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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2012_04_10_O012 Amending the ZO - Dance Lessons as Home OccupationThe Town of Leesburg, V *rginia PRESENTED April 10, 2012 ORDINANCE NO.: 2012 -0 -012 ADOPTED April 10, 2012 AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT DANCE LESSONS AS A HOME OCCUPATION USE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS The Town Council of Leesburg, Virginia, ordains: SECTION 1. That the following sections of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia, 2003, as amended, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: 9.4.3 Home Occupations C. Permitted Home Occupations. The following uses may be permitted as home occupation uses, subject to the requirements of this subsection. 1. Artist and Sculptor 2. Author and composer 3. Barber shop and beauty shop 4. Caterer 5. Computer programming, data processing, typing and word processing service 6. Direct sale product distribution 7. Dressmaker, seamstress and tailor 8. Home -based child care service 9. Home crafts, such as model making, rug weaving, lapidary work, and ceramics, for sale off -site 10. House cleaning service, laundry and ironing service 11. Jewelry making and jeweler 12. Licensed massage therapy 13. Locksmith 14. Music lessons 15. Office for professional in fields such as, but not limited to, architecture, drafting and graphics, interior design, engineering, financial planning, and other consulting services 16. Office of a minister, rabbi, priest or other similar person associated with a religious organization -2- AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT DANCE LESSONS AS A HOME OCCUPATION USE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS 17. Office of a salesman, sales representative, or manufacturer's representative, provided that no retail or wholesale transactions are made in person on the premises 18. Similar use which does not involve retail or wholesale sales transactions in person on the premises or employment of persons other than members of the family occupying the dwelling 19. Telephone answering services and solicitation work 20. Tutoring 21. High -speed internet access provider 22. Office of real estate broker 23. Office of mobile pet - grooming service 24. Dance Jess©n 25. "Personal Trainer 26. 246 Other uses determined by the Zoning Administrator to be similar in scope and impact on the surrounding neighborhood to those permitted home occupations listed above. D. Prohibited Home Occupations. The following shall be prohibited as home occupations: 1. Automotive detailing, repair or paint shop 2. areserve 11 3. Day care center serving more than five children 4. Dog grooming service 5. Funeral chapel, funeral home 6. Gift shop 7. Landscape contractor 8. Limousine, hearse, ambulance or taxi service 9. Massage parlors 10. Medical or dental laboratory and/or office 11. Nursing homes 12. Outdoor repair or service 13. Palm reader /clairvoyant 14. Psychiatrist 15. Rental of any equipment or other items 16. Restaurant 17. Veterinary hospital and /or office 18. Welding or machine shop 19. Wrecking, repossession and/or towing service 20. Other uses determined by the Zoning Administrator to be similar in scope and impact on the surrounding neighborhood to those permitted home occupations listed above. -3- AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING THE LEESBURG ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT DANCE LESSONS AS A HOME OCCUPATION USE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS E. Use Limitations SECTION II. All prior ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION III. Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this ordinance invalid, the decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any provisions of the zoning ordinance. SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in effect upon its passage and shall apply to all new land development applications accepted after the effective date. PASSED this 10th day of Apa April 2012. is n C. Urhstattd, Mayor Town of Leesburg P: \Ordinances\2012 \0410 Amending the ZO - Dance Lessons as Home Occupation.doc