(A) General. The standards for home occupations are intended to insure compatibility with the residential character of the neighborhood and to maintain the subordinate and incidental status of the home occupation.
(B) Performance requirements. A home occupation or profession, where permitted in a zoning district, shall meet the following performance requirements in addition to those standards applicable to the district in which they are located:
(1) Not more than 1 person other than members of the immediate family occupying such dwelling shall be employed on the premises.
(2) No alteration of the principal building shall be made which changes the residential appearance of the dwelling.
(3) No more than 25% of the net floor area of the residential dwelling unit shall be devoted to any home occupation.
(4) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall meet the off-street parking requirements as specified in §§ 151.175 - 151.185, Off-Street Parking, Stacking, and Loading, of this chapter, and shall not be located in a required front yard.
(6) No equipment or material used shall constitute a hazard, create a nuisance or interfere with the reception of broadcast signals.
(7) The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the principal building that is used as the residential dwelling.
(8) All material equipment, merchandise or work in process shall be wholly enclosed within the dwelling or an accessory building.
(C) Permitted home occupations.
(1) Day care homes licensed by the state.
(2) Dressmakers, seamstresses or tailors.
(3) Tutors (math, reading, science, and the like), music or dancing teachers, provided that the instruction shall be limited to 1 pupil at a time, except for occasional groups.
(4) Artists, photographers, sculptors, or authors.
(5) Physicians, dentists, or other licensed medical practitioners.
(6) Planners, architects, attorneys, engineers, realtors, insurance agents, brokers, computer programmers and members of similar professions.
(7) Offices for salespersons, sales representatives or manufacturers’ representatives; provided that no retail transactions shall be made on the premises except through telephone, facsimile or mail communication and no wholesale transactions shall include the acceptance or delivery of merchandise on the premises.
(8) Home kitchen operations; cottage food operations.
(D) Prohibited home occupations.
(1) Animal hospitals.
(2) Clinics or hospitals.
(3) Commercial boarding stables or kennels.
(4) Dancing schools, except where permitted above.
(5) Day care center.
(6) Mortuaries.
(7) Private clubs.
(8) Renting of trailers.
(9) Repair shops or service establishments, except the repair of small electrical appliances and other similar items.
(10) Restaurants.
(Ord. 2015-08, § 3.19, passed 6-23-2015)