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.
ef+esd€rffants 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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