§ 9.13. Home occupation.  


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  • A.

    Applicability. A home office that involves no sales of products or services with direct customer interaction on-site, no employees on-site, and no customers or clients that visit the premises, is not subject to the requirements of this section.

    B.

    Requirements.

    1.

    There shall be no sale of products or services except those that are produced on the premises where the home occupation is located.

    2.

    No person other than members of the family residing in the dwelling shall be engaged in the conduct of the home occupation.

    3.

    The use of the dwelling for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes, and not more than 20 percent of the floor area of the dwelling shall be used for the conduct of the home occupation.

    4.

    There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the dwelling or any other visible evidence of the conduct of the home occupation in the dwelling. The home occupation shall be conducted and operated entirely within the confines of the dwelling.

    5.

    There shall be no outdoor storage of items supportive of the home occupation.

    6.

    No equipment or process shall be used in the home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes or odors detectable to the normal senses off of the premises on which the home occupation is located if a single-family dwelling or outside the actual dwelling unit itself if conducted in a two-family or multifamily dwelling. In addition, in the case of a single-family dwelling, no equipment or process shall be used in the home occupation which creates electrical interference which causes visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises on which the home occupation is located or causes fluctuation in the line voltage off the premises on which the home occupation is located. In the case of a two-family or multiple-family dwelling, no equipment or process used in the home occupation shall create such interference or line voltage fluctuation to any other dwelling unit on the premises or off the premises on which the home occupation is located.

    7.

    The operator of the home occupation shall make the dwelling unit within which the home occupation is conducted his/her legal and primary place of residence, where all activities such as sleeping, eating, entertaining and other functions and activities normally associated with home life are conducted.

    8.

    Visits by customers, clients, students or patients to licensed home occupations shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

    9.

    The home occupation shall not generate traffic in a greater volume than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood. Any need for parking generated by the conduct of the home occupation shall be met with the provision of suitable off-street parking to be located without utilizing any portion of the required front yard.

    C.

    Prohibited home occupations.

    1.

    Animal processing.

    2.

    Any repair of motorized vehicles, including the painting or repair of automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, and lawn equipment.

    3.

    Animal hospitals or kennels.

    4.

    Restaurants or catering/food preparation businesses; including general food handling, processing, or packaging, but not including small bakery operations.

    5.

    Medical or dental offices.

    6.

    Construction businesses or landscaping businesses that provide for the storage of goods, equipment and materials to be utilized in the operation of the business or use.

    7.

    Furniture finishing and refinishing.

    8.

    Warehousing.

    9.

    Welding or machine shops.