All home occupations shall comply with each of the following requirements:
A. The operator of a home occupation shall reside in the dwelling unit in which the home occupation operates.
B. The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the principal dwelling or accessory structures.
C. The home occupation shall not interfere with the delivery of utilities or other services to neighboring properties.
D. The home occupation shall not generate any noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare, or interference with radio or television reception in the area that would exceed that normally produced by a dwelling unit used solely for residential purposes.
E. No toxic, explosive, flammable, radioactive, or other hazardous materials shall be used, sold, or stored on the site. However, such materials common to ordinary household use are permitted, provided the quantity of such materials does not exceed that found in ordinary household use.
F. There shall be no alteration to the residential appearance of the premises.
G. No more than one motor vehicle shall be used in connection with a home occupation. The home occupation vehicle must be of a type ordinarily used for conventional private passenger transportation, i.e., passenger automobile, van, limousine and pickup trucks not exceeding a payload capacity of one ton. Further, the home occupation vehicle shall not be a vehicle designed for carrying more than twelve (12) persons. Vehicles designed or used for living quarters shall not be used in conjunction with a home occupation.
H. No visitors in conjunction with the home occupation (clients, patrons, pupils, salespersons, etc.) shall be permitted between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M.
I. No outdoor display or storage of materials, goods, supplies, or equipment shall be permitted.
J. There shall be no advertising, signs, display, or other indications of a home occupation in any yard, on the exterior of the dwelling unit or visible from anywhere outside of the dwelling unit.
K. Direct sales or rentals of products are not permitted. Mail or phone sales is a permitted home occupation.
L. The total interior floor area used for the home occupation shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total interior floor area of the dwelling, provided that in no case shall the area of a home occupation exceed three hundred (300) square feet per home occupation.
M. Only one person may be employed on the site in connection with the home occupation who is not an actual resident of the dwelling unit.
N. Deliveries shall not restrict or obstruct traffic circulation and may occur only between nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M. Monday through Friday.
O. The home occupation shall not cause a significant increase in the amount of traffic or parking on any residential street. (Ord. Z-8-98, 9-21-1998)
P. More than one home occupation may be permitted within an individual dwelling unit, provided all other standards and criteria applicable to home occupations are complied with. Such criteria shall be applied cumulatively to both uses as opposed to singularly to each use. (For example, cumulatively all home occupations within the same dwelling unit may not occupy more than 30 percent or 600 square feet of the dwelling unit.) (Ord. Z-14-15, 7-6-2015)