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Public hearing and ordinance on home-based business rules in residential zones (ZF 26-10)
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What this is
The council will hold a public hearing and consider a city-initiated ordinance that updates the definition of 'Home Occupation,' adds a new category called 'Home-Based Business (No-Impact),' and adds that use to the list of permitted uses in nine residential zoning districts. New supplemental regulations for home occupations and no-impact home-based businesses would also be added to the zoning code.
Why it matters
These changes would formally allow certain low-impact businesses to operate out of Richardson homes in a wider range of residential neighborhoods, with new standards to protect neighborhood character.
Council action
Motion to approve the request with an amendment to Section 10 (b) (9) to allow no-impact home-based businesses to have up to one additional paved parking space not exceeding nine feet in width and 18 feet in length in the rear yard of the property
Moved by Ken Hutchenrider. Seconded by Dan Barrios.
4 yes · 2 no
The approved minutes report the tally without a name-by-name roll call.
Timeline
- July 9, 2026 Agenda posted — June 15, 2026 meeting
- June 15, 2026 Vote taken — June 15, 2026 meeting · Approved 4-2
Appearances on agendas
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City Council — June 15, 2026
Hold public hearing and consider adopting ordinance
Official agenda language
PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 26-10, AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, TO GRANT APPROVAL OF CITY-INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX A (COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON’S CODE OF ORDINANCES: ARTICLE I., SEC. 2 (DEFINITIONS) TO AMEND THE DEFINITION FOR "HOME OCCUPATION" AND ADD A DEFINITION FOR "HOME-BASED BUSINESS (NO-IMPACT)"; AMENDING ARTICLE IV. R-1500-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE IV-A. R-2000-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE IV-B. R-1800-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE VI. R-1250-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE VII. R-1100-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE VIII. R-1000-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE IX. R-950-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE XI. R-850-F RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; AND ARTICLE XII. R-850-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS” BY ADDING THE USE "HOME-BASED BUSINESS (NO-IMPACT)" TO EACH OF SAID SECTIONS; AND AMENDING ARTICLE XXII-E. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN USES BY ADDING SECTION 10. “HOME OCCUPATIONS AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES (NO-IMPACT)”.
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