c-2 am
295-503-3-c-5 am
295-503-c-8 cr
295-603-4-c rc
295-803-4-c rc
Analysis
This ordinance requires that any person engaged in a home business requiring a license or permit from the city must first obtain a certificate of home occupation from the department of neighborhood services. The fee for a home occupation certificate shall be $50. The ordinance also requires that home occupations comply with various zoning code provisions. These include the following:
1. A home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the residential use of the dwelling unit.
2. Not more than 25% of the total usable floor area of the principal building and the basement may be devoted to the home occupation.
3. A home occupation cannot involve explosives, fireworks or repair of motor vehicles including body work.
4. No one other than members of the family residing in the dwelling unit shall be employed in a home occupation in a residential zoning district. In a commercial or industrial zoning district, one person may be employed on the site in connection with the home occupation who is not an actual resident of the dwelling unit.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 200-33-24.5 of the code is created to read:

200-33. Fees.
24.5. HOME OCCUPATION CERTIFICATE. The fee for a home occupation certificate shall be $50.

Part 2. Section 200-55 of the code is created to read:

200-55. Home Occupations.
1. PURPOSE AND INTENT. The purpose and intent of this section is to permit residents of the city a broad choice in the use of their homes as a place of livelihood and the production or supplementing of personal and family income. This section is also intended to protect residential ...