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Crowley City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IV

- PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL HOME OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 4.1. - General.

By motion, the mayor and board of aldermen may authorize such uses as, but not limited to, beauty parlors, barber shops, nursery schools, kindergartens, day care centers, art studios and schools, craft schools, photographers' studios, music instruction in groups, dancing schools, and small repair shops to operate as home occupations, provided the following provisions are complied with:

(4.101) Written consent must be obtained from all owners of property abutting the petitioner's property;

(4.102) Written consent must be obtained from all owners of property situated on the opposite side of any public street or way directly opposite side of any public street or way directly opposite petitioner's property and fifty (50) feet on each side of the extension of the boundary line of such property across such public street or way;

(4.103) Written consent must be obtained from seventy-five (75) per cent of all property owners including those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) above owning property within three hundred (300) feet of petitioner's property.

Sec. 4.2. - Procedure.

(4.201) Application shall be made to the planning commission stating the proposed use and stating reasons for same;

(4.202) The planning commission shall review the application, determine whether or not the use would be a permitted use and advise applicant of its decision;

(4.203) The planning commission determines that the use would be remissible hereunder, a petition form shall be furnished to the applicant to secure the required consent by property owner signatures;

(4.204) The planning commission shall verify that the petition meets the requirements hereof and make its recommendation to the mayor and board of aldermen.

Sec. 4.3. - Policies.

(4.301) Applicant must submit to the planning commission the petition of consent within sixty (60) days from the date of approval of application unless an extension of time is granted by the planning commission;

(4.302) Should the mayor and board of aldermen grant the permission requested, actual operations must begin within six (6) months of the date of such permission;

(4.303) If application is not approved or if property owner consent is not obtained or if the mayor and board of aldermen denies permission, then resubmission of application cannot be made within six (6) months of the applicable date.