A. Home Office:
1. Applicability:
a. A home office shall be allowed as an accessory use in any lawful dwelling unit located in the AG, RR, R-1, R-1-D, R-2, R-3, PUD or PAD district, provided that it conforms to the standards set forth in subsection A2 of this section;
b. This use is a use by right; no permit or other approval shall be required for a home office; and
c. An activity or use that does not qualify as a home office may qualify as a home occupation, requiring a permit in accordance with the provisions of subsection B of this section.
2. Standards: To qualify as a home office, the use must meet all of the following criteria:
a. It shall involve no modifications to the exterior of the dwelling;
b. It shall involve no structural alterations to the interior of the dwelling;
c. If the home office is in an accessory building, it shall involve no modifications to the accessory building that affect the outside of the building other than the installation of necessary windows and doors for the office;
d. It shall involve no special equipment other than typical office equipment;
e. The occupation to which it relates shall not involve a commercial vehicle or a personal vehicle containing advertising other than bumper stickers if the principal parking place for the vehicle is at the dwelling unit;
f. The home office shall not employ for work on the premises any person who does not reside in the dwelling;
g. There shall be no storage of inventory for sale in the home office or other parts of the dwelling unit;
h. There shall be no regular practice of inviting customers, clients, suppliers or others to the home office to conduct business; and
i. There shall be no exterior sign related to the home office or the occupation that it serves.
B. Home Occupation:
1. Applicability:
a. A home occupation located in any lawful dwelling unit located in the AG, RR, R-1, R-1-D, R-2, R-3, PUD, or PAD district, meeting all of the criteria set forth in subsection B2 of this section is a use by right; it shall require a zoning certificate, to be issued administratively in accordance with section 15.6.2 of this title;
b. A home occupation located in any lawful dwelling unit located in the AG, RR, R-1, R-1-D, R-2, R-3, PUD, or PAD district, that meets most but not all of the criteria set forth in subsection B2 of this section may be allowed as a special use by the city council, in accordance with section 15.6.8 of this title.
2. Standards: To qualify as a home occupation, the use must meet all of the following criteria:
a. No persons other than members of the family residing on the premises in question shall be engaged in such occupation;
b. The total horizontal area, including, but not limited to, basement areas and cellar areas, used for a home occupation does not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the entire, aggregate horizontal floor area, including, but not limited to, basement areas and cellar areas, of all dwelling units and all accessory buildings located on the premises in question;
c. There is no change in the outside appearance of any buildings or of the premises or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupations other than any sign permitted for home occupations by section 15.4.10.5 of this title;
d. No sales, other than the sale of goods produced or repaired in connection with such occupation and occasional sales of products normally sold by other businesses similar to the home occupation are made on the premises in question;
e. Any need for parking space created because of the conduct of such home occupation shall be met by providing off the street parking space;
f. No noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odor, smoke, or electrical interference of any kind that is either noxious or unreasonably disturbing to others not engaged in such home occupation is caused by or results from such home occupation;
g. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinabove contained, home occupation shall not be construed to include the occupations of chiropractic treatment, dentistry, law, medicine, optometry and real estate sales and rentals.
h. A petition of support, signed by the occupants of all adjoining property and adjacent properties across the street, shall be submitted to the planning services division at the time of application.
C. Vacation Rental Units:
1. Applicability:
a. A vacation rental unit meeting all of the criteria set forth in subsection C2 of this section is a use by right; it shall require a zoning certificate, to be issued administratively in accordance with section 15.6.2 of this title;
2. Standards: To qualify as a vacation rental unit, the use must meet all of the following criteria:
a. Vacation rental units shall be limited to owner occupied or lessee occupied property, except for those located in the BPR, Primary Business, zoning district;
b. Vacation rental units shall be limited to any legally constructed primary or accessory structure designed and built for use as a dwelling;
c. Occupancy of the vacation rental unit shall comply with the occupancy standards of the zoning district in which the unit is located;
d. For any one renter, vacation rental units shall not be rented for any period shorter than twenty four (24) hours or longer than twenty nine (29) days;
e. All advertisements for the vacation rental unit must include the applicable permit number in its listing;
f. The homeowner or lessee must maintain a vacation rental unit license as permitted by the building and neighborhood services division;
g. The licensee must maintain fire, hazard and liability insurance on the property;
h. The licensee must maintain minimum liability insurance with limits not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for each individual and one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence;
i. Two (2) parking spaces shall be provided per dwelling unit. A property owner may count one on street parking space toward the number of parking spaces required. Minimum parking requirements do not apply to vacation rental units located in the BPR, primary business, zoning district. (Ord. 2017-03; Ord. 2020-33)