Bill > HB2704

This bill, known as the "No-Impact Home-Based Business Fairness Act," aims to limit the ability of municipalities (cities, counties, and consolidated city-counties) to regulate certain home-based businesses. The key provisions of the bill are: 1. It defines a "no-impact home-based business" as a business owned and operated by the owner or tenant of a residential dwelling, with a limited number of on-site employees and clients, and activities that are limited to the sale of lawful goods and services, do not generate significant on-street parking or traffic, and are not visible from the street. 2. It establishes that the use of a residential dwelling for a no-impact home-based business is a permitted use, subject to any applicable deed restrictions, covenants, or common interest community documents. 3. It prohibits municipalities from requiring a person to obtain any permit, license, variance, or other approval to operate a no-impact home-based business, but allows them to establish reasonable regulations for public health, safety, and compatibility with residential use. 4. It specifies certain activities that are prohibited for no-impact home-based businesses, such as selling illegal drugs or liquor, operating sober living homes, and providing adult-oriented businesses. 5. It prohibits municipalities from requiring a person to seek commercial rezoning or install fire sprinklers in single-family or certain multi-unit residential dwellings as a condition of operating a no-impact home-based business. 6. It places the burden of proof on the municipality to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that any regulation of a no-impact home-based business complies with the provisions of the Act.