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An ordinance to amend Section 17.16.250 of the Metropolitan Code, Zoning Regulations, to limit animal services as activities permitted as home occupations (Proposal No. 2021Z-010TX-001).
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That Section 17.16.250.D.5.b.iii of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is hereby amended by deleting the subsection and replacing it with the following:
iii. Personal care services, defined for the purposes of this section as spa services and beauty and barber care. Personal care services do not extend to the care of or services for animals;
Section 2. That Section 17.16.250.D.5.c of the Metropolitan Code of Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:
iv. Animal grooming activities.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This ordinance amends Section 17.16.250 of the Metro Code to amend “personal care services” as defined for home occupations to clarify that the definition does not include “care of or services for animals”. The ordinance also adds “animal grooming activities” to the list of prohibited home occupations.
The Code currently defines “personal care services” as “spa services and beauty and barber care” in the context of home occupations. This is a home occupation that is allowed customer visits (subject to the restrictions of Section 17.16.250.D.3). Three activities are currently expressly prohibited as home occupations, regardless of customer visits: manufacture or repair of automobiles and other transportation equipment; repair of equipment that takes place outdoors; and the outdoor storage of construction, scrap, or salvage materials.
This ordinance has been approved by the Planning Commission.