Town Code & Ordinances Ordinance — Ordinance-22-08

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ORDINAIICE NO. 22.08
Introduced by: Brvon Callahan. Commissioner
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSTOWI\ TO AMEND
ARTICLE II SECTION 8 OF TTIE QUEENSTOWN ZONING ORDINANCE
TO PERMIT CERTAIN HOME OCCUPATIONS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Md. Code Ann. Local Govemment $ 5-213, the Commissioners
of Queenstown have the authority to adopt regulations conceming zoning; and
WHEREAS, Md. Code Ann. Land Use Article $ 4-202 authorizes municipalities to adopt
zoningregulations as it determines are in the public health, safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners of Queenstown recognize the public interest in permitting
additional home occupations in Town; and
WHEREAS, the Queenstown Planning Commission has recommended that certain
changes be made to the Queenstown Zoning Ordinance to permit additional home occupations
provided they meet certain criteria established in Article VII Section 75 of the QueenstownZoning
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on October 26,2022, the Queenstown Commissioners held a public hearing
on Ordinance No. 22-08 and have determined that it is desirable and in the public interest to make
certain amendments to the Zoning Ordinance as recofilmended by the Queenstown Planning
Commission.
NOW THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF
QUEENSTOWN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article II, Section 8 of Queenstown Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as
follows:
$ 8. Definitions and word usage.
HOME OCCUPATION - Any occupation or activity which is clearly incidental
and secondary to use of the premises for dwelling purposes and which is carried on
by a member of a family residing on the premises and in connection with which
there is no display or storage of materials or generation of substantial volumes of
vehicular or pedestrian traffic or parking dernand or other exterior indication of the

home occupation or variation from the residential character of the building affdja
and no
equipment used which creates offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat or
glare.
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2.
Section Unless specifically amended as set forth above, all other provisions of the
Queenstown Zoning Ordinance shall remain unchanged.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is,
for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
rernaining portions of this Ordinance. The Town Commissioners of Queenstown hereby declare
that they would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause orphrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases
be declared unconstitutional.
ORDAINED, APPROVED, AND PASSED by the Town Commissioners for the Town of
Queenstown on this ?L aay of Oc*erbeC ,2022.
WITNESS: TOWN COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
TOWN OF QUEENSTOWN:
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