Home occupations as defined by § 17.04.309 shall include any business use customarily conducted entirely within a residential dwelling and permitted accessory structure and carried on by the inhabitants thereof. This would not include home hobbies which are not primarily conducted to generate income and not meet the requirements for a business license. The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use as a residence. The provisions of this chapter are intended to preserve and protect the residential character of established neighborhoods. All home occupations shall be carried out in conformance with this chapter and shall be subject to code enforcement action if the city determines that the use is carried on in violation of this title. The following uses or similar uses shall be considered as home occupations, provided that such uses comply with the standards and criteria established by this chapter:
(A) Consultative professional or technical occupations, consisting of the rendering of a service that does not involve the dispensation of goods or products directly to the public;
(B) Secondary business offices, where the business has its principal office, staff and equipment located elsewhere;
(C) The home office of a salesperson or distribution business, when all sales are conducted off-premises or by correspondence with no commodities on display or available for direct sale on the premises;
(D) Educational services such as music, voice or dance instructors or others who provide specialized personal training to clients;
(E) Craft, artistic or cottage industry occupations which do not require the use of machinery, tools, equipment or materials that are not recognized as normal hobby or residential use or change the fire safety or occupancy classification of the premises;
(F) Contractors' offices, when the function at the home is limited to record keeping, communications, scheduling, ordering or billing and all physical activities and gathering of employees or subcontractors is off-premises. No storage of business equipment or materials shall be allowed at the home; and
(H) Cottage food operations, as defined in § 17.04.167.
(`78 Code, § 17.80.010.) (Ord. 3132 § 5 (part), 2013; Ord. 2910 § 2 (part), 2007; Ord. 2816 § 1, 2006; Ord. 2179 § 1, 1993; Ord. 2085 § 1, 1991; Ord. 1955 § 33, 1989; Ord. 1521 § 3, 1978.)