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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 46 By: Bergstrom
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to home-based businesses; creating
66	66	the Oklahoma Home-based Business Fairness Act;
67	67	providing short title; defining terms; authorizing
68	68	use of residential home for certain businesses;
69	69	construing permitted use; limiting authority of
70	70	municipality; allowing municipal regulations for
71	71	certain purposes; prohibiting imposition of certain
72	72	conditions on home-based business; requiring certain
73	73	evidence for challenge to regulations; providing for
74	74	codification; and providing an effective date .
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
81	81	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4300 of Title 59, unless there
82	82	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
83	83	This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Home-
84	84	based Business Fairn ess Act”.
85	85	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
86	86	in the Oklahoma Stat utes as Section 4300.1 of Title 59, unless there
87	87	is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
88	88	A. For purposes of this section:
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140	140	1. “Goods” means any merchandise, equipment, p roducts,
141	141	supplies, or materials;
142	142	2. “Home-based business” means any business for the
143	143	manufacture, provision, or sale of goods or services that is owned
144	144	and operated by the owner or te nant of the residential dwelling ; and
145	145	3. “No-impact home-based business” means a home-based business
146	146	for which the following apply:
147	147	a. the total number of on-site employees and clients does
148	148	not exceed the municipal occupancy limit for the
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150	150	b. the business activities are characterized by all of
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152	152	(1) are limited to the sale of lawful goods and
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154	154	(2) do not generate on-street parking or a
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157	157	(3) occur inside the residential dwelling or in the
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159	159	(4) are not visible from the street .
160	160	B. The use of a residential dwelling for a home-based business
161	161	is a permitted use, except that this permission does not supersede
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214	214	1. Any deed restriction , covenant, or agreement restricting the
215	215	use of land including, but not limited to, a property lease
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217	217	2. Any master deed or other document applicable to a common
218	218	interest ownership community including, but not limited to, a
219	219	homeowner association (HOA).
220	220	C. A municipality shall not prohibit a no -impact home-based
221	221	business or otherwise require a person to apply, register, or obtain
222	222	any permit, license, variance, or other type of prior approval from
223	223	the municipality to operate a no-impact home-based business.
224	224	D. A municipality may establish reasonable regulations for a
225	225	home-based business if the regulations are narrowly tailored for any
226	226	of the following purposes:
227	227	1. The protection of the public healt h and safety including
228	228	rules and regulations rela ted to fire and building codes, health and
229	229	sanitation, transportation or t raffic control, solid or hazardous
230	230	waste, pollution, and noise control;
231	231	2. Ensuring that the business activity is:
232	232	a. compatible with residential use of the property and
233	233	surrounding residential use,
234	234	b. secondary to the use as a residential dwelling , or
235	235	c. complying with state and federal law and paying
236	236	applicable taxes; or
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288	288	3. Limiting or prohibiting th e use of a home-based business for
289	289	the purposes of sell ing illegal drugs, liquor, o perating or
290	290	maintaining a structured sober living home, pornography, obsc enity,
291	291	nude or topless dancing, and other adult-oriented businesses.
292	292	E. A municipality shall not requ ire a person as a condition of
293	293	operating a home-based business to:
294	294	1. Rezone the property for commercial use; or
295	295	2. Install or equip fire sprinklers in a single family detached
296	296	residential dwelling or any residential dwelling wit h not more than
297	297	two dwelling units.
298	298	F. The question of whether a regulation complies with this
299	299	section shall be a judicial question, and the municipality that
300	300	enacted the regulation shall establish by clear and convincing
301	301	evidence that the regulation complie s with this section.
302	302	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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