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rocs 14 1987 BOOK 69 FAG. 695 rebuild after being severely damaged, destroyed, or abandoned for more than 90 days unless they were brought into conformity with existing ordinances. Another issue is whether grandfathered businesses can continue to have junk and debris on the site, illegally store material on the property, maintain any illegal structures, and retain non -permitted signs. Alternatives Several alternatives exist for legalizing the existing home occupations in the Rose -4 area. The first alternative would be to permit all existing home occupations in existence prior to February 24, 1987 to be grandfathered in, regardless of whether or not these uses meet the ROSE -4 home occupation criteria. These uses•would then be permitted to continue operation as they existed prior to this date without compliance with the required criteria. Alternative two would be to grandfather only those home occupations which had a valid occupational license prior to February 24, 1987. Any person operating a home occupation without an occupational license would be required to conform with the criteria of the Rose -4 and General Provisions home occupation criteria prior to the granting of a home occupation permit. The third alternative would be to require all home occupations, whether -newly created or existing prior to February 24, 1987, to comply with the requirements of the Rose -4 home occupation criteria. A grace period of ninety days could be established for compliance, after which the use would be referred to the Code Enforcement Board. Analysis Alternative one would permit all home occupations operating within the Rose -4 area to legitimize their operation with no required improvements. However, the major drawback would be to verify existence. Such verification would be difficult without any formal documentation, and could possibly permit some occupations not previously operating to establish themselves legally without complying with the ordinances. Another issue is whether grandfathered businesses could expand without complying with the ROSE -4 criteria.. Alternative two would only grandfather those uses having valid occupational licenses on February 24, 1987, thereby providing a method to verify which uses were operating prior to the effective date of the amendment. However, it would not ensure that the established uses were in conformance with the ROSE -4- home occupation ordinance in respect to visual compatibility, employment of only family members, or homestead exemptions. This would permit existing uses to legally continue operation in nonconformance with the ordinances. Alternative three would provide a ninety day period in which all _ existing home occupations would be able to obtain an occupational license. This alternative would ensure that any existing home occupations would fully comply with all codes and ordinances and avoid any complications which might arise in the future. Compliance would meet the intent of the home occupation concept of permitting specific uses to exist in a residential area while retaining the residential nature of the area. - M M