Growth of home-based businesses in Sidney causes concern

An increase in the number of home-based businesses in Sidney has caused some difficulty for the city in deciding how it should apply regulations.

The city frequently deals with neighbors concerned about businesses operated out of homes, city manager Gary Person explained at last week’s planning commission meeting.

“The whole idea behind planning and zoning is that your businesses that have commercial activities operate out of commercial zoned areas and clusters as part of a business community and not in the middle of residential areas,” Person said. “However, with the new home-bas...