Published by Municipal Code Corporation

ORDINANCE NO. 1513

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF HOME OCCUPATION

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

1. That the definition of home occupation, a part of Section 11 of Chapter 32 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

Section 11. DEFINITIONS AND LIMITATIONS

Home Occupation . . . Any use for gain or support customarily found within a dwelling and carried on by the occupants thereof. Such use must meet all of the following conditions:

1. Must be clearly secondary to the primary use of the building as a dwelling.

2. No article may be sold or offered for sale for delivery on the premises.

3. It is operated in its entirety within the dwelling unit.

4. No person other than those who reside within the dwelling unit may be employed in such occupation.

5. There is no advertising except as provided within each specific zone.

6. No additions to or alterations of the exterior of the dwelling unit including outside entrances for the purpose of the home occupation shall be permitted.

7. The office or business does not utilize more than 25% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit and in any case not more than 400 square feet, provided however, that this does not apply to nursery schools.

8. The houses of such uses and the external effects must not interfere with the peace, quiet and dignity of the neighborhood and adjoining properties.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of July, 1974.

Lawrence L. Kozisek

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President of the Council

ATTEST:

Neva B. Lockhart

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1513, was introduced, read and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 5th day of June, 1974, and that the same was published in The Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City, this 5th day of July, 1974.

Neva B. Lockhart

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Neva B. Lockhart

City Clerk

Published: July 7, 1974