Legislation Details

File #: O-15-26    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/28/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/13/2026 Final action:
Title: Cottage Food Businesses as Home Occupations For the purpose of adding a definition of "cottage food business" to Title 21 (Planning and Zoning) of the Code of the City of Annapolis; amending ? 21.64.330 (Home Occupations) to expressly permit cottage food businesses as a home occupation; and generally relating to cottage food businesses and home occupations.
Sponsors: Brooks Schandelmeier, Rob Savidge
Indexes: Planning Commission, Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-15-26 First Reader, 2. O-15-26 Legislative Summary, 3. O-15-26 Staff and Staffing Impact Report, 4. O-15-26 Fiscal Impact Report
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Cottage Food Businesses as Home Occupations
For the purpose of adding a definition of "cottage food business" to Title 21 (Planning and Zoning) of the Code of the City of Annapolis; amending ? 21.64.330 (Home Occupations) to expressly permit cottage food businesses as a home occupation; and generally relating to cottage food businesses and home occupations.
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City Council of the
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 15-26
Introduced by: Alderman Schandelmeier
Co-sponsored by:
Referred to:
? Planning and Zoning Commission
? Rules and City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning
Cottage Food Businesses as Home Occupations
FOR the purpose of adding a definition of "cottage food business" to Title 21 (Planning and Zoning) of the Code of the City of Annapolis; amending ? 21.64.330 (Home Occupations) to expressly permit cottage food businesses as a home occupation; and generally relating to cottage food businesses and home occupations.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2026 Edition:
? Section 21.72.010
? Section 21.64.330

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 21 - Planning and Zoning
Division VI - General Terms and Rules of Measurement
Chapter 21.72 - Terms and Definitions

Section 21.72.010 - Terms.
[The following definition is added to Division VI (Definitions) of Title 21 (Planning and Zoning) of the Code of the City of Annapolis, in appropriate alphabetical order.]
"Cottage food business" is a home occupation that meets the definition of 'Cottage food business' set forth in Md. Health-General Code Ann. ? 21-301(b-1), as amended from time to time. Approved cottage food product items generally include baked goods, jams, jellies, candies, dry mixes, and snacks that do not require refrigeration for safety.

Title 21 - Planning and Zoning
Chapter 21.64 - Use Standards
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