A. Purpose: The home occupation regulations of this section are intended to allow residents to engage in customary home-based work activities, while also helping to ensure that neighboring residents are not subjected to adverse operational and land use impacts (e.g., excessive noise or traffic or public safety hazards) that are not typical of residential neighborhoods.
B. Applications And Permits Required:
1. A Home Business application is required as specified in 10-6-8.
a. An applicant for a Major Home Occupation must verify to the Planning Department that the Major Home Occupation will meet the standards below.
(1) The City Manager shall approve applications in compliance with the standards below.
(A) The City Manager may impose reasonable conditions of approval, such as hours of operation and number of vehicles per day accessing the business.
(B) The conditions shall serve to prevent negative impacts on nearby residential property in order to maintain the residential character of the neighborhood.
2. Major Home Occupations that do not meet the standards below are subject to a Conditional Use Permit application as specified in 10-6-12.
C. Home Occupations Types: Two Types Of Home Occupations Are Defined And Regulated Under This Section.
1. Minor Home Occupations: Minor home occupations are those in which household residents use their home as a place of work, with no employees, customers or clients coming to the site.
2. Major Home Occupations: Major home occupation are those in which household residents use their home as a place of work and either one non-resident employee or customer comes to the site.
D. Exemptions: The Following Are Not Considered Home Occupations.
1. Group Living.
2. Family Day Care Homes.
3. Bed and Breakfast.
4. Short-Term Rentals.
E. General Regulations:
1. Home occupations shall be considered an accessory use and shall be subject to the requirements of the district in which the use is located. In addition, the following regulations apply to both Minor and Major Home Occupations:
a. Home occupations shall be conducted only within the enclosed dwelling unit or garage area. A maximum of 25 percent of a principal structure or 75 percent of an accessory structure may be dedicated to the home occupation.
2. No accessory building may be built, altered, or used solely for the home occupation.
3. There shall be no exterior alterations that change the character of the dwelling.
4. No storage or display of materials, goods, supplies, or equipment related to the operation of a home occupation shall be visible outside any structure on the premises.
5. No stock in trade shall be displayed or sold at retail on the premises.
6. No use shall create smoke, odor, glare, noise, dust, vibration, fire hazard, electrical interference, excess trash, or any nuisance not normally associated with the usual residential use in the district.
7. A home occupation shall be clearly incidental to the principal residential use of the building.
8. Stock in trade, including that which is provided on the premises, shall not require receipt or delivery of merchandise, goods, and supplies other than by United States Mail, similar parcel delivery service, or by private vehicle similar in size and weight to the U.S. Mail/other parcel delivery service vehicles.
9. No other person other than members of the family occupying the residence may be employed in the home occupation.
F. Supplemental Regulations For Minor Home Occupations: Minor home occupations are subject to all the requirements for a Home Occupation, except as modified by and in addition to the requirements below:
1. Minor Home Occupations shall not have exterior evidence of a home occupation.
G. Supplemental Regulations For Major Home Occupations: Major home occupations are subject to all the requirements for a Home Occupation, except as modified by and in addition to the requirements below:
1. Only one other person other than members of the family occupying the residence may be employed in the home occupation.
2. Signs allowed as specified in Chapter 5 of this Title.
a. A larger building sign or freestanding sign may be approved as part of a Conditional Use approval.
3. Parking shall be restricted to existing parking spaces on the premises and on-street parking spaces adjacent to the premises.
4. The applicant shall state on the application the expected number of vehicles per day accessing the property related to the business.
5. The applicant shall state on the application the hours of operation of the business.
6. Retail sales of goods created or fabricated by the family residing on the premises (other than produce grown on the property) is permitted only as a Major Home Occupation, subject to all other requirements of the Conditional Use Permit. (Ord. 2023-7, 7-17-2023)